Mid-Morning Art Thread

No.61 (Rust and Blue)
Маркус Роткович

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 A R T

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 02, 2024 09:31 AM (gbOdA)

2 This is garbage

Posted by: Skip at September 02, 2024 09:31 AM (fwDg9)

3 It's no Rothko.

But close.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 02, 2024 09:31 AM (WXNFJ)

4 Rust and rust with a little blue paint on it. That takes a lot of hard work, dedication to your craft and talent, right there.

Posted by: huerfano at September 02, 2024 09:32 AM (VGOMa)

5

Mark Rothko in cyrillics!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 02, 2024 09:32 AM (x0n13)

6 Well, that's something.

Posted by: Sassy Fred at September 02, 2024 09:32 AM (RMjVS)

7 How many different colors is rust?....depends on the metal?

Posted by: BignJames at September 02, 2024 09:32 AM (AwYPR)

8 Mark Rothko is a key figure in Abstract Expressionism, best known for his large color field paintings like No.61 (Rust and Blue) (1953). Born Markus Rothkowitz in Dvinsk, Russian Empire (now Latvia) in 1903, Rothko and his family immigrated to the United States in 1913.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 02, 2024 09:33 AM (gbOdA)

9 This is garbage
Posted by: Skip

There was/is a 'art' piece at the Columbus Museum of Art that consisted of a pile of old pallets.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 02, 2024 09:33 AM (WXNFJ)

10 maybe as a cellphone wallpaper- otherwise, meh

Posted by: Don Black at September 02, 2024 09:33 AM (/7KEl)

11
Whoa, whoa, whoa, buddy.

That's my shtick!!!

Posted by: Rothko at September 02, 2024 09:33 AM (eDfFs)

12 He spells his name funny.
And he paints funny.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 02, 2024 09:33 AM (dg+HA)

13 Why oh why is this Art?

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at September 02, 2024 09:33 AM (t/2Uw)

14 I don't get it.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 02, 2024 09:34 AM (NpAcC)

15 5

Mark Rothko in cyrillics!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 02, 2024 09:32 AM (x0n13)

Not to argue but it is Oil on Canvas.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 02, 2024 09:34 AM (gbOdA)

16 Jr High art teacher gives this a B+

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 02, 2024 09:34 AM (Q4IgG)

17
No dog. No nothing. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 02, 2024 09:34 AM (1Nxff)

18 The Moscow Home Depot really needs to invest in some paint strips.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 02, 2024 09:34 AM (xCA6C)

19 No. 60 was better.

Posted by: dantesed at September 02, 2024 09:34 AM (Oy/m2)

20 9 This is garbage
Posted by: Skip

There was/is a 'art' piece at the Columbus Museum of Art that consisted of a pile of old pallets.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 02, 2024 09:33 AM (WXNFJ)

Look up "Merda l'artista"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 02, 2024 09:34 AM (x0n13)

21 No. 60 was better.
Posted by: dantesed

60, 61. Whatever it took.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 02, 2024 09:34 AM (WXNFJ)

22 Artist Mark Rothko
Year 1953
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 292.74 cm × 233.68 cm (115.25 in × 92.00 in)
Location Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 02, 2024 09:34 AM (gbOdA)

23 Yuck.

Posted by: Bulg at September 02, 2024 09:34 AM (v6JzV)

24
Meh. It's no Rockwell.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 02, 2024 09:35 AM (1Nxff)

25 I don't get it.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 02, 2024 09:34 AM (NpAcC)

See Skip @ 2

Posted by: BignJames at September 02, 2024 09:35 AM (AwYPR)

26 >Why oh why is this Art?

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)

--

because some dusty old professor in a tweed jacket and pince nez said it is

Posted by: Don Black at September 02, 2024 09:35 AM (/7KEl)

27 Needs more orange. A lovely shade of blue, though.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at September 02, 2024 09:35 AM (SfhV1)

28 No. 60 was better.

Did Mr. Rothko step back, look at number 59, and say "nahhhhh, I'd better try again"?

Posted by: Archimedes at September 02, 2024 09:35 AM (xCA6C)

29
It's upside down.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 02, 2024 09:36 AM (1Nxff)

30 I can't see it, Elaine!

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 02, 2024 09:36 AM (ftFVW)

31 If I remember my Russian correctly, the painter's name is

Markus Rotkovich

Mark Rothko in Russian.

CBD pulls a prank, or is just drunk on low quality non-shaken Manhattans!

Posted by: naturalfake at September 02, 2024 09:36 AM (eDfFs)

32 I can't see it, Elaine!
Posted by: She Hobbit

'Shrinkage!'

Posted by: Tonypete at September 02, 2024 09:36 AM (WXNFJ)

33 Artist Mark Rothko
Year 1953
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 292.74 cm × 233.68 cm (115.25 in × 92.00 in)
Location Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

Purpose: to give pretentious art twats something to ooh and aah over, so they can feel superior to the common herd.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 02, 2024 09:36 AM (xCA6C)

34 No sniper, no dog...what the hell is this?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 02, 2024 09:37 AM (OX9vb)

35 Ya chuck a wire wheel inta yer power drill and give it a good oncet ovah. Then ya hit wid a coupla coats of Rust-Oleum.
Good as new.

Posted by: Your retired neighbor in a wife beater Tshirt at September 02, 2024 09:37 AM (dg+HA)

36 'It's no Rothko.

Posted by: From about That Time at September 02, 2024 09:37 AM (4780s)

37 Маркус Роткович = Marcus Rothkowitz

Posted by: m at September 02, 2024 09:37 AM (64Zez)

38 It was first titled, 'Blue Sky Between Layers of Shit'.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at September 02, 2024 09:37 AM (g8Ew8)

39 Pretty sure I painted something like this up in the treehouse in my childhood.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 02, 2024 09:37 AM (fs1hN)

40 I'd like to see an art thread theme of works that are, to be specific, made from garbage. I bet there's a lot to choose from. Many famous.

The cultural rot in the world is significant.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 02, 2024 09:38 AM (Q4IgG)

41 This painting has excellent utility! You can hang it either vertically or horizontally.

Posted by: runner at September 02, 2024 09:38 AM (V13WU)

42 Nice boobs Would hang.

Posted by: Man who lives as a pig at September 02, 2024 09:38 AM (LKMwB)

43 Maybe it looks better in person. I'd take this over portraits anytime.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at September 02, 2024 09:38 AM (SfhV1)

44
The blue represents the destruction of the planet by unfettered capitalism. The rust represents the destruction of the working classes, womyn and LGBTQ+.

*submits for PhD in Art History*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 02, 2024 09:38 AM (1Nxff)

45 Pretty sure I painted something like this up in the treehouse in my childhood.

Your parents let you into a treehouse while you were still in diapers?

Posted by: Archimedes at September 02, 2024 09:38 AM (xCA6C)

46 Nice boobs Would hang.
Posted by: Man who lives as a pig

NO!

Nice boobs generally do NOT hang.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 02, 2024 09:39 AM (WXNFJ)

47 Rothko I'd twice in first five, gotta at least glance at comments.

Posted by: From about That Time at September 02, 2024 09:39 AM (4780s)

48 Marcus Rotkovich

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 02, 2024 09:39 AM (RIvkX)

49 This painting would be difficult to copy.

Posted by: runner at September 02, 2024 09:40 AM (V13WU)

50
It's Labor Day. We have to work hard to see anything in this picture.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 02, 2024 09:40 AM (1Nxff)

51 40 I'd like to see an art thread theme of works that are, to be specific, made from garbage. I bet there's a lot to choose from. Many famous.

The cultural rot in the world is significant.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 02, 2024 09:38 AM (Q4IgG)

See me at 20. Can of the artist's feces, in the collection at the NY MOMA.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 02, 2024 09:40 AM (x0n13)

52 The blue represents the destruction of the planet by unfettered capitalism. The rust represents the destruction of the working classes, womyn and LGBTQ+.

*submits for PhD in Art History*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Hadrian's committee: Do you hate Trump?

Hadrian: I loathe him.

Hadrian's committee: Congratulations, Doctor.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 02, 2024 09:40 AM (xCA6C)

53 Marcus Rotkovich
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I'm a little surprised he didn't design svimvare or evninkvare.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 02, 2024 09:40 AM (WXNFJ)

54 I was expecting something Labor Dayish.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 02, 2024 09:40 AM (NpAcC)

55 "Nice boobs generally do NOT hang.
Posted by: Tonypete "

You better recheck my nic.

Posted by: Man who lives as a pig at September 02, 2024 09:40 AM (LKMwB)

56 Today’s art is a Moron test pattern based on the Shelving Chronicles of Dear Leader.

Posted by: Voter theater. at September 02, 2024 09:41 AM (FCPbW)

57 Am I suppose to appreciate that???

Posted by: Michael K at September 02, 2024 09:41 AM (ClKSj)

58 41 This painting has excellent utility! You can hang it either vertically or horizontally.
Posted by: runner at September 02, 2024 09:38 AM (V13WU)

If you hang it so the stripes are pointing down, the paint will run out.

Posted by: m at September 02, 2024 09:41 AM (64Zez)

59 Alternate title:

"Remember the 2024 Summer Olympics and How Everything There Was Slanted to a Woke Perspective including the French National Anthem, Which was Played as a Minor Key Dirge to Atone for All the Past Sins of La Belle France, Weeeelllll, This is the New Official National Flag of France, or a Dirty Dish Rag. Either/ Or."

Posted by: naturalfake at September 02, 2024 09:42 AM (eDfFs)

60
I was expecting something Labor Dayish.
Posted by: redridinghood at September 02, 2024 09:40 AM (NpAcC)

WPA agit-prop.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 02, 2024 09:42 AM (1Nxff)

61 It looks upside-down to me ?

Posted by: Next2Nothing at September 02, 2024 09:42 AM (tA1/w)

62 this is merely a faded Rothko

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 02, 2024 09:42 AM (bnIW/)

63 See me at 20. Can of the artist's feces, in the collection at the NY MOMA.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 02, 2024 09:40 AM (x0n13)

I don't blame that "artist." I blame the museum for buying it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 02, 2024 09:42 AM (0eaVi)

64 It looks upside-down to me ?
Posted by: Next2Nothing

Perhaps this the back of the painting?

Posted by: Tonypete at September 02, 2024 09:42 AM (WXNFJ)

65 46 Nice boobs Would hang.
Posted by: Man who lives as a pig

NO!

Nice boobs generally do NOT hang.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 02, 2024 09:39 AM

Q: What did one boob say to another?
A: We better get some support or people are going to think we're nuts!

