Controversial Art and Censorship: Social Justice Work of Art

Controversial Art and Censorship
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Introduction
Art has a significant power to instigate social change in communities worldwide. By deploying as an innovative medium for creating awareness, artists assume an advocacy role, challenging social justice issues. Subsequently, public art reaches people in their usual environment and confronts them to act on social injustices that are otherwise overlooked. For instance, Jasyoth Singh Hans uses art to create awareness on social injustice issues.
Artwork and the Medium
Born in New Delhi, India, Hans utilizes social media as a platform to advocate for issues, suh as bullying and body positivity. In particular, his Instagram channel encourages people to break away from stereotypes using drawings that illustrate women not succumbing to the societal conceptions of femininity. The specific drawing that Hans uses to promote social justice for women is Bangs, 2019 (See Fig. 1).
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`Despite being a contemporary art, Hans’s drawing holds the originality of the time bygone. The drawing was inspired by issues that he felt mattered most and the support and guidance acquired from friends. Being a plus-sized man, he was bullied at a young age. The pain he experience inspired him to speak about body positivity through his drawings. In support for social justice for plus-sized women, Hans said, “For far too long women have been told to act and behave, and allowed lesser and lesser agency over their own bodies and navigating their emotions. It happened with most of our grandmothers, mothers and sisters. And I’ve seen it happen, and I think it is unfair. Everyone has the right to express any emotion that he or she feels. The women I draw are my way of...