Subtly tasteless artwork
Dan Drake
I am struggling to come up with the right kind of material. Pictures
of mutilated corpses, while definitely having their own merits, are
not going to be suitable. Neither is weird porn and the like.
Still lifes of fruit and flowers are out.
Those de-motivational posters are so ... 20th century.
For obvious business reasons, themes with a political, racial or
religious flavor are not going to fly.
What I'm looking for is one or more themes that will probably not
register on the offensiveness scale of an innocent and uncorrupted
mind, but that will be appreciated by more worldly people. Themes
perhaps where the tasteless element only becomes apparent after some
thought.
Ideas, anyone?
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Dan Drake
JustmeŽ
<smphotomenhf4ls1k...@4ax.com> , and like,
I thought that, you know, I had to say something back:
> What I'm looking for is one or more themes that will probably not
> register on the offensiveness scale of an innocent and uncorrupted
> mind, but that will be appreciated by more worldly people. Themes
> perhaps where the tasteless element only becomes apparent after some
> thought.
>
> Ideas, anyone?
>
See if you can procure any of the art of Jack Kevorkian
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/kevorkian/aboutk/
art/
If those, uh...still lifes are too disturbing for the
normals, try getting a print of the picture in the
Brooklyn museum, of the Madonna painted in elephant shit.
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Julian Macassey
Justme® <gi...@takethisout.insurgent.org> wrote:
>Dan Drake <ddr...@NOTTHIS.home.com> like, said in article
><smphotomenhf4ls1k...@4ax.com> , and like,
>I thought that, you know, I had to say something back:
>
>
>> What I'm looking for is one or more themes that will probably not
>> register on the offensiveness scale of an innocent and uncorrupted
>> mind, but that will be appreciated by more worldly people. Themes
>> perhaps where the tasteless element only becomes apparent after some
>> thought.
>>
>> Ideas, anyone?
>>
>
>See if you can procure any of the art of Jack Kevorkian
>http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/kevorkian/aboutk/
>art/
>
For adding that touch of happiness and humour to today's
office environment, there is always those clown paintings
by John Wayne Gacy.
http://www.apbnews.com/crimesolvers/serialkiller/2000/03/23/gacy0323_01.html
ObT: A female friend is planning on some surgery. So she filled
in the obligatory forms and in the box for "Who should we
contact etc." she put my name and number. In the "Relationship to
patient" box she wrote "I'm his mistress."
The medical secretary took the form into the Dr. who
immediately invited her into his office - no doubt to check her
out when she was not unconscious. After he talked to her, he
called me and offered me a free dinner at his sister's restaurant.
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Dan Drake
Macassey) wrote:
>In article <9mbb27$pji$1...@blackhelicopter.databasix.com>,
>JustmeŽ <gi...@takethisout.insurgent.org> wrote:
>>See if you can procure any of the art of Jack Kevorkian
>>http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/kevorkian/aboutk/
>>art/
> For adding that touch of happiness and humour to today's
>office environment, there is always those clown paintings
>by John Wayne Gacy.
>
>http://www.apbnews.com/crimesolvers/serialkiller/2000/03/23/gacy0323_01.html
These are excellent starting points, thank you both very much. Jack
Kevorkian's paintings are probably a little too unsubtle for what I'm
trying to achieve here, but the notion of plastering the walls with
serial killers such as John Wayne Gacy's artwork could well fit the
bill.
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Dan Drake
Robinson
>
>
> These are excellent starting points, thank you both very much. Jack
> Kevorkian's paintings are probably a little too unsubtle for what I'm
> trying to achieve here
I dunno..."Fever", "Nearer My God", and "For He Is Raised" I think are
pretty damn subtle, at least for the average sheeple.
Look at them thru the wide, innocent, wondering eye of the typical
drone...pretty colors, funny bunnies, silly people making silly faces. I
can almost hear all the Ralphies of the world squealing "Look at the
funny picture! It makes me laugh!"
Only those of us that live with the darkness, nay, *embody* that
darkness and drag it close to us with the unassuaged amor of the truly
pragmatic, the hopelessly realistic, the unapologetic scions of
PeaceLoveDoves who have seen that the peace is a sham, the love is
convenience, and the doves are merely pigeon pie, will ever look at
these paintings and see the real truth, the real art, within them.
Guess who didn't take her Effexor today....
Lorri
Unapologetic Bitch
Nanook of the North
Native/aboriginal art. If there are 'Indians' local to your area, check with
them. Otherwise, go Inuit, Haida, African, whatever you can find.
Don't tell 'em until *after* you've been paid that the artwork represents some
kind of fertility goddess ("yeah, those big circles are supposed to be tits"),
some kind of warfare idol ("yeah, that's the kind of club you're supposed to
crack their skull open with before you eat their brains"), or whatever.
Here's a hint: http://www.ulimaaq.com/BoneFolder/Bone.html: "Walrus Oosik, Item
#BN14, carved by Carson Oozeva, Materials: Walrus penis bone, whale bone bear,
Measures: 20"L, sold." You can get 'em uncarved for around $50. I used one for
my very first ever TSS, which the receiving bastard never acknowledged on the
group (or, which the bastards at UK customs didn't deliver). I have contacts:
call me if necessary. The spelling and pronunciation varies; for example, in
the North Baffin dialect, it's 'usuk'. In other places, it's more like 'ushuk'.
