Sculpture or paraphernalia? ‘Degenerate Art: The Art & Culture of Glass Pipes’
Fact: Some glass pipes are fancier than others.
And a good number of folks who create the fancy variety would prefer their work be called art instead of just, you know, paraphernalia.
At 7 p.m. Nov. 16, the Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St., is screening a documentary titled “Degenerate Art: The Art & Culture of Glass Pipes.” The film explores the culture of glass pipe-making from the origins of Bob Snodgrass’ famous “color-changing” pipe to what filmmakers describe as the “radical emerging art movement it has become today.”
The trailer includes video clips of pipe-makers with torches and their completed Chihuly-esque glass creations — multicolored, sculptural, elaborate and in some cases a yard or more tall. It also includes shots of pipe-makers being arrested in a paraphernalia sting several years back, which of course the film decries.
“This subversive art challenges our right to free speech and expression, as well as reflecting the nature of the people who make and collect the pieces,” says the film’s synopsis. “One of the last true underground American scenes, glass pipe art remains invisible to mainstream culture.”
Here’s the arts center’s event listing: www.lawrenceartscenter.org/film
And, for the trailer and more on the film, the “Degenerate Art” website: www.degenerateartfilm.com
- Hundreds of Lawrence students gather in South Park for National School Walkout rally April 20, 2018 · 21 comments
- Letter to the editor: County selling fear April 20, 2018 · 6 comments
- Kansas governor signs bill to bar guns from domestic abusers April 20, 2018 · 4 comments
- Federal judge finds Kobach in contempt in voting case April 18, 2018 · 24 comments
- County says Justice Matters using wrong law to try to force mental health vote; group plans to start petition drive on Saturday April 20, 2018 · 8 comments
- Kansas officials boost projected tax collections by $540M April 20, 2018 · 1 comment
- Tom Keegan: Count on Silvio De Sousa rebounding from scandal April 20, 2018 · 1 comment
- Opinion: The ghost of Sam Brownback appears April 21, 2018 · 3 comments
- Opinion: Making excuses for the president April 15, 2018 · 24 comments
- On eve of chancellor's inauguration, KU student newspaper criticizes Girod in front-page editorial April 19, 2018 · 12 comments
- Tom Keegan: Count on Silvio De Sousa rebounding from scandal April 20, 2018
- KU big man Udoka Azubuike to test NBA waters without an agent April 20, 2018