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| Pollock update!; ...what do you think? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 4 2005, 07:30 PM (619 Views) | |
| The 89th Key | Dec 4 2005, 07:30 PM Post #1 |
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Ok, we had a discussion a while back about abstract expressionism, etc...you probably remember, well I visited somewhere today and took this picture with my camera phone...so sorry about the quality. Below is an abstract expressionism painting, please tell me your thoughts on it. It could be famous or unknown, rare or a copy, in a studio or in a museum, it could be worth millions or pennies, it could be done by someone famous or unknown, it could be old or new....basically, I don't want to give any info about it away. This will be the first of a few threads I start, showing some paintings, and I want to know your thoughts on them, if they took skill, if they look good, etc... but to start off, please see the painting below and let me know your thoughts. I'll tell you mine, afterwards.
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| AlbertaCrude | Dec 4 2005, 08:56 PM Post #2 |
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Bull-Carp
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I take it this isn't about preparing fish. |
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| kenny | Dec 4 2005, 08:57 PM Post #3 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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They don't do anything for me. But many "masterpieces" don't either. I know very little about official art. I just do some of it, and like some of it. Did you paint these? If you did, they're nice, keep painting. |
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| schindler | Dec 4 2005, 09:44 PM Post #4 |
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Fulla-Carp
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It's interesting, but like Kenny, it doesn't do anything for me. Pollock didn't and the Norman Rockwell painting with the guy in the museum standing infront of Pollock's most famous work cracks me up. And if someone wants to spend a million dollars on that painting, it's their funeral. |
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| sue | Dec 4 2005, 10:17 PM Post #5 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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nope, does nothing for me either. Spill, 89th. |
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| The 89th Key | Dec 4 2005, 10:18 PM Post #6 |
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Oh does nothing for me either, don't get me wrong...but I think you all will be surprised at the answer.
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| sue | Dec 4 2005, 10:23 PM Post #7 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Nah, I doubt it 89th 'cause I sense your up to something.
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| The 89th Key | Dec 4 2005, 10:33 PM Post #8 |
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Ah yes, but this could go either way...could it not? I have thought this one out long and hard. Oh Kenny, I definitely did NOT paint these. The answer will most certainly surprise... |
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| ***musical princess*** | Dec 4 2005, 11:49 PM Post #9 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Hey. I know that piece!!! It was done by my three year old cousin.![]() x |
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| John D'Oh | Dec 5 2005, 05:42 AM Post #10 |
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MAMIL
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89th, you aren't monkeying around, by any chance, are you? |
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| Mikhailoh | Dec 5 2005, 06:01 AM Post #11 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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It lacks the depth, structure and interest of a Pollock painting. This looks more like something from Trading Spaces, where the three colors, trite as they can be, were selected to go with other things. Pollock used many more colors usually and did a lot more with the negative space in a painting. In these the negative spaces serve only to try to pull the three pieces together, as opposed to any one of them being a whole work. I told you it was harder than it looked. |
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| The 89th Key | Dec 5 2005, 07:53 AM Post #12 |
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Aqua, you can't say anything, since you went with me when I took these pictures... |
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| sue | Dec 5 2005, 07:56 AM Post #13 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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that's what I was thinking too.
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| The 89th Key | Dec 5 2005, 07:59 AM Post #14 |
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Oh, hahaha I didn't get it the first time. No, a monkey didn't make these. That would be funny though! :lol: Oh, and here's another angle I just found:
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| John D'Oh | Dec 5 2005, 08:00 AM Post #15 |
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MAMIL
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When it comes to art, too many people just mindlessly ape what they've been told. |
| What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket? | |
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| John D'Oh | Dec 5 2005, 08:02 AM Post #16 |
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MAMIL
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Damn, I thought I'd rumbled you. FWIW, I don't like them much. |
| What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket? | |
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| JBryan | Dec 5 2005, 08:06 AM Post #17 |
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I am the grey one
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Were these pictures taken at the home decorating center at Wal-Mart? |
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| The 89th Key | Dec 5 2005, 08:07 AM Post #18 |
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Actually, neither do I. |
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| The 89th Key | Dec 5 2005, 08:08 AM Post #19 |
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No, JB...they were on display along with quite a few other works of art. Can't say where though...could give it away. |
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| sue | Dec 5 2005, 08:30 AM Post #20 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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well?????!!! |
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| The 89th Key | Dec 5 2005, 08:42 AM Post #21 |
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Sorry, I want to get a few more opinions in there...especially from Dol and others before I say who made this. I think a few might be surprised...
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| Optimistic | Dec 5 2005, 08:43 AM Post #22 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Bummer. Dol doesn't sign on until night. |
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| The 89th Key | Dec 5 2005, 08:44 AM Post #23 |
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Yeah I know...maybe I'll give in earlier.
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| tcmod | Dec 5 2005, 08:51 AM Post #24 |
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Senior Carp
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quit screwing around and give it up!!! the answer that is.. |
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| Dewey | Dec 5 2005, 09:39 AM Post #25 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I don't care for them. They may even have a good "story" or explanation behind them which may help to add a layer of comprehension regarding them, but even at that, I don't think they serve much purpose as art. They do nothing to stir my thoughts or my soul, in a positive or negative way; they do not make me look at life, or a part of it, in a different, or more focused, or alternative, or more profound way; which I feel should be the purpose behind all art. |
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nope, does nothing for me either.
'cause I sense your up to something.




4:51 PM Jul 10