Art and culture are aquired tastes and you gotta start somewhere.
Lots of folks start drinking coffee with sugar and chocolate and vanilla and almonds and cream and orange and caramel. I’ve known wine lovers who moved on from wine coolers.
And, my, but didn’t that lady, “Mah,” have a nice arty dress on for the occaison?
Face it, Randie, there are Neanderthals everywhere. Their concept of culture is tractor pulls and Budweiser. You could have taken this as a teaching moment, and introduced them to Pointilism by mentioning that it is effectively the same technique used to print photos in the newspaper, and gone on from there.
Speaking of Chuck Close, they had a Close exhibit at the Akron Art Museum last year. His most famous work, “Linda”, is part of the permanent collection there. They’re having an Escher exhibit this year. I’m looking forward to it, as Escher is one of my favorite artists (along with Dali and Giger).
Seurat is one of my all-time faves! I actually got to see “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grand Jatte” in person in 2005 at The Chicago Art Institute. Completely blew me away!
Art and culture are aquired tastes and you gotta start somewhere.
Lots of folks start drinking coffee with sugar and chocolate and vanilla and almonds and cream and orange and caramel. I’ve known wine lovers who moved on from wine coolers.
And, my, but didn’t that lady, “Mah,” have a nice arty dress on for the occaison?
Face it, Randie, there are Neanderthals everywhere. Their concept of culture is tractor pulls and Budweiser. You could have taken this as a teaching moment, and introduced them to Pointilism by mentioning that it is effectively the same technique used to print photos in the newspaper, and gone on from there.
And, usually, if you aer close enough to make out the individual dots of color, you are too close see the painting as a whole.
Stick Figurer: Agreed… both of the instances you mentioned I have personal experience with. But “Mah’s” taste is questionable.
DCS: I actually saw a fella blowing bubbles and snapping his gum in the exhibit.
Beetle: The work of Chuck Close (whose name is sorta ironic) is precisely like that!
Speaking of Chuck Close, they had a Close exhibit at the Akron Art Museum last year. His most famous work, “Linda”, is part of the permanent collection there. They’re having an Escher exhibit this year. I’m looking forward to it, as Escher is one of my favorite artists (along with Dali and Giger).
here it comes, folks…”i don’t know art, but i know what i like”…
roy lichtenstein is one of my favorites…but then, i’ve always liked comic books…
Uwg… ah… you like the arte bizarre… Giger scares me. Too creepy.
Firedome…. I love comic books, too…
Seurat is one of my all-time faves! I actually got to see “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grand Jatte” in person in 2005 at The Chicago Art Institute. Completely blew me away!