"Art is Personal." But is this too much?

“Art is personal”; a statement taken a little too literally by artist Milo Moiré. The Swiss artist, whose new ordeal is to push eggs filled with paint up her vagina and wait for them to ‘hatch’ whilst standing over a blank canvas.

 The unique 31 year old expressionist exhibited her artwork, entitled ‘Plopegg’, during the Cologne art fair last week. While claiming she’s “Giving birth to a painting” and is only expressing herself through her art many people think it’s disgusting and odd, but it’s not like she doesn’t realise this, Moiré herself told Huffington Post UK that “I’m aware that my art, specifically my performances polarize and generate loud criticism.”

You may (Or not) have heard about the performance artist, Painter and Psychologist before. After her 2013 debut, “the script system” was alluring feminists everywhere. To which she made a short video where she herself commuted to work, naked. Covered in black typography, describing the clothing that’s, typically in place of her bare skin. Pause for effect. “When I perform I’m at one with myself, focused and calm. I feel strong, because I’m absolutely convinced about my work.”

Okay, so maybe it does sound weird... really weird. But with this modern society, I’m not at all surprised.

Social networks are screaming with strange posts, from what was once a status updating, life event happening sharing site, is now a global sharing machine. From vulgar videos to funny cat antics, sites such as Facebook are brimming to the edges with them.  So why can’t artists go to extreme lengths to get their stuff out there? It’s not like other performers don’t go to stomach twisting lengths to sell their art.

 For example; Stefani Germanotta... Aka: Lady Gaga. She has herself a whole new persona for her stage work, her creative (yet again, crazy strange) art has proved to be a selling point... However, having a woman vomit on her when she was on stage would be a little bit OTT. But it makes me question, would she be as successful if she wasn’t as different and ‘Out there’? Who knows, it’s the same with films. Would horror films such as French extremist masterpiece ‘Martyrs’ be as successful if it wasn’t so visually daring and full of gore? Or if didn’t appeal to the public’s interest in seeing the unusual and the strange?

But then I think that artists should be allowed to express themselves through their art as much as they like. People are allowed to express themselves freely with their words, so why can’t this be done through visuals? Moiré describes her art as “I’m interested in pushing boundaries through art, living and expressing my art with my body and mind while opening mental doors.”  But i suppose, a picture is worth a thousand words. I wonder how many words (Or £££s) a ‘Plopegg’ painting is worth...