Althouse: The Giocomeadi Snowperson.

March 9, 2018

The Giocomeadi Snowperson.

Here's Meade (in 2010) getting inspiration at the Chicago Art Institute:

37 comments:

Howard said...: Another example of gun shortages reaching crisis levels
CNN Yountville Active Shooter; 3/9/18, 5:22 PM
the 4chan Guy who reads Althouse said...: Do you know what painting Meade is looking at?

From the other paintings visible in the picture I am assuming it is not a naked chick.

But it probably is abstract.

Which means he can see a naked chick if he wants to see a naked chick.

Because that is how abstract art works.

Jackson Pollock's paintings have a lot of naked chicks in them. But the girls are all really skinny.

The Germans have a word for this.; 3/9/18, 5:56 PM
Ralph L said...: So there's a bronze stick figure inside.; 3/9/18, 6:16 PM
Ralph L said...: That museum needs to make their signage a little smaller. It interferes with viewing the artwork and the huge letters are distracting.; 3/9/18, 6:18 PM
Unknown said...: this composition is, to me, female and angelic.; 3/9/18, 6:26 PM
Bob Boyd said...: In the first picture, if you don't zoom in, it looks like a dog standing up wearing sunglasses, a varsity letter jacket and a long skirt.

And if that's not art I don't know what is.; 3/9/18, 6:31 PM
Jaq said...: The second snowman looks like he is wearing one of those French helmets buwaya linked to yesterday.; 3/9/18, 6:48 PM
Bob Boyd said...: The dog has terrific posture.; 3/9/18, 7:02 PM
Sprezzatura said...: Why does Meade keep wearing clothes that are too big for him?

Most likely the little elf has psych issues w/ the text re the size categories re the labels (obviously he doesn't buy bespoke) on the clothes that actually fit him.

Bless his heart thinking that that his too large clothes aren't a massive flashing neon sign alerting everyone re his wee status. Irony.

He's awesome.

Carry on.; 3/9/18, 7:10 PM
Luke Lea said...: By Golly, that Meade's a good looking guy!; 3/9/18, 7:12 PM
Sprezzatura said...: Tip re next time shopping: while at the clothing store ask for several sizes of the same garment but don't ever look at the labels while changing. Then, go w/ the one that looks best, and ask the staff at the store to cut out the label so you'll never know what it said.

I'm a problem solver.

Yur welcome.; 3/9/18, 7:19 PM
Sprezzatura said...: Don't feel bad.

Solidarity:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=37&v=uAO2Y6rTwOM; 3/9/18, 7:43 PM
Sprezzatura said...: And shame on Althouse for exercising the veto on the FJ cruise.

Meade needed at least that. If not a 10 yard dump (assuming he's got at least a B CDL, if not, go w/ 5yd).

But, now he rolls a CRV. Probably making air brake sounds. To pretend. Like when shopping for clothes.

Sad!

Poor dude.; 3/9/18, 7:48 PM
pacwest said...: PBJ, not trying to insult you, but sometimes people need to be told just in case they don't realize. Your acting like an idiot that thinks he's clever lately. Your choice. Just sayin' in case you weren't aware.; 3/9/18, 8:20 PM
Etienne said...: I read where Teri Hatcher is homeless and broke and living out of her VW van.

I think about 17.4 million men have no problem setting her up with a room.

Anyway, I guess she is suing the tabloid...; 3/9/18, 8:38 PM
Sprezzatura said...: pac,

I did know that. I was tested at 22 IQ. We idiots marvel at yur type, and we appreciate yur help re thinkin'.

Anywho.

Thnx!; 3/9/18, 8:43 PM
Drago said...: adSs: "Why does Meade keep wearing clothes that are too big for him?"

Optimism.

As Ace of Spades might say: expectation of future Gainzzzzz.; 3/9/18, 8:43 PM
Sprezzatura said...: BTW pac,

Cool if yur intending to mix up your you're and your your.

Fun, right?; 3/9/18, 8:51 PM
Drago said...: adSs, my condolences to you and yours on today's jobs report.

Better luck next time.; 3/9/18, 8:56 PM
walter said...: Weird thing is there was nothing on that side of the wall.
Good "Chardonnay".; 3/9/18, 9:38 PM
Sprezzatura said...: "Weird thing is there was nothing on that side of the wall."

