12 નવેમ્બર, 2013

"Who paints like that?"

Says Meade, critiquing my step stool.

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I defend myself: "It's Pollockesque. I don't know that I did that painting walls. That maybe happened down in the studio. That might be gesso."

32 ટિપ્પણીઓ:

tim maguire કહ્યું...

Somebody'd pay top dollar for that.

Henry કહ્યું...

I saw a busker in the subway this morning who had pants painted like that. Who paints pants like that?

MadisonMan કહ્યું...

Did you paint that that way on purpose, or is it just the result of a drippy paintbrush when you were painting something else?

Heartless Aztec કહ્યું...

Forget the pics of the stool post pics of you paint covered.

Tank કહ્યું...

You could get a new one by using the Althouse Amazon portal.

Is that thing safe?

When you step off, don't you get an awful lot of paint on the floor?

Rusty કહ્યું...

Just stick to your story.

Rusty કહ્યું...

Are you redoing that room? Th plate is off the outlet and the baseboard is off he wall.

Ann Althouse કહ્યું...

"Did you paint that that way on purpose, or is it just the result of a drippy paintbrush when you were painting something else?"

Meade's question is referring to skill at painting walls and ceilings. The stool is evidence of poor skill (in his book).

Ann Althouse કહ્યું...

"Are you redoing that room? Th plate is off the outlet and the baseboard is off he wall."

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 Althouse કહ્યું...

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.

Peter કહ્યું...

Well, that's the question someone will ask fifty years from now: is this folk art, or just some junk from Goodwill?

And perhaps they'll ponder what (if anything) that question says about the state of the art world?

traditionalguy કહ્યું...

It's not flat enough.

chickelit કહ્યું...

Did you plug that hole yet?

(referring to the disused A/C unit)

Wince કહ્યું...

More than once, Mead has reminded me of my father.

As a teen, I was a voracious slob when I'd eat dinner at the family table.

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."

Wince કહ્યું...

Thanks, Meade, for the memory and the laugh.

rhhardin કહ્યું...

Pollock's stuff is fractal (it looks the same at any scale), somebody has noticed.

Cut out a piece of it and blow it up to the original size and it looks the same, roughly stated.

Saint Croix કહ્યું...

Who paints like that?"

If you dribble the paint on a toilet seat the feminist metaphor will be obvious to all.

lemondog કહ્યું...

Put it up for bid on Ebay.

Rusty કહ્યું...

Ann Althouse said...
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.

Yeah. Well, wash that thing. It's dangerous they way it is now.

rhhardin કહ્યું...

Pollock in the backyard this morning.

chickelit કહ્યું...

Are Pollock jokes impolitic?

Strelnikov કહ્યું...

I have the matching radio, used during numerous paintings.

wildswan કહ્યું...

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 .

Ann Althouse કહ્યું...

"Yeah. Well, wash that thing. It's dangerous they way it is now"

That's ancient paint.

Big Mike કહ્યું...

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.

Scott કહ્યું...

"It's Pollockesque."

Like fish sticks?

George M. Spencer કહ્યું...

After deKooning died, his estate sought to sell the seats of a three-hole outhouse he splattered paint on.

The Elder કહ્યું...

Looks like it might be bird poop, too.

Big Mike કહ્યું...

Showed this post to wife after dinner. She says $4000 at a minimum.

Michael The Magnificent કહ્યું...

The stool is evidence of poor skill (in his book).

Au contraire. The paint on that stool is quite intentional, I'm willing to bet, and in my opinion quite well done.

Rusty કહ્યું...

Ann Althouse said...
"Yeah. Well, wash that thing. It's dangerous they way it is now"

That's ancient paint.

OK
Put a planter on it and call it kitsch.

Meade કહ્યું...

The Elder said...
"Looks like it might be bird poop, too."

Exactly. Where are we - Rome?

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