September 5, 2006: 99 wolves crash into glass - Page 2

Happy Monkey · 09-05-2006, 05:03 PM

Someone should put an adorable stuffed kitty on the other side of the glass.

Or a little pig dressed as a construction worker. "The fourth little pig built his house out of wolf-proof glass. He's safe as long as he doesn't throw stones."

milkfish · 09-05-2006, 07:44 PM

This piece of art may well be better than the lass with the ex-pig, you know.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-05-2006, 08:51 PM

They sure went to a lot of trouble to make them look like 99 different wolves. I like it.

Trilby · 09-06-2006, 02:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Griff

Red headed stranger visiting today?

Is this some kind of reference to being on the rag? If it is, it's a new one for me. I've heard riding the cotton pony, Aunt Flo visiting...but never that one.

That said, I just don't like violence in my visual art. Esp. animal violence. The piece makes the wolves look stupid. I'm allowed to not like it without speculation as to my mood or cycle, aren't I?

breakingnews · 09-06-2006, 02:28 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

I like this display a lot. I don't really understnad what it's supposed to mean, but I like it still. I really like it that the wolves are made from sheep. I don't know if the artist meant it to be funny, but it is.

whatever you've got, pass it on over!!

09-06-2006, 04:33 AM

Oh. My. God! Disturbing but funny. Metaphor for the human race?

And bugger! Sundaegirl was right. I just caught myself whistling '99 Red Balloons'. Damn the Chinese, so that's their master plan for world domination, not communism but communal whistling of dodgy German tunes! Inscrutable bastards!

Griff · 09-06-2006, 06:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

I'm allowed to not like it without speculation as to my mood or cycle, aren't I?

Sure and I can make a poorly received joke can't I?

warch · 09-06-2006, 01:18 PM

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“My work is sometimes like the poppy flower. It has this almost romantic side, but yet it also represents a poison,” says Cai Guo-Qiang, who harnesses the explosive power of gunpowder to create epic works that are born in violent on-site acts of performance. For his show "Inopportune" at MASS MoCA, Cai explores catastrophe, pain and the meaning of terrorism in the world since September 11th with an installation of tumbling cars that follow a path through the air. In neighboring galleries, a video imagines a car bomb in Times Square and a series of stuffed tigers pierced by arrows elicits a disturbing, visceral reaction. “Behind all this is a very earnest and frank look at our society today,” says Cai.

From the arts 21 site http://www.pbs.org/art21/series/seasonthree/power.html, last season's episode about artists and working with themes of power.

Art, if it's any good, means more than one thing. And the meanings constantly change over time and are dependent on the persons making the meaning. The artist's intention is just one of a great many possibilites, not the one right reading. Some interpretations maybe more interesting than others, thats what the conversation is about. Cool work. It reminds me of predators, herds, migration, contellations, epic war, grimms tales, warnings, road kill, extinction, natural history diaramas. The fact that in real life it would totally surround you and overwhelm you, add a cool element of intimidation.

But let's ask Uggg.

Trilby · 09-06-2006, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Griff

Sure and I can make a poorly received joke can't I?

Yes, of course. Sorry.

Griff · 09-06-2006, 02:51 PM

Cool.

Clodfobble · 09-06-2006, 04:58 PM

I can't really explain why, but I really like it. And as a general rule, I don't like installation art. In fact, I can only think of one other "art" IOTD that I've ever liked: the curtain of rainbow-colored hanging balls a couple of weeks ago.

I like the idea of an airborne flow of animals. And the ones running into the glass just make me laugh every time I think about it--like they're not hurt, just humiliated. Embarassed wolves are funny.

Happy Monkey · 09-06-2006, 05:27 PM

Ever read Neil Gaiman's "The Wolves in the Walls"?

Clodfobble · 09-06-2006, 06:11 PM

Yep. The kids love it. "The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish" is good too, but they prefer the wolves.

DanaC · 09-06-2006, 06:15 PM

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Is this some kind of reference to being on the rag? If it is, it's a new one for me. I've heard riding the cotton pony, Aunt Flo visiting...but never that one.

My favourite one is 'fallen to the communists'. P

Griff · 09-06-2006, 07:40 PM

Ha ha cute. I'll try that on Pete in oh... 19 days or so.

09-05-2006, 05:03 PM	#16
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Someone should put an adorable stuffed kitty on the other side of the glass. Or a little pig dressed as a construction worker. "The fourth little pig built his house out of wolf-proof glass. He's safe as long as he doesn't throw stones." __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

09-05-2006, 07:44 PM	#17
milkfish A serene breakdown Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Northern NJ, USA Posts: 266	This piece of art may well be better than the lass with the ex-pig, you know. __________________ A genius is one who can do anything except make a living. - Joey Lauren Adams

09-05-2006, 08:51 PM	#18
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	They sure went to a lot of trouble to make them look like 99 different wolves. I like it. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-06-2006, 02:51 PM	#25
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Cool. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

09-06-2006, 05:27 PM	#27
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Ever read Neil Gaiman's "The Wolves in the Walls"? __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

09-06-2006, 04:33 AM	#21
Tin Man Guest Posts: n/a	Oh. My. God! Disturbing but funny. Metaphor for the human race? And bugger! Sundaegirl was right. I just caught myself whistling '99 Red Balloons'. Damn the Chinese, so that's their master plan for world domination, not communism but communal whistling of dodgy German tunes! Inscrutable bastards!

09-06-2006, 04:58 PM	#26
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I can't really explain why, but I really like it. And as a general rule, I don't like installation art. In fact, I can only think of one other "art" IOTD that I've ever liked: the curtain of rainbow-colored hanging balls a couple of weeks ago. I like the idea of an airborne flow of animals. And the ones running into the glass just make me laugh every time I think about it--like they're not hurt, just humiliated. Embarassed wolves are funny.

09-06-2006, 06:11 PM	#28
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Yep. The kids love it. "The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish" is good too, but they prefer the wolves.

09-06-2006, 07:40 PM	#30
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Ha ha cute. I'll try that on Pete in oh... 19 days or so. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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