tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post6190444624277032837..comments2024-03-29T03:51:13.883-05:00Comments on Althouse: "Who paints like that?"Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-23547992363247990652013-11-14T13:39:10.722-06:002013-11-14T13:39:10.722-06:00The Elder said...
"Looks like it might be bir...The Elder said...<br />"Looks like it might be bird poop, too."<br /><br />Exactly. Where are we - <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-24939386" rel="nofollow">Rome?</a><br />Meadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00117933390338651739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-34732672531942748122013-11-13T06:26:11.983-06:002013-11-13T06:26:11.983-06:00Ann Althouse said...
"Yeah. Well, wash that t... Ann Althouse said...<br />"Yeah. Well, wash that thing. It's dangerous they way it is now"<br /><br />That's ancient paint.<br /><br />OK<br />Put a planter on it and call it kitsch.Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00938263272237104128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53771185212255238632013-11-12T22:51:54.713-06:002013-11-12T22:51:54.713-06:00The stool is evidence of poor skill (in his book)....<i>The stool is evidence of poor skill (in his book).</i><br /><br />Au contraire. The paint on that stool is quite intentional, I'm willing to bet, and in my opinion quite well done.Michael The Magnificenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03820094319077676224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-57085376088216080652013-11-12T20:25:18.701-06:002013-11-12T20:25:18.701-06:00It's like the All in the Family episode where ...It's like the All in the Family episode where Archie's chair gets mistaken for modern art.<br /><br /><br /><br />WestVirginiaRebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14129174334939968181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-56426797069535744732013-11-12T19:45:47.512-06:002013-11-12T19:45:47.512-06:00Showed this post to wife after dinner. She says $4...Showed this post to wife after dinner. She says $4000 at a minimum.Big Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831645119853118904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-78019926646932412372013-11-12T17:49:43.152-06:002013-11-12T17:49:43.152-06:00Looks like it might be bird poop, too.
Looks like it might be bird poop, too.<br />The Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05219581046007688751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-64183031520000914332013-11-12T16:53:34.010-06:002013-11-12T16:53:34.010-06:00After deKooning died, his estate sought to sell th...After deKooning died, his estate sought to sell the seats of a three-hole outhouse he splattered paint on.<br /><br />George M. Spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07818413936028778734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-30068570978594258722013-11-12T16:45:02.723-06:002013-11-12T16:45:02.723-06:00"It's Pollockesque."
Like fish stic...<i>"It's Pollockesque."</i><br /><br />Like fish sticks?Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14341576498315327700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-17250031467630332272013-11-12T16:03:18.197-06:002013-11-12T16:03:18.197-06:00I'm with Tim Maquire (11:21) -- if you had sub...I'm with Tim Maquire (11:21) -- if you had submitted it to art show without any inkling that it was accidental, I think you'd have gotten a pretty decent offer. In your shoes I'd have asked $400, at least.Big Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831645119853118904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-56123432233055750432013-11-12T14:58:01.266-06:002013-11-12T14:58:01.266-06:00"Yeah. Well, wash that thing. It's danger..."Yeah. Well, wash that thing. It's dangerous they way it is now"<br /><br />That's ancient paint.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-43970071956591607902013-11-12T14:29:19.805-06:002013-11-12T14:29:19.805-06:00The step ladder is good but it makes me nervous, b...The step ladder is good but it makes me nervous, being on that nice floor. I think you should put it on a canvas and frame the canvas and call it 3-D Printing and sell it for enough to get a new one . wildswanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11975129877750876072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55940718710985518492013-11-12T14:18:28.991-06:002013-11-12T14:18:28.991-06:00I have the matching radio, used during numerous pa...I have the matching radio, used during numerous paintings.Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12520900676193170036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-70116059868721782352013-11-12T13:59:18.939-06:002013-11-12T13:59:18.939-06:00Are Pollock jokes impolitic? Are Pollock jokes impolitic? chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-49578169686703824402013-11-12T13:31:30.204-06:002013-11-12T13:31:30.204-06:00Pollock in the backyard this morning.<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhhardin/10824266015" rel="nofollow">Pollock</a> in the backyard this morning.rhhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901742898653890646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-41710778133690382102013-11-12T13:16:44.308-06:002013-11-12T13:16:44.308-06:00Ann Althouse said...
See, if you're being an a...Ann Althouse said...<br />See, if you're being an artist, slathering canvases, it's plausible that your in some sort of passionate frenzy, and disregarding the flying droplets is a virtue.<br /><br />Yeah. Well, wash that thing. It's dangerous they way it is now.Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00938263272237104128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-61675192377576828952013-11-12T13:12:48.556-06:002013-11-12T13:12:48.556-06:00Put it up for bid on Ebay.Put it up for bid on Ebay.lemondoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14606734670170393751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-11269250168759423692013-11-12T13:03:36.016-06:002013-11-12T13:03:36.016-06:00Who paints like that?"
If you dribble the pa...<i>Who paints like that?"</i><br /><br />If you dribble the paint on a toilet seat the feminist metaphor will be obvious to all.Saint Croixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17876368500159112781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27160069052797435522013-11-12T12:50:35.266-06:002013-11-12T12:50:35.266-06:00Pollock's stuff is fractal (it looks the same ...Pollock's stuff is fractal (it looks the same at any scale), somebody has noticed.<br /><br />Cut out a piece of it and blow it up to the original size and it looks the same, roughly stated.rhhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901742898653890646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28711309871759615352013-11-12T12:41:49.166-06:002013-11-12T12:41:49.166-06:00Thanks, Meade, for the memory and the laugh.Thanks, Meade, for the memory and the laugh.Wincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15002449963597087316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-67766906253778109272013-11-12T12:40:40.095-06:002013-11-12T12:40:40.095-06:00More than once, Mead has reminded me of my father....More than once, Mead has reminded me of my father.<br /><br />As a teen, I was a voracious slob when I'd eat dinner at the family table.<br /><br />When I'd get up from the table, my father would look down at my chair seat littered with food scraps and say, "no wonder you leave the table still hungry."Wincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15002449963597087316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1727759646654400152013-11-12T12:40:35.570-06:002013-11-12T12:40:35.570-06:00Did you plug that hole yet?
(referring to the dis...Did you plug that hole yet?<br /><br />(referring to the disused A/C unit)chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24714523733586269662013-11-12T12:35:46.058-06:002013-11-12T12:35:46.058-06:00It's not flat enough.It's not flat enough.traditionalguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706120413005530014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-15333989129384620072013-11-12T12:23:02.379-06:002013-11-12T12:23:02.379-06:00Well, that's the question someone will ask fif...Well, that's the question someone will ask fifty years from now: is this folk art, or just some junk from Goodwill?<br /> <br />And perhaps they'll ponder what (if anything) that question says about the state of the art world?<br />Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16099940931064117337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-85208547911763229622013-11-12T11:41:49.261-06:002013-11-12T11:41:49.261-06:00See, if you're being an artist, slathering can...See, if you're being an artist, slathering canvases, it's plausible that your in some sort of passionate frenzy, and disregarding the flying droplets is a virtue.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-65218656481958192372013-11-12T11:40:01.789-06:002013-11-12T11:40:01.789-06:00"Are you redoing that room? Th plate is off t..."Are you redoing that room? Th plate is off the outlet and the baseboard is off he wall."<br /><br />The baseboard has been off since the floor was installed last summer. Leaving them off was a step in this painting job that's happening now.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.com