Cats who Paint

[Ncretc]

Does anybody know anything about this subject? There is a book called Why
Cats Paint, and I'm trying to find out more about this... please email me
direct with any info. Thanks! Nancy

[Crystal Wood]

In article <475lt1$c...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, ncr...@aol.com says...

>
>Does anybody know anything about this subject? There is a book called Why
>Cats Paint, and I'm trying to find out more about this... please email me
>direct with any info. Thanks! Nancy

It's a wonderfully witty book that seems so serious and sophisticated, you
almost believe it's true. It shows cats and their "work," from naturalism
to expressionism, profiling the "artists," and going into great detail, just
like a serious book on art. Well worth finding and acquiring!

Crystal
cw...@computek.net

[Esha Neogy]

Yes, it is a wonderful send-up of art criticism. I wonder how they got
the cats to do those things--probably put their paws in paint and dangled
something above them to make them swipe on the paper.

My father, an art historian, was very intrigued by the paintings of Koko
the gorilla, who does do them on purpose. He also told of an elephant
who made graceful abstract drawings with a crayon or something in her
trunk.
,
Esha

[Pam Bartlett]

In article <478no2$s...@usenetz1.news.prodigy.com> UND...@prodigy.com (Esha Neogy) writes:
>From: UND...@prodigy.com (Esha Neogy)
>Subject: Re: Cats who Paint
>Date: 1 Nov 1995 21:10:26 GMT

Yes, great entertainment. I also wondered how they got the cats to do their
"paintings". Mine probably would have laid down and gone to sleep in the
whole mess. I find it hard to believe the statements about how much was paid
for some of the paintings. If I thought that were true, I'd have a paintbrush
in Priscilla's paw tonite!! Good Christmas gift for the cat lover on your
list.
Pam

[Gillian Appleton]

In article <1995Oct3...@emuvax.emich.edu>, buz...@emuvax.emich.edu wrote:

> If you put paint on a cat's paws and let them walk on paper, I guess you could
> say that cats paint. I was under the impression that that book wasn't
supposed
> to be taken seriously, that it was just a fun book to read (and probably to
> write too).
>
> Jan
> buz...@emuvax.emich.edu
> In article <475lt1$c...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, ncr...@aol.com (Ncretc)

> writes:
> > Does anybody know anything about this subject? There is a book called Why
> > Cats Paint, and I'm trying to find out more about this... please email me
> > direct with any info. Thanks! Nancy

The book is a brilliant satire on artspeak, the way art critics write and
interpret modern art. It is absolutely hilarious but certainly not to be
tajen seriously! Cheers, Gil

--
Gil Appleton