I may not know art...
Opus the Penguin
<http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051110/lf_afp/afplifestyleusart_
051110150445>
OR
I'm not one of these reactionary types who thinks all modern and
abstract art is bad. I like a great deal of it. But this piece is junk.
It boggles my mind that someone paid $23.8 million for it. It is
square, unimaginative, and drab. It looks like some college student's
art project that he tries to donate to the school and gets rejected.
Does anybody here like this piece? Anyone seen it up close? (I may not
be giving it a fair shake.)
--
Opus the Penguin
The best darn penguin in all of Usenet
Boron Elgar
<opusthepen...@gmail.com> wrote:
Look around at some more. I have not seen the one above, but I have
seen a few pieces. Though some of them look quite 50s now, he started
doing this stuff in the 30s and it was unusual.
Some of his works are large outdoor pieces and are very impressive.
Some are whimsical, others not so much.
The last link lets you click on the works to get some more detail.
http://hirshhorn.si.edu/education/animals/animals4.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Smith_
I have seen the one on wiki)
Tim Wright
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Right beside the potatoes and gravy.
Boron Elgar
wrote:
>Opus the Penguin wrote:
>> I may not know art, but I know what I don't like:
>>
>> <http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051110/lf_afp/afplifestyleusart_
>> 051110150445>
>>
>> OR
>>
>> <http://tinyurl.com/b4mt7>
>>
>> I'm not one of these reactionary types who thinks all modern and
>> abstract art is bad. I like a great deal of it. But this piece is junk.
>> It boggles my mind that someone paid $23.8 million for it. It is
>> square, unimaginative, and drab. It looks like some college student's
>> art project that he tries to donate to the school and gets rejected.
>>
>> Does anybody here like this piece? Anyone seen it up close? (I may not
>> be giving it a fair shake.)
>>
>They should paint it orange, and put it in Central Park.
I liked The Gates, too, Tim.
Boron
Opus the Penguin
So did I, at least from the pictures I saw.
This one just doesn't grab me. It so doesn't grab me that it's hard
for me to imagine how it would work for anyone.
The links you provided in your other post showed me some of Smith's
other work. I liked it just fine.
Xt' Tapalatakettle
"Opus the Penguin" <opusthepen...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:Xns970AAC7E2DC63op...@127.0.0.1...
I'd hate to see Cubi I through XXVI...
"This exceedingly rare work was the pinnacle of a four-decade career,"
I need to buy a torch... now...
Boron Elgar
<opusthepen...@gmail.com> wrote:
Good. Sometimes a piece is very difficult to appreciate in picture.
The size can make quite a difference, as can texture, as can walking
all around it. Sculpture can be lovely or a dud in a 2 dimension
representation, but it takes a viewing to grasp the goodness - or
sometimes the "badness" - of it.
I had studied art history for years before I went to Italy. No matter
how impressed I had been with Bernini, Donatello and Michaelangelo
from slides, I really had my breath taken away when I saw the works in
person. No amount of reading can prepare you.
I am glad you liked some of what you saw. Smith was an interesting
artist...not Michaelangelo by a long shot, but he did some nifty
stuff.
Boron
P.S. This is my favorite Bernini.
http://gallery.euroweb.hu/art/b/bernini/gianlore/sculptur/1620/apollo_d.jpg
Charles Wm. Dimmick
Xt' Tapalatakettle
Meh, Either way - I'f I had to choose - 28, I suppose...
You think that included shipping?
Captain Infinity
>I may not know art, but I know what I don't like:
>
><http://tinyurl.com/b4mt7>
>
>I'm not one of these reactionary types who thinks all modern and
>abstract art is bad. I like a great deal of it. But this piece is junk.
>It boggles my mind that someone paid $23.8 million for it. It is
>square,
"SQUARE! THE SHAPE OF EVIL!" --Plankton
**
Captain Infinity
Charles Bishop
<boron...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>I had studied art history for years before I went to Italy. No matter
>how impressed I had been with Bernini, Donatello and Michaelangelo
>from slides, I really had my breath taken away when I saw the works in
>person. No amount of reading can prepare you.
The same thing (except for the art history part) happened to me and the
Impressionists. I had like their painting before, but seeing them in a
collective exhibit in San Francisco, was amazing. I walked outside
afterwards and all the colors looked different somehow.
--
charles
Blinky the Shark
> They should paint it orange, and put it in Central Park.
I see some bad art
And I want it painted black
No colors any more
I want them it turn black
--
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Tony Myers (As seen near TV)
million for it.
