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[-] Amphobet@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 9 months ago

Art brought to you by that guy that drew the little girl from Spy x Family going to Auschwitz. And posted it on Holocaust Remembrance Day.

[https://archive.org/details/khyleri-spyxfam-controversialart](Content Warning: infer from description)

[-] rtxn@lemmy.world 53 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Why exactly is it controversial? That is the exact emotion that visiting Auschwitz is meant to evoke. Not all art should be joyful.

(edit) Even if the picture is about kids being sent to '40s Auschwitz to work, suffer, and die - that is what happened to real people. Don't look away. The gut-punch feeling is what you're supposed to feel and remember when people bring up fascist rhetoric. Again, not all art should be joyful.

[-] mrbubblesort@kbin.social 32 points 9 months ago

I agree with you, but "intent" is also important when it comes to art. While I'd like to believe he had something like what you mentioned in mind, I think it's 1000% more likely he made that in an attempt to make a "too edgy for you" joke in poor taste.