Why all the penises?

I think the intention was to portray the quirky and peculiar nature of folk art. These artists have no formal training, and are often eccentric. I am aware of a couple of "outsider" artists were fixated on genitalia and who featured it in their art.

I know several artists like that. Like the poster above me stated, many folk artists who have no training incorporate genitalia in their pieces, sometimes for shock value others, because of general fixation.

There's one artist I know of who is obsessed, and I mean obsessed with naked, spread-eagle women posed obscenely and smoking a cigarette.

I take a little Chigurh in my coffee.http://i26.tinypic.com/1zvbxah.jpg

I would think that a penis is symbolic of manliness. It is man that brings war upon himself. One can therefore opine that, perhaps, the artist believes that war, being the by-product of men "being men", and in fact, inherently evil, one can deduce that men (as represented by their penises) are even moreso.

maybe...

Why not?????





Gonna revise your Levi's with physical harm, put divots in the rivets with my physical arm.

Hell, having a penis rocks my world!


Revelation Below!!!!:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusory_superiority

The work in the film is very evocative of Henry Darger, a reclusive outsider artist who's work was never discovered until after his death. It might be interesting for anyone really curious to research his work and writings... quite fascinating! I think they modelled the folk artist's work on Henry Darger's art.

it is something artists do

I remember years ago this beautiful young lady in my art class did this very intricate detailed drawing of penis's or peni