Whatever. You get the idea. (Technically, 'usuk' or 'oosik' et al. just mean
'penis', but whenever a qabloonaq uses the word, it means 'walrus penis bone'.)
Enjoy.
Robert
Nanook of the North
> For adding that touch of happiness and humour to today's
>office environment, there is always those clown paintings
>by John Wayne Gacy.
>
>http://www.apbnews.com/crimesolvers/serialkiller/2000/03/23/gacy0323_01.html
Even better, an idea from another link from the above page,
http://www.apbnews.com/crimesolvers/douglas/index.html: Battered Barbie an
Ominous Sign. From the famous 'profiler':
In 1986, I was asked to look over a roll of film turned in to the FBI by a film
processing lab. There was a series of shots of a young man in his 20s or 30s,
holding a rifle, sitting on the tailgate of a truck. His face was blackened and
he was dressed in camouflage pants. So far, pretty normal. But there was one
disturbing figure in these photos -- a Barbie doll, which he'd mutilated in
various ways.
Robert
Nurz Rachet
> In 1986, I was asked to look over a roll of film turned in to the FBI by a film
> processing lab. There was a series of shots of a young man in his 20s or 30s,
> holding a rifle, sitting on the tailgate of a truck. His face was blackened and
> he was dressed in camouflage pants. So far, pretty normal. But there was one
> disturbing figure in these photos -- a Barbie doll, which he'd mutilated in
> various ways.
OK, I'll bite.
First off, why were they asking you about it? Had you been arrested at
one time or another for taking in suspicious film for developing?
Secondly, and more importantly, could it have been YOUR Barbie doll in
the photo?
ObT: The above post as a story on "Wilderness Tales" in the old
NatLamps. Maurice, the little Indian boy, sodomizing the retarded
Mountie with the Barbie doll as the professor yelled at the Mountie to
squeal like a pig. When they're finished, Foamie the Dog could lick
everything clean. Slurp.
Nurzy
one dem Yankee guys, eh?
Nanook of the North
>
>Nanook of the North wrote:
>
>>In 1986, I was asked to look over a roll of film turned in to the FBI by a film
>> processing lab. There was a series of shots of a young man in his 20s or 30s,
>>holding a rifle, sitting on the tailgate of a truck. His face was blackened and
>> he was dressed in camouflage pants. So far, pretty normal. But there was one
>> disturbing figure in these photos -- a Barbie doll, which he'd mutilated in
>> various ways.
>
>OK, I'll bite.
>
>First off, why were they asking you about it? Had you been arrested at
>one time or another for taking in suspicious film for developing?
>
>Secondly, and more importantly, could it have been YOUR Barbie doll in
>the photo?
>
know, the one they've based all the TV series and shit on. Wasn't me.
My home, however, *does* include a shitload of Barbies, some of which have
indeed been mutilated. However, I was not responsible for any of the
mutilation; rather, my daughters were, usually in the midst of possession fights
("She's mine!" "No, she's mine!" "Gimme back!" "Nuh-uhh!" <ungh!> "Oh my,
look, Barbie's been decrapitated!").
ObT: A fumetti (like a comic, with word balloons etc., but done with photos)
about a stereotypical 1960's Madison Avenue adman going home to suburbia and
having an affair with his daughter's 'Barbee' (undoubtedly changed to avoid
litigation) doll, starring a young John Cleese and put together by an
equally-young Terry Gilliam....
>
>ObT: The above post as a story on "Wilderness Tales" in the old
>NatLamps. Maurice, the little Indian boy, sodomizing the retarded
>Mountie with the Barbie doll as the professor yelled at the Mountie to
>squeal like a pig. When they're finished, Foamie the Dog could lick
>everything clean. Slurp.
Fuck, I've forgotten that comic. Dammit, NatLamp, we hardly knew ye!
Robert
Dan Drake
<robn...@my-deja.com> wrote:
>Native/aboriginal art. If there are 'Indians' local to your area, check with
>them. Otherwise, go Inuit, Haida, African, whatever you can find.
>
>Don't tell 'em until *after* you've been paid that the artwork represents some
>kind of fertility goddess
I'm happy to report that this is *my* office suite, and so
(perversely) I'm *un*happy to report that it's me paying for it.
>Here's a hint: http://www.ulimaaq.com/BoneFolder/Bone.html: "Walrus Oosik, Item
>#BN14, carved by Carson Oozeva, Materials: Walrus penis bone, whale bone bear,
>Measures: 20"L, sold."
Nice. There are some interesting items here - unfortunately they're a
tad on the expensive side considering the quantities I'll need (and
the fact that I'm a cheap bastard).
A lurker e-mailed me another suggestion (thanks, Tim!) with some
interesting artwork by H. R. Giger. As he said, "They tend to be
somewhat disturbing though you often have to look closely to see it."
That's the idea! Maybe not for the whole office suite, but certainly
a candidate for one section of it. See:
We're getting there. I knew I could count on you guys. *Sniff*
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Dan Drake