Is any work or art worth 23.8 million? If you had 24.8 million is there
any work of art you'd spend 23.8 million on?
When everyone on the planet has enough to eat, then maybe spending
millions for a sculpture or a painting of some water lilies or stuff
like that might make sense. Until then, though, it's just an obscene
waste of money and a sad comment on the priorities of the human race.
Hank Gillette
>
> P.S. This is my favorite Bernini.
>
> http://gallery.euroweb.hu/art/b/bernini/gianlore/sculptur/1620/apollo_d.jpg
Apparently, the guy did not know how to carve a penis.
--
Hank Gillette
"There's nothing more pathetic than watching someone who's out of touch feign
being in touch." -- Maureen Dowd (referring to Bush)
Boron Elgar
<hankgi...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>In article <9dv7n113gn5tb27ta...@4ax.com>,
> Boron Elgar <boron...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> P.S. This is my favorite Bernini.
>>
>> http://gallery.euroweb.hu/art/b/bernini/gianlore/sculptur/1620/apollo_d.jpg
>
>Apparently, the guy did not know how to carve a penis.
Or a vulva.
Boron
Dilbert Firestorm
its not too bad.
one person's junk is another person's art!
Bill Bonde ('by a commodius vicus of recirculation')
Opus the Penguin wrote:
>
> Boron Elgar (boron...@hotmail.com) wrote:
> > Tim Wright <tlwri...@verizon.net> wrote:
> >>Opus the Penguin wrote:
> >>> I may not know art, but I know what I don't like:
> >>>
> >>> <http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051110/lf_afp/afplifestyleusart_
> >>> 051110150445>
> >>>
> >>> OR
> >>>
> >>> <http://tinyurl.com/b4mt7>
> >>>
> >>> I'm not one of these reactionary types who thinks all modern and
> >>> abstract art is bad. I like a great deal of it. But this piece
> >>> is junk. It boggles my mind that someone paid $23.8 million for
> >>> it. It is square, unimaginative, and drab. It looks like some
> >>> college student's art project that he tries to donate to the
> >>> school and gets rejected.
> >>>
> >>> Does anybody here like this piece? Anyone seen it up close? (I
> >>> may not be giving it a fair shake.)
> >>>
> >>They should paint it orange, and put it in Central Park.
> >
> > I liked The Gates, too, Tim.
> >
>
> So did I, at least from the pictures I saw.
>
> This one just doesn't grab me. It so doesn't grab me that it's hard
> for me to imagine how it would work for anyone.
>
It doesn't have to work for even the buyer. It is valuable because of
the person who made it. Most of his stuff isn't available for private
ownership so anything that is out there is considered valuable no matter
how much you say, "I could do that!"
--
Why do sequels seem not to continue the story but instead retell the
original? I still want to see a real sequel to "Universal Soldier" where
the new girlfriend and the reanimated soldier who has to take a break
and recharge in a special recharge machine every few days, and might
melt if he gets too excited, learns to live within his limitations,
perhaps getting a job selling life insurance nine to five while starting
his own country western band as an evening outlet, finally taking the
time out in his life for romance and smelling the lovely flowers. Have
some guts Hollywood, turn a full out violent action movie into a woman
friendly romantic comedy sequel!
Xt' Tapalatakettle
> the person who made it. Most of his stuff isn't available for private
> ownership so anything that is out there is considered valuable no matter
> how much you say, "I could do that!"
>
Hehehe, most of my art is not even available to be seen in museums - it's
that exclusive. Its rarity ought to make it fairly pricey. Just need to work
on getting famous... :-)
Bob Ward
<hankgi...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>In article <9dv7n113gn5tb27ta...@4ax.com>,
> Boron Elgar <boron...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> P.S. This is my favorite Bernini.
>>
>> http://gallery.euroweb.hu/art/b/bernini/gianlore/sculptur/1620/apollo_d.jpg
>
>Apparently, the guy did not know how to carve a penis.
Practicing up for Thanksgiving?
Tim Wright
> In article <9dv7n113gn5tb27ta...@4ax.com>,
> Boron Elgar <boron...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>P.S. This is my favorite Bernini.
>>
>>http://gallery.euroweb.hu/art/b/bernini/gianlore/sculptur/1620/apollo_d.jpg
>
>
> Apparently, the guy did not know how to carve a penis.
>
"Carve a penis" sounds like Thanksgiving at the Dahmers'.
Tim Wright
Hell yes. I got a garage full of "art".
Boron Elgar
wrote:
>Hank Gillette wrote:
I assume they'd be eaten (w)hole.
Boron