This is worthy of the death penalty!

Brave folks there.

They will probably pie a politician next and then really step it up after that.

Some folks are so inadequate you really have to feel badly for them that their biggest accomplishment is something like this.

Regards,
etc.

They poked a hole in a painting .... well, maybe they were trying to add a little something ..... but instead of using a brush ...... they used their penis.

Who cares?

Now if it had been a Dali, I'd be pissed.

They should receive 100 bullwhip lashings in the town square and have it televised. Their ignorance should be exposed to avoid more numbskulls following in their footsteps.

Needless to say I am not an advocate for the destruction of art, but I have to ask: What is the big deal if that painting got destroyed? There are perfect reproductions of it in existence. As an art lover, is my viewing pleasure any less if I look at a perfect reproduction rather than the original?

The art world is full of naked emperors and I think that anyone who says the viewing of a perfect reproduction is different than viewing the original is one of them.

Nothing a little scotch tape can fix.

The art world is full of naked emperors and I think that anyone who says the viewing of a perfect reproduction is different than viewing the original is one of them.

I assume then that you wouldn't have any objection to Mount Rushmore being used for target practice, a la Sphynx?

Perhaps the Liberty Bell can be sold off to the Chinese so they can use it as a boat anchor on their next destroyer?

You can imagine the images possible about the original documents that are the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution....

The original teaches us things that a reproduction cannot. If the only thing you get from it is visual pleasure, no problem. Just don't assume your a good arbitrar of what is valuable thereby.

Regards,
etc.

Sacre bleu!! I nevair could STAND zis Impessionism !!(poke, poke, slash)

" they used their penis."

one collective penis?
There were four or five you know.

one collective penis?
There were four or five you know.

Posted by salamandagator

Alternate headline: "Collectivism Run Amok in Europe."

I assume then that you wouldn't have any objection to Mount Rushmore being used for target practice, a la Sphynx?

If there is a perfect replica in the same place (which would be impossible), then "no"

Perhaps the Liberty Bell can be sold off to the Chinese so they can use it as a boat anchor on their next destroyer?

If there's a perfect replica and no one could tell the difference, why not?

original teaches us things that a reproduction cannot.

What could you learn from the original Monet that you couldn't learn from a perfect replica?

So when you can make a perfect replica of a Monet, get back to us. Now go find some oil.

our new cat, "clawed mewnet" is going to be quite upset by this!

"As an art lover, is my viewing pleasure any less if I look at a perfect reproduction rather than the original?"

There's no such thing.

There's no such thing.

If there are some that are good enough to fool the professionals, or take them days to determine authenticity I challenge you or any other art lover to tell the difference.

So when you can make a perfect replica of a Monet, get back to us

I can't even draw a stick figure. Hell, I can't even write legibly.

Goatman you can't have it both ways. You think there is such a thing as a "perfect reproduction" of a Monet, and you are wrong.

But you'd be "pissed" if it was a Dali.

You are one special art-lover.

Who fucking cares. You shit-heaps that talk like you know what "art" is are the same fruitcakes paying to see "Dung Mary" or "Piss Christ".

Art is for the nonathletic.

Goatman you can't have it both ways. You think there is such a thing as a "perfect reproduction" of a Monet, and you are wrong.

But you'd be "pissed" if it was a Dali.

There are professional art dealers and experts now debating the authenticity of a Jackson Pollack work. If they can't tell the difference, how could the layman?

Thank God nobody fucked up the original "Poker Playing dogs"

Art is for the nonathletic.

Posted by 101Chairborne at 2007-10-08 01:52 PM

Yes, 101, why spend your time looking at a framed Rembrandt when you could be looking at your tv screen at pileon of 10 sweaty neanderthals trying to get their hands on a football- *grin*

Thank God nobody fucked up the original "Poker Playing dogs"

Posted by wisgod at 2007-10-08 02:04 PM | Reply

Or a collection of Elvis painted on velvet.

"As an art lover, is my viewing pleasure any less if I look at a perfect reproduction rather than the original?"

Posted by Goatman.




When I was in Pittsburg on some training in 2002 we had some free time and went to the Carnegy Museum. Monet's "Water Lillies" was on display there. The thing was huge and I was quite taken with how thick the paint was, it had to reach 3/16 to a 1/4 inch think in places. I can't really describe the feelings I had while I looked upon this masterpiece. Awe inspiring............

I have a calandar in my office displaying that same picture. Not even close as to the original.

There is no way you could reproduce that painting.

I have a calandar in my office displaying that same picture. Not even close as to the original.

Well, duh

Art is for the nonathletic.


C'mon Califchris, you took that bait?

C'mon Califchris, you took that bait?

Posted by _2112_ at 2007-10-08 02:18 PM | Reply


Somebody always does don't they?

101,
Yeah, once long ago you got me.
I jumped and you made mince meat out of me. I was pissed for a bit but then saw the humour in it.

C'mon Califchris, you took that bait?

Posted by _2112_ at 2007-10-08 02:18 PM |

And take a chance of disappointing 101 if I didn't? That comment was just sitting there with my name on it hahaha

"When I was in Pittsburg on some training in 2002 we had some free time and went to the Carnegy Museum. Monet's "Water Lillies" was on display there. The thing was huge and I was quite taken with how thick the paint was, it had to reach 3/16 to a 1/4 inch think in places. I can't really describe the feelings I had while I looked upon this masterpiece. Awe inspiring............"

I had the same reaction the first time I saw impressionism. The thickness of the paint, the bold brushstrokes, the way it caught and reflected the light...I remember thinking, even more than sculpture, it demanded you see the original.

I had a longtime dream come true when I spent a week in Philly this summer and got to go to The Barnes Foundation. Absolutely stunning: 181 Renoirs, 69 Cezannes (more than all the museums of Paris combined), 59 Matisses, 46 Picassos (including one Dr. Barnes bought from Pablo for $300, now insured for $70 million), Soutines, Rousseaus, Modiglianis, Degas, van Goghs, Seurats, Manets & Monets, all in dizzying displays. And that just a part of it.

...and then I immediately went outside and slurped down a penis.

I am aware of the problems of authenticy, Goatman, but they are hardly relevant here. The name is Jackson Pollock, by the way. They are trying to determine whether some paintings claimed to be by Pollock actually are. That has nothing to do with the quality of a reproduction.

Generally speaking, however, it would be easier to make a good reproduction of a Dali than a Monet.

Headline From The Onion:

JACKSON POLLOCK LOSES HOUSEPAINTING JOB

JACKSON POLLOCK LOSES HOUSEPAINTING JOB

LOL

if one has never seen a money or van gogh, then a replica is fine... though as mentioned above, the thickness of the paint adds so much. while not a fan of the water lily series, monet's earlier, smaller works (when he could see) offer more to me. and i never appreciated van gogh as all that i had ever seen were posters... flat posters with no dimension to them. once one sees the original - everything can change in no time at all.

i visited the d'orsay in march and wondered then how long it will be until all paintings are roped off making a gap between the work and viewer. tis sad as the brush-strokes on these paintings are what makes the work so great.
pinhead kids.
they no not what they do.

I hope you went to the Philadephia Museum of Art, too, Danforth. Truly one of the world's greatest art galleries.

Unfortunately, no...I had one day to myself, and chose the Barnes. Next time.

Both in one day would be kind of blinding, or something....