Posted by: 100 comment rule at September 02, 2024 09:43 AM (dg+HA)

66
Today’s art is a Moron test pattern based on the Shelving Chronicles of Dear Leader.
Posted by: Voter theater. at September 02, 2024 09:41 AM (FCPbW)

Indian Head Test Pattern >>>> No. 61 (Rust and Blue)

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 02, 2024 09:43 AM (1Nxff)

67 Needs some Rust-Oleum rust dissolver.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 02, 2024 09:44 AM (NpAcC)

68 I think even Kris will have a hard time praising this "work".

Posted by: Archimedes at September 02, 2024 09:44 AM (xCA6C)

69 54 I was expecting something Labor Dayish.
Posted by: redridinghood

So was I. Thought maybe we would see some commie artist's depression era depiction of the downtrodden working man.

Posted by: Tuna at September 02, 2024 09:44 AM (oaGWv)

70 Not a shot at Kris, btw.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 02, 2024 09:44 AM (xCA6C)

71 A River Runs Thru It.

Morning all. Late start.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at September 02, 2024 09:45 AM (kl8ml)

72 Given the many, many national flags of the world that consist of three stacked stripes, I'd think he intentionally avoided their colors.
But I haven't seen nos. 1-60 and 62+.

Posted by: m at September 02, 2024 09:45 AM (64Zez)

73
Art Commentary No. 61 - a limerick

It's bland, insipid, boring and mindless
Lacking any sense of real human kindness
So I'm happy to say
That it's days like today
When I thank God for my macular blindness

Posted by: Muldoon at September 02, 2024 09:45 AM (991eG)

74 I was going to dismiss this work as an insult to the viewer, but then I saw that Rothko painted a shabby blue frame around the three stripes. I get what he was saying now. It's brilliant!

Posted by: Archimedes at September 02, 2024 09:46 AM (xCA6C)

75 17
No dog. No nothing. Not art.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 02, 2024 09:34 AM (1Nxff)
______
It's shit. But maybe it's dogshit. Did you think of that?

Posted by: Eeyore at September 02, 2024 09:46 AM (1bNHn)

76 The 100-comment rule should be suspended for this piece of crap.

Posted by: one hour sober at September 02, 2024 09:46 AM (Y1sOo)

77 Is the movie "Rust" based on this?

Posted by: m at September 02, 2024 09:47 AM (64Zez)

78 You know, compared to most modern art, Rothko isn't that bad.

Posted by: Tuna at September 02, 2024 09:47 AM (oaGWv)

79 Sure, why not?

Let's call it "Syrah Stained Settee"

Posted by: Lizzy at September 02, 2024 09:47 AM (Pijte)

80 I made the mistake of taking an art appreciation class. The professor had this as an example and asked, what does this piece mean? What does it convey to you?

Thank God I didn't have to answer that. Because I would have said that what it conveys to me is that the child broke all of his "pretty" crayons and just scribbled this shit to use these crayons up. What does it mean? Junior wants a new box of crayons and mom said no new until all the old ones are gone.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 02, 2024 09:47 AM (4XwPj)

81 78 You know, compared to most modern art, Rothko isn't that bad.
Posted by: Tuna at September 02, 2024 09:47 AM (oaGWv)

That's what they want you think.

Posted by: m at September 02, 2024 09:47 AM (64Zez)

82 no no, the proprieties must be observed at all times

Posted by: Don Black at September 02, 2024 09:47 AM (/7KEl)

83 It's no Piss Jesus, but I think I can see what he was going for.

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 02, 2024 09:48 AM (ftFVW)

84 42 Nice boobs Would hang.
Posted by: Man who lives as a pig at September 02, 2024 09:38 AM (LKMwB)
______
Typo. Should read "Needs boobs..."

Posted by: Eeyore at September 02, 2024 09:48 AM (1bNHn)

85 This is shit art, but at least it's not 120 feet long like "Tilted Arc" the rusty, ugly mess that was installed in 1981 in NYC. Richard Serra was the "artist" for that one. Totally ruined a large plaza by cutting it in half. Anyone with a brain hated it and it was removed in 1989. CBD must really dislike us to do this to us, though.

Posted by: Visual Torment at September 02, 2024 09:48 AM (CV8a5)

86 You know the artist has talent when they name their works after numbers.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 02, 2024 09:48 AM (Q4IgG)

87 I made the mistake of taking an art appreciation class. The professor had this as an example and asked, what does this piece mean? What does it convey to you?

Thank God I didn't have to answer that. Because I would have said that what it conveys to me is that the child broke all of his "pretty" crayons and just scribbled this shit to use these crayons up. What does it mean? Junior wants a new box of crayons and mom said no new until all the old ones are gone.

I don't think your explanation sufficiently conveys the contempt of the artist for those who will praise this crap. It isn't a neutral statement. It says "you're idiots, and I can get you to buy anything".

Posted by: Archimedes at September 02, 2024 09:49 AM (xCA6C)

88 Or maybe call it:

"Blood spilled on Overalls"

Posted by: Lizzy at September 02, 2024 09:49 AM (Pijte)

89
"Number 61"

*wheels out picture*

"Thank you. Next!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 02, 2024 09:49 AM (1Nxff)

90 >No.61 (Rust and Blue)

right
are there 60 others like this one?

Posted by: Don Black at September 02, 2024 09:49 AM (/7KEl)

91 Didn't Rothko market the Popeil Pocket Fisherman?

Posted by: Muldoon at September 02, 2024 09:49 AM (991eG)

92 No. 61 because paint by numbers?

Posted by: m at September 02, 2024 09:50 AM (64Zez)

93 or did the artist get to 61 and thought, 'nailed it'

Posted by: Don Black at September 02, 2024 09:50 AM (/7KEl)

94 If a painting says "I could do this" it's not art. Wouldn't hang

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 02, 2024 09:51 AM (1G9mh)

95 Maybe he was looney tunes.

Posted by: m at September 02, 2024 09:51 AM (64Zez)

96
or did the artist get to 61 and thought, 'nailed it'
Posted by: Don Black at September 02, 2024 09:50 AM (/7KEl)

Like WD-40

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 02, 2024 09:52 AM (1Nxff)

97 It's no Manet.

Posted by: runner at September 02, 2024 09:52 AM (V13WU)

98 No, that's Ronco, maker of the Ronco Pocket Defibrillator

Posted by: Don Black at September 02, 2024 09:52 AM (/7KEl)

99 100

Posted by: m at September 02, 2024 09:52 AM (64Zez)

100 or not

Posted by: m at September 02, 2024 09:52 AM (64Zez)

101 basically it's just a matched set of tasers

Posted by: Don Black at September 02, 2024 09:53 AM (/7KEl)

102 The thing about some of these "garbage" works of "art" is that the museums displaying the works more than likely commissioned them themselves.

Not every artist wakes up and decides to paint, or sculpt or whatever... shit. But a lot of them are commissioned to produce something fairly specific for a wealthy client or for a museum.

Other artists are just 'touched' and do it anyway.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 02, 2024 09:53 AM (Q4IgG)

103 No, that's Ronco, maker of the Ronco Pocket Defibrillator

And the Super Bass-o-matic.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 02, 2024 09:53 AM (xCA6C)

104 It's no Bass-O-Matic.

Posted by: Akroyd at September 02, 2024 09:53 AM (dg+HA)

105
No wonder he killed himself.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 02, 2024 09:53 AM (1Nxff)

106 101 basically it's just a matched set of tasers
Posted by: Don Black at September 02, 2024 09:53 AM (/7KEl)

Taser? I didn't even know her.

Posted by: m at September 02, 2024 09:53 AM (64Zez)

107 In the context of Renaissance art, this is less than zero.

In the context of modern art, this is brilliant.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at September 02, 2024 09:53 AM (tT6L1)

108 "Number 61!"

*silence*

"Some people just don't know how to tell a joke..."

Posted by: Muldoon at September 02, 2024 09:54 AM (991eG)

109 Whoa. Horde mind.

Posted by: Akroyd at September 02, 2024 09:54 AM (dg+HA)

110 I guess Ellis Island wasn't selective enough. And to think that they could have placed his family back on a slow boat back to Russia-what might have been?

Posted by: Screw Emma Lazarus! at September 02, 2024 09:54 AM (CV8a5)

111 The thing about some of these "garbage" works of "art" is that the museums displaying the works more than likely commissioned them themselves.

Not every artist wakes up and decides to paint, or sculpt or whatever... shit. But a lot of them are commissioned to produce something fairly specific for a wealthy client or for a museum.

TBH, I'm kind of surprised this wasn't commissioned with tax dollars.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 02, 2024 09:54 AM (xCA6C)

112 wikipedia

Although Rothko lived modestly for much of his life, the resale value of his paintings grew tremendously in the decades following his suicide in 1970. His painting No. 6 (Violet, Green and Red) sold in 2014 for $186 million.

Posted by: m at September 02, 2024 09:55 AM (64Zez)

113 No art for you!
Come back, one year!

Posted by: Art Nazi at September 02, 2024 09:55 AM (dg+HA)

114 No wonder he killed himself.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

One presumes that the ugliness on the canvas represents the ugliness in his mind. Poor soul.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 02, 2024 09:56 AM (4XwPj)

115 Why isn't Gaza burning?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 02, 2024 09:56 AM (RIvkX)

116 Meh, it's no Sherwin Williams.

Posted by: Muldoon at September 02, 2024 09:57 AM (991eG)

117 Effing Rothko. I once was a party at some rich tool who was showing off the new $30k glass mosaic on the bottom of his pool. (We knew the artist, good on him to soak this empty suit, don't know that I even got the name of the host.) And he had a numbered Rothko in his *dining room*. So it's a dogshit painting, in a terrible location, with appalling lighting and cheap glass, and he thought it was a showpiece. One of the friends I went with--free food and drinks!--just stopped in front of the abomination and nearly wept, said "wow, that really is powerful." I said "Richard, you're stoned out of your mind." "Oh, yeah, wooah. Where were the snacks, again?"

Posted by: bittergeek at September 02, 2024 09:57 AM (3SsGZ)

118 His painting No. 6 (Violet, Green and Red) sold in 2014 for $186 million.

Posted by: m

One born every minute.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 02, 2024 09:58 AM (jn+Mh)

119 Much like the burning during urination.

Posted by: Gonorrhea at September 02, 2024 09:58 AM (dg+HA)

120 It's even pre Soviet, not even a Workers of the World Unite crap

Posted by: Skip at September 02, 2024 09:58 AM (fwDg9)

121 116 Meh, it's no Sherwin Williams.
Posted by: Muldoon
____

Underated as as painter. Great use of colors.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 02, 2024 09:58 AM (fs1hN)

122 > TBH, I'm kind of surprised this wasn't commissioned with tax dollars.
--------
Every county seat, state capitol and so on that has "art" inside a government building did just that.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 02, 2024 09:59 AM (Q4IgG)

123 You can buy mis-matched paint and mistakes in tinting at any paint store very cheap. Rothko must have shopped for paint in this fashion. How he paid for canvas, I'll never know.

