Of the HUNDREDS of pieces of "art" that have been flashed before

[DS1]

my poor abused eyes this semester, there's only ONE I like.



Bacon, Study after Velazquez's portrait of Pope Innocent X, 1953

I wanted to put on a chimp suit and fling poo at the rest :eyes:

[htuttle]

1. "Putting on a chimp suit and flinging poo at them"

Sounds brilliant!

When is the performance?

:evilgrin:

[DS1]

2. I already flung poo at Pollock, but my work went completly unnoticed

:cry:

[jonnyblitz]

3. wow!

I agree! :thumbsup: I like the colors used !

[JimmyJazz]

4. Why do you like it?

It is striking, but what drew your attention to this particular piece?

[DS1]

5. It appeals to me. It's cool. I'd hang it on my wall.

It's dark, and pisses on institution. Which institution it pisses on is irrelevant, I'm not anti-Catholic.

[JimmyJazz]

7. The subject is dark, but the colors are intense. The contrast may

be what appeals to you. Stupid question: It is paint, isn't it? It almost looks like it could be charcoal, though.

[DS1]

8. Yeah, I think it's paint

I dunno, the only other artist I really enjoy is H.R. Giger, and his work is a lot of greys :shrug:

[jonnyblitz]

9. my friend who tattoos me loves giger as do I...

I am getting a combo of two giger images tattooed on my lower leg once I finish my left sleeve (which will take all winter).

[DS1]

11. Nice, give us a pic when you're done

I ran across a tattoo site recently, there's a picture of a guy with a full Giger backpiece, and Giger is there for the photograph, pretty cool!

[jonnyblitz]

17. when i have more time...

I will send you the two pics I want images from. I am sure you will recognize them if you are familiar. I have a shitload of giger pics stored on some random yahoo photo album (I have about 8 yahoo ID's) I need to find.

this tat I want is not going to be for awhile. My sleeve will take forever.

I believe I saw that backpiece tat you are talking about. ($$$$$$$)

[JimmyJazz]

10. I admit that I had to look him up. Wow - that is some seriously

dark art. I'm actually more into photographic art (Man Ray in particular), but Giger is definitely interesting.

[DS1]

12. Man Ray makes me sick

:puke:

[JimmyJazz]

14. Why - it's not like he's Ansel Adams or something?

I like his holocaust photos more than his nudes, but I saw an exhibit in DC one year and really thought it was good.

[JimmyJazz]

13. And - aren't you the least bit impressed that I posted to you three

times before even asking about your rash? :7

[DS1]

15. I think his work, and anything associated with Dadaism is shit.

And if it were all thrown into a huge pile, covered with gasoline, I wouldn't lift a finger to stop it from being burned.

But that's just me, Stalin through and through

[JimmyJazz]

16. Ah see, I'm more of a Trotskyite!

:7

I agree that his nudes are in the dadaism shit pile, but again, his holocaust pictures are amazing. I don't want to argue with you though - you are certainly entitled to your opinion.

[DrWeird]

6. That's a great one.

Saw a black and white of it in my art history book in college. Didn't know the colors were that striking.

[Deja Q]

18. Looks like an old guy in pain as he passes gas...

Silly joke aside, I rather do adore the use of brush strokes.

The colors are simple and effective.

It actually is an inspiring work of art.