Abusive art isn't new.
Another good example is Jill Greenberg's "End Times", which caused a stir when it was first exhibited.
She deliberately provoked tearful outbursts from children by taking away lollipops she had just given them.
Greenberg titles each piece of "art work" to depict what she says reminded her of the "helplessness and anger I feel about our current political and social situation."
Read how Jill Greenberg answers to the critics who claim she abused toddlers in the name of art.
June/July 2006
Art or Abuse?