Posted by: Cheepnis at September 02, 2024 09:59 AM (CV8a5)

124 I was going to do this last thread but got willowed

John Wayne went searching for her
https://tinyurl.com/4xjntw32

Posted by: Don Black at September 02, 2024 09:59 AM (/7KEl)

125 Are you sure this wasn't by Pierre Brassau?

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 02, 2024 10:00 AM (jn+Mh)

126 A conservative estimate holds that there are 240 billion pennies lying around the United States — about 724 ($7.24) for every man, woman and child there residing, and enough to hand two pennies to every bewildered human born since the dawn of man.

https://archive.is/CpsDv#
selection-987.0-987.247

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 02, 2024 10:00 AM (gbOdA)

127 Although Rothko lived modestly for much of his life, the resale value of his paintings grew tremendously in the decades following his suicide in 1970.

It must be a tremendous weight to carry around knowing that you are a complete fraud. Say, has anyone seen Kamala lately?

Posted by: Archimedes at September 02, 2024 10:00 AM (xCA6C)

128 123 You can buy mis-matched paint and mistakes in tinting at any paint store very cheap. Rothko must have shopped for paint in this fashion. How he paid for canvas, I'll never know.
Posted by: Cheepnis
____

I knew I saw this somewhere before! The spray paint aisle floor at Home Depot!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 02, 2024 10:00 AM (fs1hN)

129 Needs a bullet hole

Posted by: Alec Baldwin at September 02, 2024 10:00 AM (Y1sOo)

130 One of my favorite scenes from a Woody Allen movie:

Allan: That's quite a lovely Jackson Pollock, isn't it?
Museum Girl: Yes, it is.
Allan: What does it say to you?
Museum Girl: It restates the negativeness of the universe. The hideous lonely emptiness of existence. Nothingness. The predicament of Man forced to live in a barren, Godless eternity like a tiny flame flickering in an immense void with nothing but waste, horror and degradation, forming a useless bleak straitjacket in a black absurd cosmos.
Allan: What are you doing Saturday night?
Museum Girl: Committing suicide.
Allan: What about Friday night?"

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at September 02, 2024 10:01 AM (PiwSw)

131
It must be a tremendous weight to carry around knowing that you are a complete fraud. Say, has anyone seen Kamala lately?
Posted by: Archimedes at September 02, 2024 10:00 AM (xCA6C)

If you're a complete psychopath, it isn't.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 02, 2024 10:01 AM (1Nxff)

132 > His painting No. 6 (Violet, Green and Red) sold in 2014 for $186 million.
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Not too shabby for 3 minutes of work. 2 of which were opening the cans of paint.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 02, 2024 10:01 AM (Q4IgG)

133 Wow. Even the painter took Labor Day off for this one...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 02, 2024 10:01 AM (BpYfr)

134 State fair organizers are this year featuring Milkshake and Buttercup, two life-sized fiberglass cows complete with rubber teats and water-filled udders, for a popular milking demo.

The head of the Minnesota State Fair's Moo Booth came up with a similar work around for its hands-on milking event: a fake dairy cow named Olympia.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 02, 2024 10:02 AM (gbOdA)

135 wikipedia

the Black and Grays [have been] interpreted as premonitions of suicide or as "moonscapes" (the first Apollo Moon landings were contemporaneous with their execution)

Posted by: m at September 02, 2024 10:02 AM (64Zez)

136 Sherwin-Williams is a great company and has the ultimate advertising slogan. "Cover the Earth". It's both a motto and an aspiration. I bow to whoever came up with that.

Posted by: If You Ain't Eatin' Wham, You Ain't Eatin' Ham! at September 02, 2024 10:02 AM (CV8a5)

137 Маркус Роткович never sleeps.

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 02, 2024 10:02 AM (CEzQx)

138 John Wayne went searching for her
https://tinyurl.com/4xjntw32
Posted by: Don Black

He should have looked in the water at the side of the boat.

Or asked Robert Wagner and Christopher Walken.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 02, 2024 10:03 AM (WXNFJ)

139 Is it Flag Day?

Posted by: Stateless at September 02, 2024 10:04 AM (jvJvP)

140 Effing Rothko. I once was a party at some rich tool who was showing off the new $30k glass mosaic on the bottom of his pool. (We knew the artist, good on him to soak this empty suit, don't know that I even got the name of the host.) And he had a numbered Rothko in his *dining room*. So it's a dogshit painting, in a terrible location, with appalling lighting and cheap glass, and he thought it was a showpiece.

Posted by: bittergeek

I mean, is there a GOOD way to light and locate a pos like this?

Posted by: Archimedes at September 02, 2024 10:04 AM (xCA6C)

141 The art thread ought to have a Pierre Brassau. Better than this abomination.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 02, 2024 10:04 AM (jn+Mh)

142 Rust and Blue? There are 3 colors.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 02, 2024 10:04 AM (NpAcC)

143 Repulsive. People who do stuff like this should be pilloried and horsewhipped. Photos of the events could be hung in place of their visual insults at the museums, with ridiculous names like "Nude Descending a Staircase, # Go Fuck Yourself."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 02, 2024 10:05 AM (0FoWg)

144 Pelosi Claims Harris Won An ‘Open’ Primary

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I won open Miss America contest.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at September 02, 2024 10:05 AM (L/fGl)

145 Is it Flag Day?
Posted by: Stateless

Oh, Flag Day.
Nevermind.

-- Buttigig

Posted by: Tonypete at September 02, 2024 10:05 AM (WXNFJ)

146 142 Rust and Blue? There are 3 colors.
Posted by: redridinghood at September 02, 2024 10:04 AM (NpAcC)

I think it's a light rust and a dark rust.

Posted by: m at September 02, 2024 10:05 AM (64Zez)

147 13 Why oh why is this Art?
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at September 02, 2024 09:33 AM (t/2Uw)

Because our cultural "elites" are decadent, God-less, and talentless hacks who hate the rest of us and think they are spewing "their truth" to enlighten and educate the low-level scum (that would be us) of the earth.

Also, because they are lying liars.

Posted by: Kammie... at September 02, 2024 10:05 AM (Rbu5d)

148 dog joke

https://x.com/Dalbodog/status/
1828173130906337445

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 02, 2024 10:05 AM (gbOdA)

149 Maybe it looks better in person. I'd take this over portraits anytime.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at September 02, 2024 09:38 AM (SfhV1)

Yeah, that's the thing about Rothko, you have to see his stuff in person to appreciate his art and it's quality.

He was obsessed with presenting light and darkness ,as we perceive them, on canvas. They truly look as though they have real depth as though you can see light blooming through fog or or fading into deep darkness.

His best works are surprisingly immersive. CBD would say he's a "craftsman" because of his obsessive layering techniques to get his effects. I'd call him an artist as there is real thought and intention behind what he is doing.

BONUS! iIf you like more representative paintings with awesome light and darkness effects, check out J. M. W. Turner, a 19th Century painter, in the British Museums in London. Again you've got to see them in person to get the full effect. He's liable to become your favorite painter as he became mine, just by wandering around the Tate Museum.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 02, 2024 10:06 AM (eDfFs)

150 Maybe the painter's dad was a man of influence and the artist was able to sell his paintings for big bucks to people who sought access to his father?

Posted by: HUNTER at September 02, 2024 10:06 AM (rn2/h)

151 Repulsive. People who do stuff like this should be pilloried and horsewhipped. Photos of the events could be hung in place of their visual insults at the museums, with ridiculous names like "Nude Descending a Staircase, # Go F*** Yourself."

As was said earlier, I don't blame the "artist", I blame the idiots who buy this drek.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 02, 2024 10:06 AM (xCA6C)

152 We have some symmetry, some austerity. The end.

Posted by: Piper at September 02, 2024 10:06 AM (pZEOD)

153 This painting is actually inspirational!

It's inspiring me to go to an art museum and see actual art!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 02, 2024 10:06 AM (4XwPj)

154 132 > His painting No. 6 (Violet, Green and Red) sold in 2014 for $186 million.
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Not too shabby for 3 minutes of work. 2 of which were opening the cans of paint.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
____

Money laundering, is all.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 02, 2024 10:06 AM (fs1hN)

155 Big Paint is price gouging.

Posted by: BignJames at September 02, 2024 10:06 AM (AwYPR)

156 >Pelosi Claims Harris Won An ‘Open’ Primary

open to who, exactly

Posted by: Don Black at September 02, 2024 10:07 AM (/7KEl)

157 He's liable to become your favorite painter as he became mine, just by wandering around the Tate Museum.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 02, 2024 10:06 AM (eDfFs)

*fistbump* Norham Castle at Sunrise.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at September 02, 2024 10:07 AM (PiwSw)

158 A few balrogs are roaming about in the upper third while a single small black kitten sits at the bottom left.

Makes note:
Balrogs are afraid of kittens.

Posted by: banana Dream at September 02, 2024 10:07 AM (Y6IkP)

159 best fucking fake QB flop

https://x.com/ESPNCFB/status/
1830091605358891009

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 02, 2024 10:07 AM (gbOdA)

160 His painting No. 6 (Violet, Green and Red) sold in 2014 for $186 million.
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Not too shabby for 3 minutes of work. 2 of which were opening the cans of paint.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
____

Money laundering, is all.

Preach!

Posted by: Hunter Biden at September 02, 2024 10:07 AM (xCA6C)

161 J. M. W. Turner, a 19th Century painter,
____

Well, he's no Rothko...

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 02, 2024 10:08 AM (fs1hN)

162 57 Am I suppose to appreciate that???
Posted by: Michael K at September 02, 2024 09:41 AM (ClKSj)

Yes. Appreciate it is not in your living room.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at September 02, 2024 10:08 AM (Rbu5d)

163 Not a big modern art fan, but Rothko is tolerable to look at, some are even pleasing. Compared to a lot of the crap that gets called art, I'd hang a Rothko on my walls.

Posted by: ruralcounsel at September 02, 2024 10:08 AM (diMhW)

164 No embiggen feature?

Posted by: BignJames at September 02, 2024 10:09 AM (AwYPR)

165 Red sky [setting I'd guess]; blue water; grey wall. Just my guess.

Actually, I don't mind it because I think the colours and their internal shading [not literally and figuratively monotonous] work together to give some depth to it.

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 02, 2024 10:09 AM (CEzQx)

166 155 Big Paint is price gouging.
___

No kidding. You see how much a gallon of paint costs these days?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 02, 2024 10:09 AM (fs1hN)

167 No embiggen feature?

Posted by: BignJames

Thank God.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 02, 2024 10:09 AM (jn+Mh)

168 "Go Fuck Yourself" would be a great Kentucky Derby name.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at September 02, 2024 10:09 AM (ctSjQ)

169 137 Маркус Роткович never sleeps.
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 02, 2024 10:02 AM (CEzQx)

uwemoweh uwemoweh uwemoweh

Posted by: m at September 02, 2024 10:10 AM (64Zez)

170 To celebrate the end of summer, I made my own pumpkin spice latte. But is not real Fall here, the humidity just dropped a hair.

