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#1
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Last post by Gawdzilla Sama - Today at 07:40:21 PMWell, the painting on was display at the MOMA IIRC, so being the eastern pole of posers in the US it was going to be a hit. (MOMA is in NYC, for reference.)
And I think it was MOMA, wasn't that interested in it to begin with.
And I think it was MOMA, wasn't that interested in it to begin with.
#2
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Last post by Hydra009 - Today at 07:25:05 PMQuote from: Gawdzilla Sama on Today at 06:44:09 PMThe Pop Artist, Andy Warhol, painted a Campbell's soup can. Imitation is the most vapid form of flattery.I didn't mean "I don't understand what's compelling about it" in the sense of "oops, I fell and hit my head and never heard of one of the most famous American painters ever", I meant it more like "why the fuck would anyone go to an art museum with the express purpose of seeing a painting of soup cans?" with the implication that that's boring and (if the can is empty) literally rubbish.
Van Gogh, I can understand. Any of the Renaissance Turtles, I can understand. Zdzisław Beksiński, I can really understand. Warhol's soup cans (and going on a limb, the entirety of his career), I don't understand.
#3
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Last post by Gawdzilla Sama - Today at 06:44:52 PMQuote from: Unbeliever on Today at 05:07:37 PMMy favorite artist is M. C. Escher. I just got a book of Escher prints at a thrift store the other day for $5.The flowing waters was rather cool. He created the big dead alien in "Alien".
His work called Drawing Hands is my metaphor for friendship, since it involves mutual creation.
#4
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Last post by Gawdzilla Sama - Today at 06:44:09 PMQuote from: Hydra009 on Today at 05:00:37 PMI never understood what was so compelling about soup cans that they made their way into art history textbooks.The Pop Artist, Andy Warhol, painted a Campbell's soup can. Imitation is the most vapid form of flattery.
He also made an eight hour movie of a man sleeping. Nothing but that, just sleeping. Posers were all over it, gushing.
#5
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Last post by Unbeliever - Today at 05:07:37 PMMy favorite artist is M. C. Escher. I just got a book of Escher prints at a thrift store the other day for $5.
His work called Drawing Hands is my metaphor for friendship, since it involves mutual creation.
His work called Drawing Hands is my metaphor for friendship, since it involves mutual creation.
#6
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Last post by Hydra009 - Today at 05:00:37 PMQuote from: drunkenshoe on Today at 08:11:59 AMYour punishment is to sit through a traditional history of art course until a soup can drawing appears. :pI never understood what was so compelling about soup cans that they made their way into art history textbooks. I'm sure there's some symbolic meaning, but to me, it's literally like taking a photo of my pantry. Sure, I could do it, but would it be important or mean anything?
All cards on the table, my own biases/assumptions:
* classical/medieval/renaissance naturalism = chef's kiss
* impressionism = made an impression
* surrealism = not bad
* abstract expressionism = can be good in small doses
* cubism = seek mental help
* postmodernism = literal garbage
#7
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Last post by Cassia - Today at 10:34:46 AMQuote from: Mr.Obvious on Today at 08:45:16 AMWhat a lovely view tooWhy, thank you. We do have a wonderful wildlife buffer between us and civilization.
#8
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Last post by Mr.Obvious - Today at 08:45:16 AMWhat a lovely view too
#9
Tell a Joke or two / Re: Post your funny pictures h...
Last post by drunkenshoe - Today at 08:11:59 AMQuote from: Hydra009 on May 19, 2024, 04:49:21 PMHow do you paint people as they are but also paint them as better-looking than they are? 🤔 Either you are painting them as they are, in which case you're not painting them as better-looking than they are. Or you're painting them as better-looking than they are, in which case you're not painting them as they are.
Your punishment is to sit through a traditional history of art course until a soup can drawing appears. :p Lool.
[In a way, according to Baudrillard that was the last thing we originally produced as human species. And I think, we've even failed at that.]
#10
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Last post by drunkenshoe - Today at 08:02:56 AMQuote from: Hydra009 on May 19, 2024, 08:15:44 PM
LOOL
Somehow it feels like, this was written on some toilet door in Stanford or MIT decades ago...