Offended by being called an Artist

[Sand Rat]

Originally posted by dauber22
I believe firmly in what I think is an ITalian concept. You may be a painter, a sculptor, a whatever, but you are not an artist until your work has stood the test of time. 100 years after you\'re dead, you MAY become an artist.

The other reason I want to be a Hack, and not an Artist - I want the money now, not 100 years from now. Sure, Van Gogh\'s works bring millions today, but he died flat freaking broke.

 

[klute_in_the_valute]

Sigil

Art is about a work of skill and imagintion which invokes imagination and emotion on the part of both artist and beholder.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[Evil Dave]

Dauber,
Speaking of wastes....
I\'m sure everyone has seen the NASA pen that writes underwater, no gravity etc,etc.
the government spent millions on developing these pens.

The russians used a pencil.

 

[finn17]

Ahem!

Originally posted by dauber22
(my we seem to have come up with some of my favorite hot buttons)

Is it \'that time of the month\' or have they changed your medication recently???:bouncy:

 

[SIGIL]

What Art schools should, and mostly do, do is provide instruction in use of materials and concepts and the history of Art. NOt unlike any other part of a college

Well the other half of the point I was attempting to make is that there is VERY little if anything that you will be taught in \" art school \" that you could not teach to yourself in half the time for free.

 

[dauber22]

Originally posted by finn17

Originally posted by dauber22
(my we seem to have come up with some of my favorite hot buttons)

Is it \'that time of the month\' or have they changed your medication recently???:bouncy:

Medications??? We don\'t need no steeeenking medications lol

 

[wiccanpony]

masterwork or trash? let me check with the kids

ok laugh if you will, but the Pony\'s peon reasoning about what is or isn’t Art..is this! Would I be willing to spend \"MY\" hard earned money to buy said artwork....lol:flip:

 

[Sand Rat]

Thats my scale also - the GF and I were in Hobby Lobby over the weekend looking at art and talking about what would be acceptable on the walls and what would not.

 

[wiccanpony]

Originally posted by steelcult
Thats my scale also - the GF and I were in Hobby Lobby over the weekend looking at art and talking about what would be acceptable on the walls and what would not.

please no crying clowns or black velvet

 

[dauber22]

Originally posted by wiccanpony
please no crying clowns or black velvet

Hey! If you drink enough of the one, the other starts to look pretty good lol

 

[Sand Rat]

Originally posted by wiccanpony

Originally posted by steelcult
Thats my scale also - the GF and I were in Hobby Lobby over the weekend looking at art and talking about what would be acceptable on the walls and what would not.

Nope - as far as painted art goes, I tend towards either paleolithic art (cave paintings, rock drawings, etc) or late 19th early 20th century artists - none of that modern art or pop art crap in my house, thank you very much - although I do like the ocassional piece of advertising art if it was done properly.

As for photography, we have six large pieces taken by the GF\'s grandfather on the walls of the apartment - 2 of the New York Opera house at night, one of the MOMA, and three ships - the France, the Leonardo Da Vinci, and the Onassis Yacht. The next photographs to go up will be some of mine, and then when I get the time and the equipment I\'ve got 60 yrs of large format negatives to sort for printing - all of them pre 9-11 shots of the NYC area dating back to the 1930\'s. Oh, and the one I\'m willing to kill for is a picture of Duke Ellington the GF\'s grandfather took in Central Park - its going up as soon as I get the room on the walls, and get it to Texas from NYC.

please no crying clowns or black velvet

 

[wiccanpony]

Originally posted by dauber22

Originally posted by wiccanpony
please no crying clowns or black velvet

Hey! If you drink enough of the one, the other starts to look pretty good lol

:]hic!....yep, that picture of Velevt Elvis is looking might good, I\'d swear his eyes are following me, here on the floorlol

 

[wiccanpony]

steelcult...I\'m fond of landscapes and animal oil paintings

 

[finn17]

You can\'t beat....

...Three flying plaster ducks...or is that just an English thing?

 

[Sand Rat]

Nope - had those till the ex accidentally broke them cleaning them -

 

[dauber22]

Originally posted by finn17
...Three flying plaster ducks...or is that just an English thing?

I believe it is. It has been replaced in this country by your choice of any of the following:

Dogs gambling
Gauzy paintings of quaint English cottages
Big Eyed children
Brittany Spears

 

[Sand Rat]

Originally posted by dauber22

Originally posted by finn17
...Three flying plaster ducks...or is that just an English thing?

I believe it is. It has been replaced in this country by your choice of any of the following:

Dogs gambling
Gauzy paintings of quaint English cottages
Big Eyed children
Brittany Spears

Hey Dauber, aren\'t your last two the same thing?

 

[finn17]

OMG!

I hate to say that the same list would apply here as well:wow:

Possible Brit variations might be:

1) A Robbie Williams poster
2) A Star Trek commemorative plate
3) Anything to do with Princess Diana
4) The plastic fish on a plastic plaque that sings in a highly amusing way
5) Almost forgot..the plastic nodding duck is having a renaissance

 

[supervike]

i have the answer...

Art is in the eye of the Beholder...

So look.

http://www.coolminiornot.com/?id=29075


Look closely and you can see it is basically just a stripe inside another color.

So, it turns out the artsy fartsy crowd was right all along. That is art, and there it is right in the eye of the beholder.....lol

 

[Evil Dave]

Originally posted by supervike
So, it turns out the artsy fartsy crowd was right all along. That is art, and there it is right in the eye of the beholder.....lol

I thought it was \"Beauty is in the eye of the Beholder\".

After playing D&D for years and watching paladins and fighters shriek in fear and run,while my Thief/Wizard laughs...I\'d have to say \"Humor is in the eye of the Rust Monster\"lol