Posted by: Piper at September 02, 2024 10:10 AM (pZEOD)

171 >Pelosi Claims Harris Won An ‘Open’ Primary

I won an "open" Daytona 500.
See? I can do this too, Nutsy!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 02, 2024 10:10 AM (4XwPj)

172 As was said earlier, I don't blame the "artist", I blame the idiots who buy this drek.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 02, 2024 10:06 AM (xCA6C)

You're right. If no one would buy, it wouldn't get produced.

Guarantee you, from my own attempts at writing, that if no one will buy it, you quit. I haven't written anything for a few weeks, but got an e-mail yesterday from a mag that they're running a story I submitted. If it never came, I might not have written again.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 02, 2024 10:10 AM (0eaVi)

173 There's an episode of Ironside guest-starring Sue Ane Langdon as a ditzy artist in a lampoon of Pollock. She created her drip paintings from a scaffold whilst wearing a polka-dot bikini with a clear plastic smock over it. She was an eyeful and very cute. She was in danger from a killer, and Officer Whitfield impersonated her at the climax at the end to catch the killer. Barbara Anderson's scene was all to short, alas.

Posted by: Made A Splash at September 02, 2024 10:10 AM (CV8a5)

174 161 J. M. W. Turner, a 19th Century painter,
____

Well, he's no Rothko...
Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 02, 2024 10:08 AM (fs1hN)

ha!

Posted by: m at September 02, 2024 10:11 AM (64Zez)

175 Joy!

Rep. Darrell Issa
@repdarrellissa
Lie of the day award on @NBCNews. Host @kwelkernbc claims Kamala met the Gold Star families of the 13 fallen at Abbey Gate.

Totally false. Kamala has refused to meet or speak to any of them.

-
Kamala kares!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at September 02, 2024 10:13 AM (L/fGl)

176 ...got an e-mail yesterday from a mag that they're running a story I submitted.
--------
...and Ace is in it; and CBD; and JJ; and an Ewok!

[Congratulations.]

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 02, 2024 10:13 AM (CEzQx)

177 They just title shit like this "Celebrate The Sneering Arrogance of Mediocrity, Peasants!" or "Another Blow at The Pillars of Your Culture."

Some honesty would be refreshing.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 02, 2024 10:13 AM (0FoWg)

178 To celebrate the end of summer, I made my own pumpkin spice latte. But is not real Fall here, the humidity just dropped a hair.

I just looked up the ingredients for pumpkin spice. As expected, they include cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, and cloves. Ginger is also in there, but I didn't expect that one.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 02, 2024 10:13 AM (xCA6C)

179 Cardinal Cupcake in charge of the most important things, as usual -

The Archdiocese of Chicago will now offer Catholics ‘eco-friendly’ burials, interring bodies in biodegradable containers they argue respects both the environment and Catholic teaching, in response to ‘growing environmental’ concerns.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 02, 2024 10:14 AM (fs1hN)

180 1 A R T
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 02, 2024 09:31 AM (gbOdA)

Or, really:

A

R

T

Posted by: m at September 02, 2024 10:14 AM (64Zez)

181 Nice patina

Posted by: DaveA at September 02, 2024 10:14 AM (FhXTo)

182 Museum Girl: Committing suicide.
Allan: What about Friday night?"

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at September 02, 2024 10:01 AM (PiwSw)

Hilarious.

Couldn't even use that painting as a target.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 02, 2024 10:14 AM (SpgZO)

183 Hmm, this is a Rothko? Obviously, he's no Rockwell.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at September 02, 2024 10:14 AM (tT6L1)

184 Germany just had elections, and AfD won big. The usual suspects can't even name them without prefacing it with "far-right" and usually a reference to the Nazis.

If they were as described, the usual suspects would be a lot more circumspect.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 02, 2024 10:15 AM (xCA6C)

185 Here's something nicer to look at:

https://tinyurl.com/3bv62ub9

If I had bunches of money, I'd have several Gabe Leonard works on my walls.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 02, 2024 10:15 AM (OX9vb)

186 The Archdiocese of Chicago will now offer Catholics ‘eco-friendly’ burials, interring bodies in biodegradable containers they argue respects both the environment and Catholic teaching, in response to ‘growing environmental’ concerns.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 02, 2024 10:14 AM (fs1hN)

$10k pine boxes.

Posted by: BignJames at September 02, 2024 10:15 AM (AwYPR)

187 I think the colors are pleasing... Better than the splatter painter

Posted by: It's me donna at September 02, 2024 10:16 AM (IyPmt)

188 The Archdiocese of Chicago will now offer Catholics ‘eco-friendly’ burials, interring bodies in biodegradable containers they argue respects both the environment and Catholic teaching, in response to ‘growing environmental’ concerns.

Why not take them to the middle of Lake Michigan, tie cement blocks around their feet, and ring the lamprey dinner bell?

Posted by: Archimedes at September 02, 2024 10:16 AM (xCA6C)

189 149...check out J. M. W. Turner, a 19th Century painter, in the British Museums in London. Again you've got to see them in person to get the full effect. He's liable to become your favorite painter as he became mine, just by wandering around the Tate Museum.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 02, 2024 10:06 AM (eDfFs)

He's my favorite artist, when John Singer Sargent isn't my favorite...

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at September 02, 2024 10:17 AM (Rbu5d)

190 178 To celebrate the end of summer, I made my own pumpkin spice latte. But is not real Fall here, the humidity just dropped a hair.

I just looked up the ingredients for pumpkin spice. As expected, they include cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, and cloves. Ginger is also in there, but I didn't expect that one.
Posted by: Archimedes at September

Ginger has some anti inflammatory properties. But I just like the little zing. It used to taste like soap to me, but I have grown into it, same with turmeric.

Posted by: Piper at September 02, 2024 10:18 AM (pZEOD)

191 68 I think even Kris will have a hard time praising this "work".
Posted by: Archimedes at September 02, 2024 09:44 AM

I would enjoy a post by Kris explaining why this is art. There must be something about the colors and shapes that communicate an idea to those who enjoy his work.

Posted by: Hedley Lamarr at September 02, 2024 10:18 AM (UWRAE)

192 Meet the Press
@MeetThePress
On our broadcast this morning, we incorrectly implied that both President Biden and Vice President Harris attended the dignified transfer of 13 American service members killed during the Afghanistan withdrawal. Biden was in attendance but Harris was not.

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The hell you say!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at September 02, 2024 10:18 AM (L/fGl)

193 This "art" is available on front porches and side yards in the South in downscale neighborhoods.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 02, 2024 10:19 AM (Aqu9a)

194 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Today's art reminds me of my second car. Same colors.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 02, 2024 10:19 AM (W/lyH)

195 I get it.
Beach, blue sea and unstable sky.

Posted by: Redenzo at September 02, 2024 10:19 AM (wVvsl)

196 Meet the Press
@MeetThePress
On our broadcast this morning, we incorrectly implied that both President Biden and Vice President Harris attended the dignified transfer of 13 American service members killed during the Afghanistan withdrawal. Biden was in attendance but Harris was not.

But it was totes an accident!

Posted by: Archimedes at September 02, 2024 10:19 AM (xCA6C)

197 @MeetThePress
On our broadcast this morning, we incorrectly implied that both President Biden and Vice President Harris attended the dignified transfer of 13 American service members killed during the Afghanistan withdrawal. Biden was in attendance but Harris was not.
____

MtP doing the job of unburdening Kamala from what has been.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 02, 2024 10:20 AM (fs1hN)

198 When I did stuff like this in middle school art class all I got was a pat on the head and an "Isn't that nice." Oh, and a C. But this guy's crap paint-chip sample is hanging in a gallery?

THIS is why we can't have nice things, anymore.

Posted by: GWB at September 02, 2024 10:20 AM (CrXxA)

199 Here's a piece by another artist who painted layers:

https://tinyurl.com/art-in-layers

Posted by: Muldoon at September 02, 2024 10:20 AM (991eG)

200 196 Meet the Press
@MeetThePress
On our broadcast this morning, we incorrectly implied that both President Biden and Vice President Harris attended the dignified transfer of 13 American service members killed during the Afghanistan withdrawal. Biden was in attendance but Harris was not.

But it was totes an accident!
Posted by: Archimedes at September 02, 2024 10:19 AM (xCA6C)

Dignified transfer ? Joe looking at his watch the whole time ?

Posted by: It's me donna at September 02, 2024 10:20 AM (IyPmt)

201 To celebrate the end of summer, I made my own pumpkin spice latte. But is not real Fall here, the humidity just dropped a hair.

I just looked up the ingredients for pumpkin spice. As expected, they include cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, and cloves. Ginger is also in there, but I didn't expect that one.
Posted by: Archimedes

Hmmmm. No pumpkin.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at September 02, 2024 10:20 AM (kl8ml)

202 134 State fair organizers are this year featuring Milkshake and Buttercup, two life-sized fiberglass cows complete with rubber teats and water-filled udders, for a popular milking demo.

The head of the Minnesota State Fair's Moo Booth came up with a similar work around for its hands-on milking event: a fake dairy cow named Olympia.
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 02, 2024 10:02 AM (gbOdA)

The freaking STATE FAIRS didn't have any real cows to milk...?

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at September 02, 2024 10:20 AM (Rbu5d)

203 170 To celebrate the end of summer, I made my own pumpkin spice latte. But is not real Fall here, the humidity just dropped a hair.
Posted by: Piper

No, no, no. Please, pumpkin spice season lasting three-plus months is an abomination! Variety is the spice of life- not faux pumpkin flavor.

Posted by: It's Still Summer at September 02, 2024 10:20 AM (CV8a5)

204 sent it over for you, Anderson Cooper.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 02, 2024 08:45 AM (MpVUb)

Thanks NST! Prayer was under my normal name - Mike Oxlong. Anderson was a truly disgusting sock. Probably GAVE me the cancer in the first place. Won't be making that mistake again. (I'll make all new ones. Keep it fresh and stuff...) and thanks again Horde. Cheers!

Posted by: Mike Oxlong at September 02, 2024 10:20 AM (PZg5e)

205 I love ginger, my heart doesn't.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 02, 2024 10:21 AM (z3hm2)

206 J. M. W. Turner, a 19th Century painter,
____

Well, he's no Rothko...
Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 02, 2024 10:08 AM (fs1hN)

Well, the funny thing is...

In one room at the Tate, they throw a Rothko in amongst paintings by Turner, to draw attention to the commonalities in their art,

as if Rothko is one of Turner's "artistic children" or grandchildren or second cousin...whatever.

