serious art

[westcoast]

I farted in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

This is my soul bared

My truth
my vision
my contribution to the monolithic
installation of American hubris

[mtmynd]

If you farted in front of the Pollack painting, "Guardians of the Secret" that would've been a very good place.

SBD... (silent but deadly). Something I remember from my youth. Did you ever hear that ?

[westcoast]

SBD's are the WORST!!!!

i apologize for the potty humour. however, it is true. i did. it was yet another Picasso exhibit and i realized i have seen far too many

although, in Quebec City, the Art Museum brought in his pottery. that was interesting because Picasso only developed the front and sides of the pieces. he didn't do 3-D. as a painter, there's nothing on the back of the canvas....his vision didn't expand in the new medium with its potential.

~westie

[Arcadia]

Since the 6th of may there is a León Ferrari muestra in the Museum of Fine Arts of my city. A gigantography of one of his works (a big photo of Hitler with a photo of the ESMA in the base) maybe didn´t want me decide to go yet . But I´ll go. I didn´t saw his works directly? until now.

[mtmynd]

Leon Ferrari... Hijo! Que interesting Argentino! Thanks, Arcadia.

some samples of his art -

http://www.leonferrari.com.ar/maniquies/obras/01.htm

[sooZen]

I can't say I remember farting in front of works of art altho I am pretty sure I must have for as I age, everything gets looser.

This was great westie and even if I can't remember farting, I do remember an instance of touching a Rodin statue when Rodin on the Rio Grande came to our museum. I knew I would get in trouble for the guards (and cameras) were omni-present. The first thing I did when I walked into the display room was reach out and touch the works of this master...the guard immediately, IMMEDIATELY chastised me but I pleaded ignorance, I lied...I wanted and planned on that touch for sculpture should be touched! Maybe after the guard approached me all a twitter, I shoulda farted, loudly...

[westcoast]

thanks Arcadia, I will take a look at his art

soozen, yes, i think you would have produced an added effect with the fart. perhaps the room would have broken out in laughter - even the sculpture! i'm glad you got your touch in.

i purposefully photographed the sculpture of the Muses at the Quebec museum mentioned above. They are in a hallway as you exit an elevator. i was well aware of the prohibition against my action but determined never the less to take home pictures to remember this wonderful piece. like you, the guard was IMMEDIATELY there, however, i'm not fluent in French and faked i didn't understand, putting away my camera.

ahhhhh, the things we do for Art

~westie

[Lightning Rod]

ah westie, I smell true art here

that was always our local term for pretentious artists who were more interested in the society of artists rather than the creative act. We called them 'artsy fartsy'

[westcoast]

So that's the genesis of the term. thanks.

Picasso cranked out so much "art" with the help of assistants and his formulas that I no longer take much pleasure in it. I recall an interview with him I read sometime ago (sorry, don't remember the source) where he admitted he sold out. Not to say he didn't make a contribution, obviously he did.

I travel a bit for work and pleasure and of late noticed it's the same artists' work being exhibited over and over again around the globe. That's somewhat a blanket statement, but there's more to art than the usual suspects.

~w

[Lightning Rod]

art is like any other business
(only more so)
it depends on marketing
which depends on branding and name recognition.
picasso was a franchise
but I loved his french fries

[westcoast]

& cubist ketchup

[Lightning Rod]

& cubist ketchup

only for the impasto

[mtmynd]

"...of late noticed it's the same artists' work being exhibited over and over again around the globe."

I wold say that is due to the fact that it sells. plain and simple. people like, nay, they love! success stories even if they don't understand the plot.

[goldenmyst]

Westie, this is amusing and great art criticism. I once took several pics of Egyptian statues in the NYC metropolitan art museum, till the guard intervened. This poem was funny and enjoyable.

John

[constantine]

this, westie, is an outrage! and funny too.