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06-06-2005, 03:44 PM | #16 | |
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06-06-2005, 03:55 PM | #17 |
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A bunch of sticks and twine stuck together with spit, glopped onto the side of a building with Gray Lesser Spotted Belgian doing a stop-motion swan dive out the spittle riddled opening is "brilliant"? Well then call me crap loving, since I prefer Renoir, Degas, and Ansel Adams to a bunch of twigs and saliva.
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06-06-2005, 06:50 PM | #18 |
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well...ya gotta admit, that's a lot of spit. I'm a bit impressed.
Maybe he's trying to attract a mate. |
06-06-2005, 07:21 PM | #19 |
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And here I go with the unpopular opinion: I like it. I can't really understand why, but something about the nest itself looks pretty neat on the side of that building. Whatever the artist was trying to represent, he crafted something neat.
then again, I also liked the big pile of bananas in London. I would have liked to stand in fornt of it and smell it. Something about the physical aspects of that kind of art is attractive to me. Not so much the message, but the actual physical thing that is created (even if it is kind of stupid). |
06-06-2005, 08:22 PM | #20 |
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I like it too. It's neat. And different.
But I wouldn't want my tax dollars supporting it. |
06-06-2005, 10:18 PM | #21 |
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There are worse things our tax dollars could (and do) support. I dunno. I guess I just liked the idea of a giant bird's nest much better than that of some of the other things our tax money goes toward, but that is a subject meant for another thread, I suppose.
Anyway, I like it. No I don't want half my income going to it, but it doesn't, so that's cool. |
06-07-2005, 12:21 AM | #22 | |
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06-07-2005, 06:41 AM | #23 | |
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Correct. Maybe we should just "shut up" and become "couth" enough to just forget the debts from the past. Let those idiots use their money to create substandard mockeries of nature instead of paying their goddam bills. I'll chose uncouth over irresponsible anyday. Even though these people don't have talent to produce real art, you gotta hand it to them: they still continue to submit these dumbass exhibits shamelessly. In most of their country I guess stupidity is accepted as the norm. If they keep trying maybe one day they can actually create some real art, and eventually come closer to the superior talent and intelligence levels that we americans enjoy..................
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06-07-2005, 01:35 PM | #24 |
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The piss-christ guy was an american wasn't he? And NEA funded? And the Virgin Mary Dung "painting" another American artistic triumph.
It's gotten so you can't get a good picture on black velvet any more. I really wanted that white tiger to go with the Elvis ...
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06-07-2005, 02:38 PM | #25 |
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Right on, Case!
Serrano's Piss Christ is actually a really fascinating image. It is provokative, personal, and there is a lot to discuss. It a beautiful photograph. I'm glad I helped to pay for part of his grant. I'm a bit wary when governments get uppity about degenerate art. It has historically been bad. And why should governments support the arts? Because they (images, text, drama, music) are our family pictures. You might not like the whole album, but when the house is burning down, its the stuff you race to save- its the stuff with meaning. |
06-07-2005, 03:12 PM | #26 |
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I reckon I just have this "thing" about the nest art.
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