Though clearly Turner is the better and more complete artist.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 02, 2024 10:21 AM (eDfFs)

207 >@MeetThePress
On our broadcast this morning, we ~~incorrectly implied~~ tried to fool you into thinking that both President Biden and Vice President Harris attended the dignified transfer of 13 American service members killed during the Afghanistan withdrawal. Biden was in attendance but Harris was not.

Posted by: Don Black at September 02, 2024 10:21 AM (/7KEl)

208 I just looked up the ingredients for pumpkin spice. As expected, they include cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, and cloves. Ginger is also in there, but I didn't expect that one.
Posted by: Archimedes

Hmmmm. No pumpkin.

Nope, those are the spices used in pumpkin pie.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 02, 2024 10:22 AM (xCA6C)

209 Posted by: naturalfake at September 02, 2024 10:06 AM (eDfFs)

I see you've taken an art appreciation class at the Frankfurt School of Art.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at September 02, 2024 10:22 AM (g8Ew8)

210 I did not learn about this in school. I wonder why -

(credit LifeSite news)
Today in history (9/2) witnessed one of the most stalwart defenses against the Islamic spear-thrust into Europe — the Battle of Albulena in Albania, 1457.

To appreciate the significance of this epic clash, one must first appreciate the leader of the Albanian forces, George Kastrioti, better known as Skanderbeg (“Lord Alexander”

. Today, he is as little known in the West as he was once widely celebrated all throughout Europe.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 02, 2024 10:22 AM (fs1hN)

211 Rothko may have been born in the Russian Empire, but he wasn't Russian, if you know what I mean.

No judgment from me, though. Do whatcha gotta do.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at September 02, 2024 10:23 AM (BHrzb)

212 In one room at the Tate, they throw a Rothko in amongst paintings by Turner, to draw attention to the commonalities in their art,

as if Rothko is one of Turner's "artistic children" or grandchildren or second cousin...whatever.

Though clearly Turner is the better and more complete artist.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 02, 2024 10:21 AM

I think you mean "Autistic".

Posted by: It's me donna at September 02, 2024 10:23 AM (IyPmt)

213 The Archdiocese of Chicago will now offer Catholics ‘eco-friendly’ burials, interring bodies in biodegradable containers they argue respects both the environment and Catholic teaching, in response to ‘growing environmental’ concerns.

Posted by: Chuck Martel

The Chicago Mob Friendly burial.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at September 02, 2024 10:23 AM (kl8ml)

214 If I had bunches of money, I'd have several Gabe Leonard works on my walls.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 02, 2024 10:15 AM (OX9vb)
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For modern artists, I'm partial to Patrick Dennis, a guy who works out of Cambria, CA.

https://tinyurl.com/3jfreasy

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at September 02, 2024 10:23 AM (tT6L1)

215 Here's a piece by another artist who painted layers:

https://tinyurl.com/art-in-layers

Posted by: Muldoon at September 02, 2024 10:20 AM (991eG)

would hang

Posted by: BignJames at September 02, 2024 10:24 AM (AwYPR)

216 If it was not for NPR, MTP would be the biggest media lyin whores.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 02, 2024 10:24 AM (gbOdA)

217 More joy!

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
NEW - Kamala Harris’ internal polls are looking bleak, similar to pre-debate Biden, per @MBoyle1 of @Breitbart.
This isn’t the first report that’s emerged of Kamala having worrying internal polls. Jake Tapper and David Axelrod have both said the same thing over the past couple weeks. Folks, she’s crashing and burning, and her team knows the sugar high wasn’t real.
Expect a major move soon, just like how Biden’s team rushed to throw on a June debate - which ultimately sunk his campaign.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at September 02, 2024 10:24 AM (L/fGl)

218 Dignified transfer ? Joe looking at his watch the whole time ?
___

What would be worse for today's propaganda efforts, that Kamala was there, or wasn't there? Tough call for the media.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 02, 2024 10:25 AM (fs1hN)

219 Chicago burial

Looks like Vinny stole moar concrete than he could swim with.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 02, 2024 10:25 AM (gbOdA)

220 It's crrrrrrap!

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at September 02, 2024 10:25 AM (w6EFb)

221 With Krylon spray paint, there's no drips and no runs.

Posted by: Johnny Bench at September 02, 2024 10:26 AM (Aqu9a)

222 CBD pulls a prank, or is just drunk on low quality non-shaken Manhattans!
Posted by: naturalfake at September 02, 2024 09:36 AM (eDfFs)

Behold the power of "and"!

Posted by: mrp at September 02, 2024 10:26 AM (rj6Yv)

223 Posted by: naturalfake at September 02, 2024 10:06 AM (eDfFs)

I see you've taken an art appreciation class at the Frankfurt School of Art.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at September 02, 2024 10:22 AM (g8Ew

Nope.

Believe it or not. I can think, judge, and render opinions all by myself.

You may need mental crutches and training wheels. I don't.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 02, 2024 10:26 AM (eDfFs)

224 Fuck Bribe'em and the snake he slithered in on. Hostage deal close but Netanyahu not doing enough, says the guy with all the blood on his hands.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 02, 2024 10:27 AM (WbH4L)

225 My one concession to Fall decor is the very realistic looking plastic pumpkin I put on my front step. It has been a running joke for 25 years. Goes out on October 1, goes back in garage after Thanksgiving weekend. Figure I've saved $150 over the years. I spend it on mismatched paint, like Rothko.

Posted by: Do Not Comply! at September 02, 2024 10:27 AM (CV8a5)

226 149...check out J. M. W. Turner, a 19th Century painter, in the British Museums in London. Again you've got to see them in person to get the full effect. He's liable to become your favorite painter as he became mine, just by wandering around the Tate Museum.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 02, 2024 10:06 AM (eDfFs)

What I found online is very nice. That is beautiful representation of light and dark, in pleasing pictures.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 02, 2024 10:27 AM (OX9vb)

227 Guys, GUUUUYYYS! this painting contains the last key to the lost Freemason Treasure !!

Posted by: runner at September 02, 2024 10:28 AM (V13WU)

228 The lies from the Democrats this election cycle are off the charts, even for them. This morning heard a radio commercial claiming yet again DJT ‘s blueprint for his term if elected is to eliminate the Department of Education, close all public grades K-12, ban all abortions, monitor women’s pregnancies. He must be stopped.

Posted by: Jen the original at September 02, 2024 10:28 AM (U60/Y)

229 Why must all art threads ultimately end up in fisticuffs?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 02, 2024 10:28 AM (fs1hN)

230 but... you have to hold it over a candle to see it ...

Posted by: runner at September 02, 2024 10:28 AM (V13WU)

231 Biden cares.

President Biden
@POTUS
I've worked tirelessly to bring Hersh home, and Jill and I could not be more heartbroken by the news of his death.
It is tragic and reprehensible.
Hamas leaders will pay for these crimes. And we'll continue working towards a deal to secure the release of the remaining hostages.

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Feel the sincerity!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at September 02, 2024 10:29 AM (L/fGl)

232 Here's a Colorado artist I like

https://www.michaelbaum.com/

Posted by: Don Black at September 02, 2024 10:29 AM (/7KEl)

233 170 To celebrate the end of summer, I made my own pumpkin spice latte. But is not real Fall here, the humidity just dropped a hair.
Posted by: Piper at September 02, 2024 10:10 AM (pZEOD)

Even though we had a couple hot days last week, there was a distinct change to 'early fall' several weeks ago. The trees are nt as green, leaves are beginning to fall, the sunlight is not as golden as during summer, the sun has moved surprisingly far south for late August/early September, and the light no longer lingers in the evening.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at September 02, 2024 10:29 AM (Rbu5d)

234 My son paints better than that. An entire 3-bedroom apartment in one day! Two coats, even. With no runs, no drips, no errors.

Posted by: Alois Schicklgruber at September 02, 2024 10:30 AM (Aqu9a)

235 203
No, no, no. Please, pumpkin spice season lasting three-plus months is an abomination! Variety is the spice of life- not faux pumpkin flavor.
Posted by: It's Still Summer at September

No faux! I made it myself, with all the spices and coffee (and unsweetened vanilla almond milk that I frothed). It’s good. I won’t make one for you, though, if you don’t want one. It’s fine!

Posted by: Piper at September 02, 2024 10:30 AM (p4NUW)

236 231. While he bakes his dehydrated carcass in the sun on the beach for days.

Posted by: Jen the original at September 02, 2024 10:30 AM (U60/Y)

237 Biden worked tirelessly to withhold weapons and vital intelligence from the good guys. STFU.

Posted by: runner at September 02, 2024 10:31 AM (V13WU)

238 I had an art teacher try to explain the concept behind the commissioning of art. Some artists only paint when they are paid to produce something. Others paint profusely because they like to.

It's really weird how some artists who only do commissioned works vs. those who painted frequently stack up against each other when it comes to the value of their work.

I mean, it's totally subjective. Not based on rarity.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 02, 2024 10:31 AM (Q4IgG)

239 President Biden
@POTUS
I've worked tirelessly to bring Hersh home, and Jill and I could not be more heartbroken by the news of his death.
___

Not his fault there was no cell phone reception on the beach.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 02, 2024 10:31 AM (fs1hN)

240 the sun has moved surprisingly far south for late August/early September,

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at September 02, 2024 10:29 AM (Rbu5d)

hate when that happens

Posted by: BignJames at September 02, 2024 10:32 AM (AwYPR)

241 @Don Black, Very nice. Thanks!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at September 02, 2024 10:33 AM (tT6L1)

242 The lies from the Democrats this election cycle are off the charts, even for them.

-
Melania is divorcing Trump!

https://is.gd/np8iEc

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Well, after all, he does beat her up all the time.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at September 02, 2024 10:33 AM (L/fGl)

243 Sherwin-Williams is a great company and has the ultimate advertising slogan. "Cover the Earth". It's both a motto and an aspiration. I bow to whoever came up with that.

Posted by: If You Ain't Eatin' Wham, You Ain't Eatin' Ham! at September 02, 2024 10:02 AM (CV8a5)

When I was a little girl, there was a Sherwin Williams store at the end of Main Street. I thought the sign was a turtle with a bucket of paint over his head.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at September 02, 2024 10:33 AM (w6EFb)

244 Even though we had a couple hot days last week, there was a distinct change to 'early fall' several weeks ago. The trees are nt as green, leaves are beginning to fall, the sunlight is not as golden as during summer, the sun has moved surprisingly far south for late August/early September, and the light no longer lingers in the evening.
____

This is due to global warming.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 02, 2024 10:33 AM (fs1hN)

245 I ghink one could paint this with nothing but a house paint roller

Posted by: Skip at September 02, 2024 10:33 AM (fwDg9)

246 posting to lock in after a link history purge

Posted by: DanMan at September 02, 2024 10:34 AM (8uzBS)

247 the sun has moved surprisingly far south for late August/early September, and the light no longer lingers in the evening.
Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at September 02, 2024 10:29 AM (Rbu5d)

The seasonal positioning of the sun is constant. There's no 'earlier than' or 'later than''.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at September 02, 2024 10:34 AM (g8Ew8)

248 you're welcome

Posted by: Don Black at September 02, 2024 10:34 AM (/7KEl)

249
So, tying this Art Thread all together, the general conclusion is that-

Rothko's Paintings Are the Pumpkin Spice of the Art World.

