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Boy Sticks Gum On $1.5 Million Painting At Museum
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| 2-28-2006
Posted on 02/28/2006 12:55:40 PM PST by Cagey
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To: Tennessee_Bob
I think Wrigley needs to be sued ..
To: Cagey
I've seen paintings by Chimps that look better than that, I know of an Elephant that does quite well do.. This was painted by a HUMAN?...
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posted on
02/28/2006 1:19:31 PM PST
by
hosepipe
(CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole..)
To: Trailerpark Badass
"In order for your paintings to be worth anything, you have to die."
Death can be faked. :)
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posted on
02/28/2006 1:20:02 PM PST
by
BeHoldAPaleHorse
(Tagline deleted at request of moderator.)
To: Shalom Israel
Looks like a profile of some dude/dudette with a big nose facing left.
This "art" sucks... give me a A. Weyth (spelling?), Hopper, de Goya, Van Gogh, Renoir any day.
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posted on
02/28/2006 1:20:14 PM PST
by
Trajan88
(www.bullittclub.com)
To: Cagey
Send the bill to his parents. THEY will understand and teach their son accordingly.
Of course, after seeing the piece of crap painting. There's no way I would have pegged that for a 1.5 million painting. My 6 year old can do better.
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posted on
02/28/2006 1:20:18 PM PST
by
Centurion2000
(Islam's true face: http://makeashorterlink.com/?J169127BC)
To: Trailerpark Badass
Hang on, I'm getting myself some canvases, some paint, and a fifth of Jack Daniels, and I'm becoming a frickin' ARTISTE! In order for your paintings to be worth anything, you have to die.
of AIDS
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posted on
02/28/2006 1:20:27 PM PST
by
SlowBoat407
(The best stuff happens just before the thread snaps.)
To: Shalom Israel
If you tilt the painting a bit clockwise - it kind of looks like Nancy Pelosi's profile.
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posted on
02/28/2006 1:21:18 PM PST
by
Tokra
(I think I'll retire to Bedlam.)
To: Cagey; Charles Henrickson; martin_fierro
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posted on
02/28/2006 1:21:36 PM PST
by
mikrofon
(Chucklets)
To: Cagey
When I was about ten, I went on a school trip to the Museum of Natural History with my Catholic school class.
I wandered ahead of the group and came across a dolphin display. The glass itself was very wavy, to give the impression that you were looking through water, at the lifesize dolphins suspended by almost invisible cables in the display. An undersea panorama was painted on the back wall of the display.
I snuck around back and found a small trapdoor into the display. When my class arrived at the window, I was inside the display, pretending to be holding my breath and swimming underwater with the dolphins.
I was much disciplined for my show, but it was worth it. I even caught a non-nun teacher laughing.
I left no gum or permanent damage behind.
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posted on
02/28/2006 1:22:23 PM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: 6SJ7
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posted on
02/28/2006 1:22:34 PM PST
by
Muzzle_em
("Mayor Nagin, what about those buses?")
To: Cagey
Ahh...I'm pretty sure chewing gum was strictly prohibited when I was 12 and in Catholic school (and that wasn't all that long ago...ten years). I am also pretty sure had I done this, I would not be here typing this: at best I'd still be grounded; at worst...well...I shudder to think.
That being said, I'm pretty sure I could do abstract art (despite having no "real" artisitic talent)...in theory all you have to do is create a mess and then BS a "deeper meaning" behind the work. The downside is you inevitably have to wear funny clothes and act slightly insane for your work to gain value. Also, I am pretty certain that if you are later "exposed" as a Conservative, the value of your work drops by about $1,499,999.
To: mikrofon
To: Cagey
This is it? Really? $1.6 million?
Incredible....
To: mikrofon; MotleyGirl70
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posted on
02/28/2006 1:24:21 PM PST
by
Cagey
(You don't pay taxes - they take taxes. ~Chris Rock)
To: Cagey
Take a Bazooka to that 'art'...
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posted on
02/28/2006 1:26:10 PM PST
by
IncPen
(Torture should be safe, legal, and rare.)
To: just me
That certainly wasn't meant as a defense of the kid.
At 12 he should've known a hell of a lot better.
To: Shalom Israel
Lordy - I've made paintings like that by accident when trying to paint something good. Where's my $12mil? I clearly need a boy to stick gum on some of my stuff to get in the paper.
To: Cagey
My sister and I visited the Detroit Institute of Arts (one of the countries best art museums, btw) a few years ago. We were in the Modern Art wing. We had been walking for hours and my sister (who is not a modern art fan) sat down on a large stone bench-shaped sculpture.
A guard approached her and said, "Please don't sit on the artwork."
My sister looked around and replied, "I wouldn't if I saw any."
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posted on
02/28/2006 1:27:01 PM PST
by
Tokra
(I think I'll retire to Bedlam.)
To: Cagey
The gum could only have been an improvement!
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posted on
02/28/2006 1:27:02 PM PST
by
Palladin
("Governor Lynn Swann."...it has a nice ring to it!)
To: Shalom Israel
I think it's a bum rap. Looks like the canvas was stained before the kid got there: Is this the famous blue dress stain?
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posted on
02/28/2006 1:27:43 PM PST
by
F-117A
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