I get that yur joking. But, I had noticed that Althouse used an angle that cropped out the barrier that's meant to keep riffraff a safe distance from the art.; 3/9/18, 10:06 PM
Lewis Wetzel said...: anti-de Sitter space said...
pac,
I did know that. I was tested at 22 IQ. We idiots marvel at yur type, and we appreciate yur help re thinkin'.
Anywho.
Thnx!
3/9/18, 8:43 PM

Excelsior!; 3/10/18, 12:17 AM
Lewis Wetzel said...: I'm going to comment like this was a cafe' post.
I'm watching Sense and Sensibility on Netflix (the version with Hugh Grant), and I notice that when ladies trip and take a fall, it is a major crisis. She will likely "turn her ankle", and require rescue by teams of human beings, some of then in love with her. The lady probably breathes heavily, a sign of distress that is attended to.
If you are a guy and take a fall, and can't get up again, your bro's hand you a pistol with one bullet. Or maybe drag you into the shade & leave you with a canteen of water. If you are lucky they will givw you a bowie knife to defend yourself from the Comancheros who, like vultures, will sense your impending doom and act upon it in a rude fashion.
I am not sure what would happen if Hugh Grant fell and "turned his ankle", him not being all man and all.; 3/10/18, 12:28 AM
walter said...: Come on Lewis.
I broke an ankle in '06 and my bud talked me into waiting till next day before realizing the swelling suggested a problem.
Still have a plate and two screws in there.
So..surgery..lots O' PT etc.
No bullet.
You may have a flare for the dramatic...; 3/10/18, 12:41 AM
walter said...: Meanwhile..the Nori sub is plowing into the Slenderman issue...; 3/10/18, 12:44 AM
Lewis Wetzel said...: Hi, I will be your nurse, my name is Willie Nelson. You're not going to need my help gettin' up to use the toilet are you? There's a walker right here.
If y'all don't mind, I'm going to call you 'Pancho.'; 3/10/18, 12:52 AM
Lewis Wetzel said...: In Sense and Sensibility, the crisis at hand is that a family of five middle class girls is, after the death their father, forced to live on 500 pounds/year. IIRC, a skilled workman, in the early 19th century, might make ten shillings each week, or 26 pounds/year. So the five girls were desperate because they were forced to live on about four times (each) of the money that a working man was expected to raise a family on.; 3/10/18, 1:13 AM
walter said...: I'll have what Lewis is havin'
(Take my keys); 3/10/18, 1:32 AM
Lewis Wetzel said...: I'm in Hawaii, Walter. It ain't even ten o'clock here :); 3/10/18, 1:41 AM
LordSomber said...: Pupazzo di neve!
What a coincidence -- I was just posting about Pasta Fibonacci.; 3/10/18, 4:19 AM
Ann Althouse said...: Stop the extra space violation. Last warning. Deletions next time.; 3/10/18, 5:38 AM
Jaq said...: I did know that. I was tested at 22 IQ. We idiots marvel at yur type, and we appreciate yur help re thinkin’.

No, that’s not it. It’s your seeming complete lack of insight that makes your comments boring. Almost as if you got tired of getting called out on your factual errors every time you made a claim, so you made sure that your comments never contained substance that you would then be forced to realize that you can’t defend. Because it’s all about “the one true faith” of liberalism with you, and ironically, <<-- well if you take liberalism at its purported faith value, your obsession with class . I am guessing that is on account of mommy and daddy provided very well for you.; 3/10/18, 5:41 AM
Meade said...: It might be that he's just so ronery
So ronery and sadry arone
Poor rittle PB&J; 3/10/18, 7:16 AM
Robert Cook said...: I love Giacometti! I have more books about him on my bookshelves than any other artist. There are one or two others out there I'd like to have, but I can't justify the expense, as there are no new artworks reproduced in them that are not already contained in one (or several) of the books I already have.

I became interested in him in the 80s when a laudatory NYTIMES review of James Lord's biography of Giacometti intrigued me. He's known as a sculptor, but his sculptures were the last things of his I came to appreciate. First it was his paintings, which seemed to me at first sight to depict the atomic whirlwinds that make up all corporeal form, rather than the appearance of solid form that we see. The paintings electrified me instantly and they remain supreme among his works to me. His drawings and sculptures did not much interest me at first, but over time I have come to admire those works almost as much as his paintings. I was fortunate to see the huge retrospective of his work held at MoMA a decade ago.; 3/10/18, 10:04 AM
Robert Cook said...: "It might be that he's just so ronery
So ronery and sadry arone
Poor rittle PB&J"

Team America...Fuck Yeah!; 3/10/18, 12:13 PM
Mr. Majestyk said...: For the record, it's the Art Institute of Chicago, not the Chicago Art Institute.; 3/10/18, 10:30 PM
BJM said...: Having watched/read as Althouse & Meade's relationship evolves I would hazard a guess that this is what keeps them cooking along...they intellectually challenge and riff off each other. They are two halves of a whole, while remaining individuals who compliment, stimulate and surprise the other. It really doesn't get any better.; 3/11/18, 1:28 AM