१२ नोव्हेंबर, २०१३

"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."

३२ टिप्पण्या:

tim maguire म्हणाले...

Somebody'd pay top dollar for that.

Henry म्हणाले...

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

MadisonMan म्हणाले...

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 म्हणाले...

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

Tank म्हणाले...

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 म्हणाले...

Just stick to your story.

Rusty म्हणाले...

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

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

"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 म्हणाले...

"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 म्हणाले...

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 म्हणाले...

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 म्हणाले...

It's not flat enough.

chickelit म्हणाले...

Did you plug that hole yet?

(referring to the disused A/C unit)

Wince म्हणाले...

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 म्हणाले...

Thanks, Meade, for the memory and the laugh.

rhhardin म्हणाले...

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 म्हणाले...

Who paints like that?"

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

lemondog म्हणाले...

Put it up for bid on Ebay.

Rusty म्हणाले...

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 म्हणाले...

Pollock in the backyard this morning.

chickelit म्हणाले...

Are Pollock jokes impolitic?

Strelnikov म्हणाले...

I have the matching radio, used during numerous paintings.

wildswan म्हणाले...

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 म्हणाले...

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

That's ancient paint.

Big Mike म्हणाले...

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 म्हणाले...

"It's Pollockesque."

Like fish sticks?

George M. Spencer म्हणाले...

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

The Elder म्हणाले...

Looks like it might be bird poop, too.

Big Mike म्हणाले...

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

Michael The Magnificent म्हणाले...

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 म्हणाले...

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 म्हणाले...

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

Exactly. Where are we - Rome?