Reply Wed 29 Apr, 2020 07:58 pm
What works of art and artists scare you the most?
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izzythepush
 
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Reply Thu 30 Apr, 2020 11:09 am
Thomas Gainsborough.

All those ******* wigs do my head in.
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bobsal u1553115
 
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Reply Thu 30 Apr, 2020 11:31 am
@tsarstepan,
https://vidalcuglietta.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/trump-painting-best-of-watersblogged-chief-dubya-speech-writer-melania-s-gaffe-of-trump-painting.jpg

This one really scares me.
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bobsal u1553115
 
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Reply Thu 30 Apr, 2020 11:33 am
https://babylonbee.com/img/articles/article-4139-art5ccb513aac5e4.jpg

This one of Christ reaching in to tear Trump's heart out gives me hope.
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Thu 30 Apr, 2020 11:55 am
I understand loathing Trump. But why put his image everywhere when all we want when opening a thread like this is art?
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bobsal u1553115
 
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Reply Thu 30 Apr, 2020 12:17 pm
You don't think that's dystopian art? You got it. I'll leave.
tsarstepan
 
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Reply Thu 30 Apr, 2020 12:48 pm
@bobsal u1553115,
bobsal u1553115 wrote:

You don't think that's dystopian art? You got it. I'll leave.

Dystopic? Yes. Art? Questionably yes. Memes like these are ephemeral at best. With half-lifes that are in terms mere days not months or years.
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Joeblow
 
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Reply Fri 1 May, 2020 09:17 am
I'm trying to decide if The Scream is dystopian or not.

It's too real, if you know what I mean. I truly hate it. I could never own it, and never want to look at it.
edgarblythe
 
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Reply Fri 1 May, 2020 11:16 am
@Joeblow,
I personally don't like The Scream and also do not consider it a particularly good painting.
roger
 
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Reply Fri 1 May, 2020 01:17 pm
@edgarblythe,
Just for what it's worth, Region once posted a parody of The Scream. It substituted a bull dog for a person and was titled The Drool. I'm too lazy to look for it, and way off topic, anyway.
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izzythepush
 
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Reply Fri 1 May, 2020 01:23 pm
I like The Scream, The Kid has a copy of it we bought in Amsterdam.

I heard it was painted shortly after the Krakatoa eruption which explains the colour of the sky.
bobsal u1553115
 
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Reply Fri 1 May, 2020 01:32 pm
@izzythepush,
Just for you Izzy because my opinions on dystopian art isn't appreciated. Dystopian art is supposed to make one uncomfortable and unsettled. My choice makes people too unsettled and uncomfortable. Actually makes a few of them just downright hostile.


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Joeblow
 
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Reply Fri 1 May, 2020 02:11 pm
@edgarblythe,
Right?!

Yet some people love it. It evokes some pretty strong feelings. I guess great art does that, but I'm not on the fence about it. I despise it.
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Joeblow
 
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Reply Fri 1 May, 2020 02:24 pm
@izzythepush,
If you felt like saying why you like it, I'd be interested!

I had a buddy who liked it. I think it pleased him to no end when people like me reacted to it. 😛 Yet I sincerely think he liked it for it's own sake, too. Wish I had asked him why at the time.
izzythepush
 
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Reply Fri 1 May, 2020 03:39 pm
@Joeblow,
I think it expresses despair perfectly.
Joeblow
 
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Reply Fri 1 May, 2020 03:53 pm
@izzythepush,
I think it does that...yeah, I think that too.

izzythepush
 
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Reply Fri 1 May, 2020 04:40 pm
@Joeblow,
I'm not saying I'd hang it on my bedroom wall, but I'd give it a good long look at a gallery.
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mark noble
 
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Reply Sat 2 May, 2020 12:05 pm
@tsarstepan,
None - Art is a reflection of an individuals, subjective, psyche.
Worth a look, indeed.
But 'looking' and 'seeing' cannot occur simultaneously.
Have a splendid awakening,
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