what are the chances? same day, 2 blogs i follow. both showing statuary. female veiled busts -of the earlier understood meaning. I was certain these were the same piece/reproduction. but no. on this monday, great minds think almost alike. check out the 5th item down on Nessy's list here: https://www.messynessychic.com/2020/11/27/a-messy-nessy-curated-2020-gift-guide/
The idea that a human being otherwise just like us ordinary shmoes could use hand tools to free that magnificence from the heart of a rock is almost a fantasy, but that's what happened, and there it is for all time, until another human being fumbles it tipping it up to dust underneath.
And then you look at so-called art that's just a random stupid shape of metal or clay or a tarp that someone splorched a bucket of paint at, or they stuck a banana through a hole in a piece of cardboard, or signed their name on a toilet that looks like a robot turtle head when it's upside down, which they all do, and someone bought it for $400,000.
On the other hand, I can quite understand why someone with money coming out of his ears might pay $1.5 million for Eric Clapton's used electric guitar that E.C. bought right off the rack.
There's an old cartoon from the New Yorker, maybe as far back as the 1940s, where an artist in an art smock is showing off his latest work to a visitor or perhaps buyer. It's a twelve-foot-tall amorphous blob. The artist says, "I can't decide whether to stop there and call it Woman or go on and actually make it look like a woman."
what are the chances? same day, 2 blogs i follow. both showing statuary. female veiled busts -of the earlier understood meaning. I was certain these were the same piece/reproduction. but no. on this monday, great minds think almost alike. check out the 5th item down on Nessy's list here: https://www.messynessychic.com/2020/11/27/a-messy-nessy-curated-2020-gift-guide/
ReplyDeleteThe idea that a human being otherwise just like us ordinary shmoes could use hand tools to free that magnificence from the heart of a rock is almost a fantasy, but that's what happened, and there it is for all time, until another human being fumbles it tipping it up to dust underneath.
ReplyDeleteAnd then you look at so-called art that's just a random stupid shape of metal or clay or a tarp that someone splorched a bucket of paint at, or they stuck a banana through a hole in a piece of cardboard, or signed their name on a toilet that looks like a robot turtle head when it's upside down, which they all do, and someone bought it for $400,000.
On the other hand, I can quite understand why someone with money coming out of his ears might pay $1.5 million for Eric Clapton's used electric guitar that E.C. bought right off the rack.
There's an old cartoon from the New Yorker, maybe as far back as the 1940s, where an artist in an art smock is showing off his latest work to a visitor or perhaps buyer. It's a twelve-foot-tall amorphous blob. The artist says, "I can't decide whether to stop there and call it Woman or go on and actually make it look like a woman."