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Offline BEG

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« on: June 15, 2009, 01:56:26 PM »
I'm bored because I can't do anything around the house that might mess it up because it is on the market (that means no quilting).  So I'm sitting here doing laundry and wasting time on the computer.  I swear I am about to go mad, it is so hard keeping your house looking as though no one lives in it.  I'm afraid to take my sheets off my bed and wash them for fear that when my sheets are in the washer someone will call and want to see the house.  So I woke up really early this morning and washed both my sheets and my sons so I could get them back on the beds before someone called to view the house.  Figures that no one has called when I make such an effort. 

Same with yesterday, we decided not to hang around the house so we ran around picking everything up, dusting, vacuuming and cleaning toilets..etc.     When someone comes to view the house we take the dogs over to my Mom's because I can't just leave them out when people come into the house.  They wont bite or anything but they bark A LOT and jump up on people.  We could crate them but they would still bark a ton so we take them over to my Mom's every time someone comes to view the house.  So yesterday we took them over to her house and decided to go to a museum.  We decided to go to Dallas yesterday to walk around the City Arts fair (it was HOT as HELL too).  We went to the Nasher Sculpture Center and the Dallas Museum of Art.

While looking at all this art I couldn't help but notice that some of it looked like a child did it in under a minute and some looked like it took YEARS to accomplish.  As we have all heard that art is subjective (which it is undoubtably true), I couldn't help but wonder what makes an artist use certain subjects over others.  Take my brother for instance, he is a huge lib.  He wants to be the next "Piss Christ" guy so bad.  He is an excellent photographer yet the subjects he chooses he chooses to "shock" the public.  What makes someone want to shock everyone vs someone who creates something beautiful?  I was discussing this with my husband and he said that some people are just ugly inside and that their "art" reflects what is inside of them but what makes what I consider "ugly" attractive to someone else?

While I think that some "statement art" is good for the status quo, why do so many "artist" want to offend with their "art"?

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Offline DixieBelle

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Re: Art
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2009, 02:13:36 PM »
Great topic BEG!!! I like your husband's answer. ;-) I tend to agree because I think art is  certainly a reflection of your insides. Remember the girl who made her abortion art? That was a reflect of her insides in more ways than one!

My husband is an artist. He's good enough to have pursued it professionally but instead went into computers and now does it as a hobby. He doesn't get the art that looks like a child did it while under the influence but can appreciate fine art that obviously took a lot of talent and time to create. I am the same way. I can't stand most abstract or modern art unless it's clearly done with some sort of purpose or creativity. We went to an art exhibit once and one guy had an installation of his different "pieces" and they were crap! (not literally lol) but they were things like a pile of old typewriter pieces, mismatches shoes, etc...random and bizarre to me.
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Re: Art
« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2009, 02:55:25 PM »
The first emotion any art should inspire in its audience is admiration.  Everything else is just junk.  It doesn't matter if you "get it" or not.  If you admire it, it has value, even if it confuses you. 

We can't take our eyes off a train wreck, but it ain't art.  In the end, it's just junk. 
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Re: Art
« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2009, 03:10:52 PM »
Quote from: Lord Undies on June 15, 2009, 02:55:25 PM
The first emotion any art should inspire in its audience is admiration.  Everything else is just junk.  It doesn't matter if you "get it" or not.  If you admire it, it has value, even if it confuses you. 

We can't take our eyes off a train wreck, but it ain't art.  In the end, it's just junk. 

How profound....
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Re: Art
« Reply #4 on: June 15, 2009, 03:40:47 PM »
Quote from: Lord Undies on June 15, 2009, 02:55:25 PM
The first emotion any art should inspire in its audience is admiration.  Everything else is just junk.  It doesn't matter if you "get it" or not.  If you admire it, it has value, even if it confuses you. 

We can't take our eyes off a train wreck, but it ain't art.  In the end, it's just junk. 

I was thinking along these lines from the artists point of view with the exception of the word attention popping in my mind while you went with admiration. What's the old saying, no such thing as bad publicity?
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Offline RobJohnson

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Re: Art
« Reply #5 on: June 16, 2009, 01:19:06 AM »
Quote from: BEG on June 15, 2009, 01:56:26 PM
  I'm afraid to take my sheets off my bed and wash them for fear that when my sheets are in the washer someone will call and want to see the house. 


If I was house shopping and found the bed stripped and the sheets being washed, that would just show me how clean of a person you are, and would spark my choice.

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Re: Art
« Reply #6 on: June 16, 2009, 07:34:35 AM »
Thomas Kinkaid...I love his work...I love roman-esque, old world type paintings...Some nicely done florals, nicely done animal art and I like simple japanese style art as well.   These examples are what I have around the house.
I never got abstract/modern art until I went to Belize last year and picked up a couple of paintings from local artists...I've yet to frame and hang them...but the colors just appealed to me.

I LOVE art..and I can paint as well....but just as a hobby.

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Re: Art
« Reply #7 on: June 16, 2009, 02:23:11 PM »
Quote from: Lord Undies on June 15, 2009, 02:55:25 PM
The first emotion any art should inspire in its audience is admiration.  Everything else is just junk.  It doesn't matter if you "get it" or not.  If you admire it, it has value, even if it confuses you. 

We can't take our eyes off a train wreck, but it ain't art.  In the end, it's just junk. 





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The weekend before last we went to a showing of Maxfield Parrish prints (most, if not all, were "original") at the Crocker Art Museum.
That is art.
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Re: Art
« Reply #8 on: June 21, 2009, 04:24:48 AM »
Vegas casino owner and art collector Steve Wynn was entertaining a small group of friends in the fall of 2006 when he decided to show them his prized Picasso "Le Reve," ("The Dream"). He had recently agreed to sell the piece for $139 million to fellow collector and hedge fund director Steve Cohen. But Wynn's "dream" turned into a nightmare when, with one seemingly harmless hand motion while hosting a party at his home, he put his elbow through the famous painting of Picasso's mistress. The shocked guests vowed to keep silent about the incident and Wynn later chose to keep the painting; it was restored but dropped in value to $85 million. It cost Wynn $90,000 for restoration work.

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Re: Art
« Reply #9 on: June 21, 2009, 12:18:34 PM »
Quote from: RobJohnson on June 21, 2009, 04:24:48 AM
Vegas casino owner and art collector Steve Wynn was entertaining a small group of friends in the fall of 2006 when he decided to show them his prized Picasso "Le Reve," ("The Dream"). He had recently agreed to sell the piece for $139 million to fellow collector and hedge fund director Steve Cohen. But Wynn's "dream" turned into a nightmare when, with one seemingly harmless hand motion while hosting a party at his home, he put his elbow through the famous painting of Picasso's mistress. The shocked guests vowed to keep silent about the incident and Wynn later chose to keep the painting; it was restored but dropped in value to $85 million. It cost Wynn $90,000 for restoration work.

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 :doh: Well good thing it was he who did it and not one of his guests!



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