Have I got that right?

Posted by: naturalfake at September 02, 2024 10:35 AM (eDfFs)

250 >President Biden
@POTUS
I've worked tirelessly to....

old man, you can't do anything 'tirelessly'
also you didn't write this, of course

Posted by: Don Black at September 02, 2024 10:35 AM (/7KEl)

251 Wow! Incredible talent on display. Move over Hunter.

Posted by: Rod treat at September 02, 2024 10:35 AM (0Tr8g)

252 Dear Lord, protect us from this Pope -

Pope Francis calls for Catholics to ‘pray for the cry of the Earth,’ says it ‘has a fever’
‘We pray that each of us will listen with the heart to the cry of the Earth,’ Pope Francis said in a new video, claiming that ‘if we took the planet’s temperature, it will us that the Earth has a fever. And it is sick, just like anyone who’s sick.’

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 02, 2024 10:36 AM (fs1hN)

253 232 Here's a Colorado artist I like

https://www.michaelbaum.com/
Posted by: Don Black at September 02, 2024 10:29 AM (/7KEl)

Mediocre model railroad backdrop painting . . .

Posted by: cappecaillie4901 at September 02, 2024 10:36 AM (5zRyn)

254 that Pope quote is parody, right

Posted by: Don Black at September 02, 2024 10:36 AM (/7KEl)

255 254 that Pope quote is parody, right
Posted by: Don Black at September 02, 2024 10:36 AM (/7KEl)

I think it's real

Posted by: It's me donna at September 02, 2024 10:37 AM (IyPmt)

256 Werner is fairly certain that this work is a form of Rorschach test. It requires the viewer, in their contemplation of the canvas, to experience an epiphany: the true focus is not on what is there, but what is not. In other words, it is our old friend, the Void.

Once that is understood, then the creation falls into place. The colors and their hues are simply the Void's delight at presenting a meaningless substance that leads to angst, anomie, and despair.by its absence of substance. Ha, says the Void, I have deceived you, and your futile existence is impressed upon your failing mind. Hate not the playa, one inquires of the curiously animated Void and its surprising capability of speech? No, answers the Void, hate both the Void and the game, fool. You be tripping and straight-up frontin' if you perceive otherwise. Word, you respond, with a rueful mien. Then do you and the Void both ponder why such idiom has been employed. Ach.

Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at September 02, 2024 10:37 AM (tmPIh)

257 Why must all art threads ultimately end up in fisticuffs?
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Fuck you, you Mannerist dick!!!
[takes a swing at CM but misses and takes a header into a wall instead]

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 02, 2024 10:37 AM (CEzQx)

258 For modern artists, I'm partial to Patrick Dennis, a guy who works out of Cambria, CA.

https://tinyurl.com/3jfreasy
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at September 02, 2024 10:23 AM (tT6L1)

I checked out his website. There is a lot there that I like.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 02, 2024 10:37 AM (OX9vb)

259 >President Biden
@POTUS
I've worked tirelessly to....

********

No wonder. The wheels have been coming off his administration for 3+ years.

Posted by: Muldoon at September 02, 2024 10:38 AM (991eG)

260 summer's over, pool in mid 80s

time to shoot dove

Posted by: DanMan at September 02, 2024 10:38 AM (8uzBS)

261 Dear Lord, protect us from this Pope -

Pope Francis calls for Catholics to ‘pray for the cry of the Earth,’ says it ‘has a fever’
‘We pray that each of us will listen with the heart to the cry of the Earth,’ Pope Francis said in a new video, claiming that ‘if we took the planet’s temperature, it will us that the Earth has a fever. And it is sick, just like anyone who’s sick.’
Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 02, 2024 10:36 AM (fs1hN)

So, the general consensus is that-

Pope Francis is the Pumpkin Spice of the Papacy

Have i got that correct?

Posted by: naturalfake at September 02, 2024 10:38 AM (eDfFs)

262 252 Dear Lord, protect us from this Pope -

Pope Francis calls for Catholics to ‘pray for the cry of the Earth,’ says it ‘has a fever’
‘We pray that each of us will listen with the heart to the cry of the Earth,’ Pope Francis said in a new video, claiming that ‘if we took the planet’s temperature, it will us that the Earth has a fever. And it is sick, just like anyone who’s sick.’
Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 02, 2024 10:36 AM (fs1hN)

And, on the other side of the Tiber:

https://is.gd/ALB94d

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at September 02, 2024 10:38 AM (PiwSw)

263 For me, Mategna's "The Lamentations Over the Dead Christ" had a significant impact on my opinion of the power of Art. Painted in the latter half of the 15th century, its challenge to the viewer is ever-fresh and inspiring.

Posted by: mrp at September 02, 2024 10:39 AM (rj6Yv)

264 >Pope Francis is the Milli Vanilli of the Papacy

Posted by: Don Black at September 02, 2024 10:39 AM (/7KEl)

265 Please stop

Pumpkin Pie M&Ms are in stores and it's only Labor Day ... I tried them so you didn't have to

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Well, at least they didn't hire Dylan Mulvaney to promote it.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at September 02, 2024 10:39 AM (L/fGl)

266 Pope Francis is the Pumpkin Spice of the Papacy

Have i got that correct?
Posted by: naturalfake at September 02, 2024 10:38 AM (eDfFs)

No ! I like pumpkin spice... At first... Can't say the same about this Pope

Posted by: It's me donna at September 02, 2024 10:39 AM (IyPmt)

267 The seasonal positioning of the sun is constant. There's no 'earlier than' or 'later than''.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons
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Shut up, Wesl...

Never mind.

Posted by: capt jean-luc picard at September 02, 2024 10:39 AM (CEzQx)

268 Pope quote linky (LifeSite News)-

https://tinyurl.com/85th3ed4

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 02, 2024 10:40 AM (fs1hN)

269 Even though we had a couple hot days last week, there was a distinct change to 'early fall' several weeks ago. The trees are nt as green, leaves are beginning to fall, the sunlight is not as golden as during summer, the sun has moved surprisingly far south for late August/early September, and the light no longer lingers in the evening.
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It’s still really hot here. My daughter has her first virtual class today at noon, so we are going to go swimming after that.

Posted by: Piper at September 02, 2024 10:40 AM (pZEOD)

270 You can't get milk from an almond, either. They have no mammary glands at all.

Posted by: Dairy Council at September 02, 2024 10:40 AM (CV8a5)

271
Mark Rothko, was an American abstract painter. He is best known for his color field paintings that depicted irregular and painterly rectangular regions of color, which he produced from 1949 to 1970. Wikipedia

Saw his (Mark Rothko) Yellow and Blue (Yellow, Blue on Orange), 1955, at the Carnegie Museum of Art, Scaife Gallery 11

He made quite a career from all of his similar paintings including the one featured in the thread. Found that grouped in a gallery, they can be quite pleasant to view even if I don't understand them.

Wouldn't hang this particular painting, but thanks.

Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at September 02, 2024 10:41 AM (NFX2v)

272 Hey, Art for Art's Sake Folken,

I scrolled down . . . and down . . . and kept waiting for an image to pop up. But it never did. Not sure I like this, though the colors are good.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 02, 2024 10:42 AM (omVj0)

273 So if the Earf has a fever, are we back to calling if "Global Warming?"

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at September 02, 2024 10:42 AM (PiwSw)

274 Once that is understood, then the creation falls into place. The colors and their hues are simply the Void's delight at presenting a meaningless substance that leads to angst, anomie, and despair.by its absence of substance. Ha, says the Void, I have deceived you, and your futile existence is impressed upon your failing mind. Hate not the playa, one inquires of the curiously animated Void and its surprising capability of speech? No, answers the Void, hate both the Void and the game, fool. You be tripping and straight-up frontin' if you perceive otherwise. Word, you respond, with a rueful mien. Then do you and the Void both ponder why such idiom has been employed. Ach.
Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at September 02, 2024 10:37 AM (tmPIh)

Wow. That's heavy, man. 🙂

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at September 02, 2024 10:42 AM (g8Ew8)

275 270 You can't get milk from an almond, either. They have no mammary glands at all.
Posted by: Dairy Council
____

....and there it is. This is now a boob thread.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 02, 2024 10:42 AM (fs1hN)

276 So this is work by the artist people keep comparing to other works, saying, "It's no Rothko"? Hmmm.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 02, 2024 10:43 AM (omVj0)

277 Ugh. Do not like. Would not hang.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 02, 2024 10:43 AM (HnUIn)

278 >Pope Francis is the Milli Vanilli of the Papacy
Posted by: Don Black at September 02, 2024 10:39 AM (/7KEl)

Maybe Pope Frankie should listen to what the flower people say.

Posted by: Spinal Tap at September 02, 2024 10:43 AM (Aqu9a)

279 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 02, 2024 10:43 AM (HnUIn

Congrats on the job

Posted by: It's me donna at September 02, 2024 10:43 AM (IyPmt)

280 They just title shit like this "Celebrate The Sneering Arrogance of Mediocrity, Peasants!" or "Another Blow at The Pillars of Your Culture."

Some honesty would be refreshing.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 02, 2024 10:13 AM (0FoWg)
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Ah, but the root concept is dishonest. The root of it is contempt for the cultures they defame. Honesty would be counterproductive.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 02, 2024 10:44 AM (HnUIn)

281 Thanks, Donna!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 02, 2024 10:44 AM (HnUIn)

282 We fight over "art", but at least the Horde agrees that Fitzcarraldo is the very finest in cinematic excellence.

Posted by: Undeniable Brilliance On Film at September 02, 2024 10:44 AM (CV8a5)

283 The painting is a door from a 50'S Russian car

Posted by: MAC V SOG at September 02, 2024 10:45 AM (P4Pk9)

284 281 Thanks, Donna!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 02, 2024 10:44 AM (HnUIn)

You're welcome..Which police force are you joining ?... I kid

Posted by: It's me donna at September 02, 2024 10:45 AM (IyPmt)

285 The salad is made, the ribs are cooking, the chicken is marinating. Things are progressing nicely for Labor Day.

Soon, I'll clean up the table and give the bathroom a quick once-over before company arrives.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 02, 2024 10:45 AM (HnUIn)

286 This weekend, my local Kroger was busy changing out the seasonal aisle from summer picnic / pool /back to school items to Halloween candy.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 02, 2024 10:45 AM (Aqu9a)

287 Am i the 5th one to say,
I made a sculpture, No. 2 brown and white.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at September 02, 2024 10:45 AM (fVruI)

288 We fight over "art", but at least the Horde agrees that Fitzcarraldo is the very finest in cinematic excellence.

Rothko is the Prometheus of painting.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 02, 2024 10:46 AM (xCA6C)

289 When you get up at 9am , have a briefing at 11am then call a lid on the day your tireless will isn't much to say

Posted by: Skip at September 02, 2024 10:46 AM (fwDg9)

290 No.61 (Rust and Blue)

It's attractive, but a title of "Pre-Dawn from the Duck Blind" would make it seem like less of a poke in the eye of wealthy art patrons. What did attempts 1 thru 60 look like?

