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07 Dec 2019, 9:37 pm

the big fool basically said "i'd rather WASTE my moolah on literally disposable CRAP than possibly, actually helping any fellow living creatures on this earth with it." priorities.



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07 Dec 2019, 9:43 pm

auntblabby wrote:
the big fool basically said "i'd rather WASTE my moolah on literally disposable CRAP than possibly, actually helping any fellow living creatures on this earth with it." priorities.


They say the rich are different from us. Yes, they're more thoughtless and coldhearted.


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07 Dec 2019, 9:48 pm

I enjoy Pollock’s work and abstract expressionism in general. The first time I saw one of Pollock’s paintings was in an art museum, and it certainly had an emotional impact on me which is what I’m primarily looking for when it comes to art.

Different (brush) strokes for different folks, though. :P



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07 Dec 2019, 10:07 pm

Shoulda used Gorilla Glue. What happens when it rots... ?


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07 Dec 2019, 10:28 pm

Kraichgauer wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
the big fool basically said "i'd rather WASTE my moolah on literally disposable CRAP than possibly, actually helping any fellow living creatures on this earth with it." priorities.


They say the rich are different from us. Yes, they're more thoughtless and coldhearted.

and mebbe even sociopathic.



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07 Dec 2019, 11:25 pm

Persephone29 wrote:
Shoulda used Gorilla Glue. What happens when it rots... ?


:lol: that's funny

I suspect they probably encased it in resin



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07 Dec 2019, 11:27 pm

Twilightprincess wrote:
I enjoy Pollock’s work and abstract expressionism in general. The first time I saw one of Pollock’s paintings was in an art museum, and it certainly had an emotional impact on me which is what I’m primarily looking for when it comes to art.

Different (brush) strokes for different folks, though. :P


Very true, it's not how it's created or what it appears to be or the perceived effort (for all we know Pollock may have take years to research each artwork). Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and he (Pollock) would argue that he achieved his goal if his pictures were transformative in some way.



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07 Dec 2019, 11:51 pm

Twilightprincess wrote:
I enjoy Pollock’s work and abstract expressionism in general. The first time I saw one of Pollock’s paintings was in an art museum, and it certainly had an emotional impact on me which is what I’m primarily looking for when it comes to art.

Different (brush) strokes for different folks, though. :P


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I had seen his work in books/magazines first, and was one of the folks who dismissed his work. But when you see his work for real in a museum it can be quite exhilarating to see.



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07 Dec 2019, 11:58 pm

Pollock inspired many chefs as well

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08 Dec 2019, 1:33 am

Persephone29 wrote:
Shoulda used Gorilla Glue. What happens when it rots... ?


It will produce fruit flies. That's the beauty and genius behind such a masterpiece.



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08 Dec 2019, 2:11 am

cyberdad wrote:
Pollock inspired many chefs as well

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Looks delicious!


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08 Dec 2019, 7:42 am

Update: Someone ate the $120,000 banana.

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/NY-Performance-Artist-Eats-120000-Banana-Miami-Art-Basel-565939841.html?amp=y


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08 Dec 2019, 7:46 am

EzraS wrote:
Persephone29 wrote:
Shoulda used Gorilla Glue. What happens when it rots... ?


It will produce fruit flies. That's the beauty and genius behind such a masterpiece.



I just read where someone ate it. They now have a guard posted for the replacement.


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08 Dec 2019, 8:05 am

naturalplastic wrote:
Twilightprincess wrote:
I enjoy Pollock’s work and abstract expressionism in general. The first time I saw one of Pollock’s paintings was in an art museum, and it certainly had an emotional impact on me which is what I’m primarily looking for when it comes to art.

Different (brush) strokes for different folks, though. :P


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I had seen his work in books/magazines first, and was one of the folks who dismissed his work. But when you see his work for real in a museum it can be quite exhilarating to see.


Yeah, his work has a much greater impact in person. Viewing one of his paintings gave me a strong sense of what he was feeling when he painted it. Small pictures in books don’t do it justice.

His work tends to be expansive, too, which furthers the overall effect.

I think it’d be a liberating art form that I wouldn’t mind experimenting with someday.



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08 Dec 2019, 8:18 am

I’m not bothered by the notion of a banana being duct taped to a wall and called art. I think it’s odd and not for me but whatever floats your boat! There are worse things a person could spend $120,000 on. Even if a person spends $120,000 on a “nice” work of art (whatever that means), it’s not going to feed starving children or provide people with needed medical care.

I like lots of different art periods and forms including modernist art, especially Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism, but a banana taped to a wall is probably further out there than I could go.

I probably also wouldn’t want Duchamp’s Fountain which is an actual urinal that’s been flipped upside down, but that’s just me. I enjoy some of Duchamp’s other works, though.



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08 Dec 2019, 8:23 am

Persephone29 wrote:
I just read where someone ate it.

Sounds like my aunt :D


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