By: Gob'leasha

World of Art

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"Dattingindacagegotoutandit"
 Bio-Art created by Gob'Borlaug (Goblin)
and Tink Fount (Ridgeling)
Illustration by Simone Kankowski

One of the benefits of being a race of successful conquerors is the positive effect that excess wealth has on the the world of art. It is only after a society has accumulated a surplus of time and resources that it can afford to develop its art and culture. It is a rare and beautiful thing when the number of wealthy patrons who are willing to fanantualy back artistic endeavors exceeds the number of qualified artists.

Naturally that void of qualified artists is mostly filled by less qualified artists who are out to make a quick copper. But the void also breaths life into the world of "Alternative Art" - a catch all term that includes types of art that, at any other point in history, would not be considered "art". After all, would "Glim-Bolt Ink Blots" have ever been considered "art" 50 years ago? Or would it have been considered the product of Orcs with too much time on there hands and one too many chromosomes?

Recently "Bio Art" has become one of the more unusual "Alternative Art" forms to have emerged. "Bio Art", as defended in a flyer distributed by the "Gob'Onary Art Academy" here in New Ork City, "...is the artistic manipulation of bio-matter by means of alchemy, cross-breading, mutation, magic and augmentation to create art." In other words "Bio Art" is about creating freakish life forms.

Last month, the "Gob'Onary Art Academy" opened its first annual "Bio Art Exhibition" to the public. The exhibit featured over 25 works of "Bio Art" including the living "sculpture" illustrated above - the title of which is "Dattingindacagegotoutandit" created by Gob'Borlaug and Tink Fount (Ridgeling). Below is the response I was given when I asked the exhibit's curator, Gob'Snoggi, how the sculpture got its name:

"Our Bio Art studios can be dangerous places to work. So we always have at least one Ogre guard to keep an eye on things at all times. One night one of the sculptures escaped and attacked the Ogre guard. His last words were "Dat ting in da cage got out and it..."

Despite the loss of an occasional life, Gob'Snoggi has already started plans for next year's "Bio Art Exhibition". Among the many other....