Posted by: t-bird at September 02, 2024 10:46 AM (HeV6l)

291 In my younger days, I thought campaigning was stupid because handshaking and baby kissing had nothing to do with running the country. However, I've come to see it as an example of how candidates handle crises and other problems. For example . . .

Tim Walz is hurting Kamala's chances of winning his home state of Minnesota

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at September 02, 2024 10:47 AM (L/fGl)

292 We fight over "art", but at least the Horde agrees that Fitzcarraldo is the very finest in cinematic excellence.
Posted by: Undeniable Brilliance On Film at September 02, 2024 10:44 AM (CV8a5)

You misspelled Russ Meyer.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 02, 2024 10:47 AM (Aqu9a)

293 This weekend, my local Kroger was busy changing out the seasonal aisle from summer picnic / pool /back to school items to Halloween candy.
Posted by: Count de Monet at September 02, 2024 10:45 AM (Aqu9a)
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Mine did this sometime this past week. I noticed this morning (I ran out of a sauce I needed) that the Halloween* candy is now out in force.

* I still cannot spell this word without thinking of the little song I was taught as a child. I mean, I know *how* to spell it without the mnemonic device, but I can't spell the word without it coming to mind anyway.
H-a-double l-o
w-double e-n
spells 'Halloween!'

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 02, 2024 10:47 AM (HnUIn)

294 There's no easing of summer here. The only thing I've noticed is that the savage sun on my living room window seems to pass off a little earlier now. By 5 pm it's half gone, whereas in late June and July it took until 6 to vanish halfway.

At 6 am it was relatively pleasant when I stepped outside. Relatively. Since we were promised rain all this weekend, I was hoping it would be cloudy and less hot this morning; but, nope.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 02, 2024 10:48 AM (omVj0)

295 Pope Francis calls for Catholics to ‘pray for the cry of the Earth,’ says it ‘has a fever.

Of this, Werner cannot help but wonder if the fever here is for more cowbell. I am reliably informed that the bell of the cow is revered in this nation, especially when it is wielded by the ensemble called the Blue Oyster Cult. The Reaper is that of which they manifest no fear, ja? Are we not all veterans of their Psychic Wars? Are we not then mindful of that amazing chick in the Heavy Metal animation? Because ... wait, this has gone in numerous inexplicable directions, and Werner is unmoored in the crisis of meaning, or, as my countrymen know it, Monday. Werner hies himself away. Save the whales.

Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at September 02, 2024 10:48 AM (tmPIh)

296 This weekend, my local Kroger was busy changing out the seasonal aisle from summer picnic / pool /back to school items to Halloween candy.
Posted by: Count de Monet

-

The last week of August we went in a Sams that had Christmas decorations out.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie at September 02, 2024 10:48 AM (rpkZg)

297 I like this artwork. Is it great? Absolutely not. But it's interesting to look at and doesn't offend the way much current modern art does.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 02, 2024 10:49 AM (d9fT1)

298 286 This weekend, my local Kroger was busy changing out the seasonal aisle from summer picnic / pool /back to school items to Halloween candy.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 02, 2024 10:45 AM

Home Depot here in my part of canada had Halloween displays up Saturday. I think Costco had some stuff too.

Posted by: Stateless at September 02, 2024 10:49 AM (jvJvP)

299
* I still cannot spell this word without thinking of the little song I was taught as a child. I mean, I know *how* to spell it without the mnemonic device, but I can't spell the word without it coming to mind anyway.
H-a-double l-o
w-double e-n
spells 'Halloween!'
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 02, 2024

***
I still use the song to spell "Mis-sis-sippi."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 02, 2024 10:49 AM (omVj0)

300 Pope Francis calls for Catholics to ‘pray for the cry of the Earth,’ says it ‘has a fever’
‘We pray that each of us will listen with the heart to the cry of the Earth,’ Pope Francis said in a new video, claiming that ‘if we took the planet’s temperature, it will us that the Earth has a fever. And it is sick, just like anyone who’s sick.’
Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 02, 2024 10:36 AM (fs1hN)
++++
Earth has a fever!
And the only prescription is more cowbell!

Posted by: Christopher Walken at September 02, 2024 10:49 AM (HnUIn)

301 199 Here's a piece by another artist who painted layers:

https://tinyurl.com/art-in-layers
Posted by: Muldoon at September 02, 2024 10:20 AM (991eG)

[Rimshot]

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at September 02, 2024 10:49 AM (Rbu5d)

302 This art, the colors and bands anyway, would make a good cover for a canteen like you see in old Westerns.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 02, 2024 10:50 AM (omVj0)

303 Our weather changed over the last two days. It had been really hot, temps here in Kentucky in mid and upper 90's for about a week - 10 days. Today it's currently 72 and probably will only hit 80. And dry.

And there are signs of fall. Some leaves on the Black Walnut's are turning yellow and the nuts are falling. My ornamental grasses are beginning to dry out.

I expect to see the Sand Cranes heading south any day now.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 02, 2024 10:50 AM (Q4IgG)

304 I still use the song to spell "Mis-sis-sippi."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 02, 2024 10:49 AM (omVj0)
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I still know that one, of course, but it isn't buried somewhere so deep in my psyche that I reflexively think of it whenever writing the word.

That Halloween, one, though. Man, that's buried *deep* in there.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 02, 2024 10:50 AM (HnUIn)

305 There's no easing of summer here. The only thing I've noticed is that the savage sun on my living room window seems to pass off a little earlier now. By 5 pm it's half gone, whereas in late June and July it took until 6 to vanish halfway.

I raise ferns from spores, and this summer was really rough on them. They largely died back in the middle of the heat wave we had a month ago, but now have sprung back to life, as they would normally do in June. Spores aplenty!

Posted by: Archimedes at September 02, 2024 10:50 AM (xCA6C)

306 Home Depot here in my part of canada had Halloween displays up Saturday. I think Costco had some stuff too.
Posted by: Stateless at September 02, 2024

***
Same with World Market. And I think Baskin-Robbins had some Halloween-themed blend when we were there last weekend.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 02, 2024 10:51 AM (omVj0)

307 Looks splotchy...like he got water in his spray gun...Binks #7.

Posted by: BignJames at September 02, 2024 10:51 AM (AwYPR)

308 But it's interesting to look at and doesn't offend the way much current modern art does.

"Doesn't offend" is a pretty low bar.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 02, 2024 10:52 AM (xCA6C)

309 @dash, I did like some of the stuff I looked at.

The mustached two gun hombre, the way the light reflected off one barrel while the other was in the shade indicated to me the artist understood direction of light when painting.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at September 02, 2024 10:52 AM (tT6L1)

310 I don't decorate for holidays. But if I did, I would want the stuff to be in the stores a good bit before the holiday so I could plan my display and buy it when it's convenient for my budget.

I've never understood why people get so bent out of shape over seasonal merchandising.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 02, 2024 10:52 AM (OX9vb)

311 We fight over "art", but at least the Horde agrees that Fitzcarraldo is the very finest in cinematic excellence.
Posted by: Undeniable Brilliance On Film at September 02, 2024 10:44 AM (CV8a5)

I was thinking Ed Wood.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at September 02, 2024 10:53 AM (g8Ew8)

312 Home Depot here in my part of canada had Halloween displays up Saturday. I think Costco had some stuff too.
Posted by: Stateless at September 02, 2024 10:49 AM (jvJvP)
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What's in those displays? I mean, it's Home Depot. What are they selling? Tools and fasteners and building materials and electrical equipment and whatnot are seasonal, but not really holiday things.

Is it just decorations and tools selected by the staff to make installing those decorations easier?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 02, 2024 10:53 AM (HnUIn)

313 Some leaves on the Black Walnut's are turning yellow and the nuts are falling.

TMI

Posted by: Archimedes at September 02, 2024 10:53 AM (xCA6C)

314 But it's interesting to look at and doesn't offend the way much current modern art does.
____

Doesn't offend! How dare you!
-Маркус Роткович

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 02, 2024 10:53 AM (fs1hN)

315 Home Depot here in my part of canada had Halloween displays up Saturday. I think Costco had some stuff too.
Posted by: Stateless

They need to get that down and put up the Christmas stuff up, pronto.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 02, 2024 10:53 AM (jn+Mh)

316 Needs some Rust-Oleum

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 02, 2024 10:53 AM (63Dwl)

317 I can feel the spores growing in my warm moist nostrils.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at September 02, 2024 10:53 AM (fVruI)

318 I raise ferns from spores, and this summer was really rough on them. They largely died back in the middle of the heat wave we had a month ago, but now have sprung back to life, as they would normally do in June. Spores aplenty!
Posted by: Archimedes at September 02, 2024 10:50 AM (xCA6C)

I collect spores, molds, and fungus. We should collaborate.

Posted by: Dr. Egon Spengler at September 02, 2024 10:53 AM (Aqu9a)

319 Also I just closed a tab from the weekend where people were speculating about what type of equipment was pictured at the top, and t-dubya-d chimed in an identified it as the frame for a very specific type of railroad track tamper.

Things like that are what make this place so great.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie at September 02, 2024 10:53 AM (rpkZg)

320 Hmm...it's rust, and it's blue. I rate this art as accurate.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 02, 2024 10:54 AM (7BV1v)

321 282 We fight over "art", but at least the Horde agrees that Fitzcarraldo is the very finest in cinematic excellence.
Posted by: Undeniable Brilliance On Film at September 02, 2024 10:44 AM (CV8a5)

I'm partial to the oeuvre of Jim Varney. The Director's Cut of "Earnest Scared Stupid" is magnificent.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at September 02, 2024 10:54 AM (PiwSw)

322 Rothko is the Prometheus of painting.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 02, 2024

***
He stole the secret of thinner from the paint gods, and has been chained to a rock in Times Square for eternity as punishment?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 02, 2024 10:54 AM (omVj0)

323 I've never understood why people get so bent out of shape over seasonal merchandising.

Xmas is in a league by itself. Between the stuff going up in mid summer, and the post-Xmas sales, it's going on a half year, and that's too much. It cheapens the whole thing.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 02, 2024 10:54 AM (xCA6C)

324 We fight over "art", but at least the Horde agrees that Fitzcarraldo is the very finest in cinematic excellence.
Posted by: Undeniable Brilliance On Film

This is most kind.

Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at September 02, 2024 10:54 AM (tmPIh)

325 I've never understood why people get so bent out of shape over seasonal merchandising.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

Well, when it is 104 outside, and the clothing stores pull the shorts from display and set up winter coats, it can be disconcerting.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 02, 2024 10:55 AM (jn+Mh)

326 I collect spores, molds, and fungus. We should collaborate.

Posted by: Dr. Egon Spengler

I knew someone would make the joke, so I didn't do it myself.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 02, 2024 10:55 AM (xCA6C)

327 Had no idea Rothko was russian. An excellent salesman of himself, though.

Posted by: Anacleto Mitraglia at September 02, 2024 10:55 AM (dXv/D)

328 It's inoffensive as long as you completely separate it from its intent and spirit, which is petty, vindictive and domineering.

Kind of like saying "well, Mark only took a shit in my driveway, not on my couch. The rain will wash it away, and its an interesting statement, I suppose."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 02, 2024 10:55 AM (0FoWg)

329 243...I thought the sign was a turtle with a bucket of paint over his head.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at September 02, 2024 10:33 AM (w6EFb)

That is so cute.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at September 02, 2024 10:55 AM (Rbu5d)

330 Xmas is in a league by itself. Between the stuff going up in mid summer, and the post-Xmas sales, it's going on a half year, and that's too much. It cheapens the whole thing.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 02, 2024 10:54 AM (xCA6C)
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Now do politics......

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at September 02, 2024 10:55 AM (tT6L1)

331 299. I still use the song to spell "Mis-sis-sippi."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

--
My aid: Mickey Mouse Club: "Encyclopedia"
Get ready to sing along with Jiminy Cricket! "E-n-c-y-c-l-o-p-e-d-i-a!"

Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at September 02, 2024 10:56 AM (NFX2v)

332 That Halloween, one, though. Man, that's buried *deep* in there.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 02, 2024 10:50 AM (HnUIn)

Jimminy Cricket: Encyclopedia.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at September 02, 2024 10:56 AM (g8Ew8)

333 247...

Oh, forgive me, forgive me.
It SEEMS it's earlier...

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at September 02, 2024 10:56 AM (Rbu5d)

334 Well, when it is 104 outside, and the clothing stores pull the shorts from display and set up winter coats, it can be disconcerting.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 02, 2024 10:55 AM (jn+Mh)

Sure, but you don't want to wait until you're freezing to buy a coat.

Now is the best time to buy the shorts, because they are 60% off, because people are looking for coats!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 02, 2024 10:57 AM (OX9vb)

335 We fight over "art", but at least the Horde agrees that Fitzcarraldo is the very finest in cinematic excellence.

Posted by: Undeniable Brilliance On Film

It's no Prometheius.

Posted by: bBifBewalski at September 02, 2024 10:57 AM (MsrgL)

336 I raise ferns from spores, ...

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And with fronds like those, who needs anemones?

Posted by: Muldoon at September 02, 2024 10:57 AM (991eG)

337 I've never understood why people get so bent out of shape over seasonal merchandising.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

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I think because it further cheapens them all.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie at September 02, 2024 10:57 AM (rpkZg)

338 And there are signs of fall. Some leaves on the Black Walnut's are turning yellow and the nuts are falling.
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I have one, I hate that tree. Every year have to clear about 500lbs of nuts off the yard. And looking up to see still more yet to fall. I tried to look at the bright side one year and harvested about 10lbs. Lot of work. I was the only one that liked the flavor. Way too much work to get to the meat.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 02, 2024 10:57 AM (fs1hN)

339 Bloody Ukrainian flag? Would not hang.

Posted by: Darth Randall at September 02, 2024 10:57 AM (+ElPT)

340 Well most people would not hang this Rothko in their houses. 7.5 feet high and 10 feet long. Perhaps one has to see it in person to get some impression of the shading and whatnot. I prefer art where a picture of the piece gives me a sense of "this is art".

Posted by: PaleRider at September 02, 2024 10:58 AM (UKUm3)

341 Pause for a moment to appreciate that Christmas season and election day are roughly the same length of time.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie at September 02, 2024 10:58 AM (rpkZg)

342 Lot of work. I was the only one that liked the flavor. Way too much work to get to the meat.

But enough from Kamala!

Posted by: Archimedes at September 02, 2024 10:58 AM (xCA6C)

343 Pope Francis calls for Catholics to ‘pray for the cry of the Earth,’ says it ‘has a fever’

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I've been enjoying the video game Frontiers of Pandora but [whispering] it's bullshit! You are a space Native American fighting the evil humans who are polluting Pandora. In one quest, you have to find a particular type of honeycomb found in only one area but a damn humans' gas etraction plant has polluted the entire area so you have to kill all the humans and destroy the plant. As soon as you do, this entire huge area, blackened by pollution is immediately green and fertile again!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at September 02, 2024 10:58 AM (L/fGl)

344 Now is the best time to buy the shorts, because they are 60% off...

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ISWYDT

Posted by: Muldoon at September 02, 2024 10:58 AM (991eG)

345 I knew someone would make the joke, so I didn't do it myself.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 02, 2024 10:55 AM (xCA6C)

You know me so well.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 02, 2024 10:59 AM (Aqu9a)

346 I'm partial to the oeuvre of Jim Varney. The Director's Cut of "Earnest Scared Stupid" is magnificent.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at September 02, 2024 10:54 AM (PiwSw)

Best movie ever made.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at September 02, 2024 10:59 AM (g8Ew8)

347 Credit where credit is due, it is probably more artful than a Hunter Biden.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 02, 2024 10:59 AM (XeU6L)

348 Posted by: Boron Cobbie at September 02, 2024 10:57 AM (rpkZg)

I like how you've embraced your snazzy new (and incomprehensible) appellation. I laugh every time I see it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 02, 2024 10:59 AM (0FoWg)

349 325
Well, when it is 104 outside, and the clothing stores pull the shorts from display and set up winter coats, it can be disconcerting.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at September

Wait until I tell you when we have to order that stuff! I am doing spring and summer 2025 preorder now. My holiday preorder was in April.

Posted by: Piper at September 02, 2024 10:59 AM (pZEOD)

350 And there are signs of fall. Some leaves on the Black Walnut's are turning yellow and the nuts are falling.

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There are leaves falling here, but I think it is because it hadn't rained since late June until this weekend. The trees are probably dying.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 02, 2024 10:59 AM (jn+Mh)

351
* I still cannot spell this word without thinking of the little song I was taught as a child. I mean, I know *how* to spell it without the mnemonic device, but I can't spell the word without it coming to mind anyway.
H-a-double l-o
w-double e-n
spells 'Halloween!'
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 02, 2024

***
I still use the song to spell "Mis-sis-sippi."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 02, 2024 10:49 AM

Thirty days hath December,
October, July, & January
All the rest have thirty-one
except the ones what don't

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 02, 2024 11:00 AM (tljrc)

352 There are leaves falling here, but I think it is because it hadn't rained since late June until this weekend. The trees are probably dying.

You should get together with the chick from #130.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 02, 2024 11:00 AM (xCA6C)

353 I like how you've embraced your snazzy new (and incomprehensible) appellation. I laugh every time I see it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

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A friend of mine gave it to me and I like it a lot.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie at September 02, 2024 11:00 AM (rpkZg)

354 Tim Walz is hurting Kamala's chances of winning his home state of Minnesota
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Saw a poll today, they're only up 5.
Biden won MN by 7.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 02, 2024 11:00 AM (wYSpO)

355 (someone speaking for)

President Biden announces pay raises for federal workers in 2025

Posted by: Don Black at September 02, 2024 11:01 AM (/7KEl)

356 Wait until I tell you when we have to order that stuff! I am doing spring and summer 2025 preorder now. My holiday preorder was in April.

Posted by: Piper

Yes, for some of the industrial products I buy, we are ordering for November 2025 right now. And they tell me the supply chain is A-ok.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 02, 2024 11:01 AM (jn+Mh)

357 President Biden announces pay raises for federal workers in 2025

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Federal workers, did you get raises during the government COVID shutdowns?

Posted by: Boron Cobbie at September 02, 2024 11:02 AM (rpkZg)

358 Nood Fiery Doom

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at September 02, 2024 11:02 AM (Ydd86)

359 I was thinking Ed Wood.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons

So indeed do we ponder, but is there a possibility that Ed would not? It is not beyond conception that he, not unlike a cross-dressing twentieth century Bartleby, might aver that he would prefer not to. Alas, he lacks a modern Melville to limn his despair, and we are all the worst for it. The man had at least nine plans from outer space, yet we are doomed by his premature demise to view only one. Ed, we plead, return so that we may delight in plans one through eighth. Also, remove the angora sweater. Do not make it weird for us. Mein Gott, Ed, get a grip.

Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at September 02, 2024 11:03 AM (tmPIh)

360 Yes, for some of the industrial products I buy, we are ordering for November 2025 right now. And they tell me the supply chain is A-ok.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 02, 2024 11:01 AM (jn+Mh)

Not so fast:

https://tinyurl.com/2p9kb7me

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 02, 2024 11:04 AM (OX9vb)

361 Do not make it weird for us. Mein Gott, Ed, get a grip.
Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at September 02, 2024 11:03 AM (tmPIh)

This is perfect.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 02, 2024 11:06 AM (Aqu9a)

362 Morning.

Fucking Rothko...

Would not hang.

Posted by: Robert at September 02, 2024 11:07 AM (mfI7d)

363 I can see stores selling the holiday decor 2 months early. But Halloween candy on the shelves starting before Labor day? Its just a way to have a second candy display to drive impulse purchases.

Posted by: PaleRider at September 02, 2024 11:08 AM (UKUm3)

364 I know I'm late, and I know some other moron already said it, but that painting's a ghey bumper sticker.

Posted by: Eromero at September 02, 2024 11:12 AM (LHPAg)

365 283 The painting is a door from a 50'S Russian car
Posted by: MAC V SOG at September 02, 2024 10:45 AM (P4Pk9)

; )

Posted by: m at September 02, 2024 11:47 AM (64Zez)

366 A Russian not doing socialist realism? When was he executed...

For all those saying "trash", be sure to read Tom Wolfe's the Painted Word. It will give you confirmation of your inchoate feelings about it.

Posted by: SouthCentralPA at September 02, 2024 12:32 PM (6mBpS)

367 Piece of crap. Looks like some foreign flag turned on its ass

Posted by: BonnieBlue is tired of the lies at September 02, 2024 04:01 PM (VrtLx)

368 YASSSS!!!!
Love this!
Happy Labor Day CBD!

Posted by: kallisto at September 02, 2024 04:36 PM (9yc9H)

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