ASSHOLE ART THIEVES
An interesting take on the story is at this page
There was a time when I primarily thought of myself as a visual artist, so it always seems to personally affect me when I hear about things like the theft of publicly displayed artwork. This is so true that I first heard about the theft of "The Scream" and "Madonna" from my mother, who sent me an email about it. Youch. I hope they catch the bastards and find an antique set of stocks to hold them on display in the place where the paintings were before they stole them at gunpoint for as long as it takes for their art restoration team to check for damage and re-preserve the paintings. Maybe they can sell rotten eggs and buckets of porta-potty scum for the patrons to hurl at them. I guess they would need to build a little enclosure of plastic and such around them to contain the flung filth. I guess that is appropriate considering that is probably what they will do to the paintings now, just like they did to the Mona Lisa, which is in my opinion second-rate (or perhaps third-rate?) art compared to these stolen works. The thieves had better hope the cops find out who they are before I do because their bodies will never be found otherwise.
It is such a shame to see this happen, because it brings us ever closer to a time where artists will not be able to get close enough to famous paintings to discern the details that only being right up close to a painting can reveal. There is so much to learn from studying the brush strokes of the masters. The growth of future artists will be forever stunted if masterpiece paintings are all put under glass and museum patrons are held at bay by velvet ropes and armed guards. It is a sad day for artists everywhere.
It is perhaps a little ironic that this happened right after I went to NYC for the first time in way-too-long this Friday. I always associate NYC with fine art, and my uncle Benji, who is an accomplished fine artist (I like his oil paintings the best--he has such a distinct style!!!). I drove up with my friend John and we had lunch with his brother and my uncle. I stopped in a Tiffany's and bough my GF a bracelet just 'cuz she puts up with my crazy and confused ass. I do love the NYC vibe. Can't wait to go back!
Thanks for playing along with me on my rant-and-rave journal post last week. I especially like the rant of Mercie... Being a divorced person myself, I can totally identify with that...
OK you kewl SG peeps, feel free to rant with me about the art theft pulled off by those chicken-shit dumbasses.
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ANYONE WHO APPRECIATES THIS SITE SHOULD BE ABLE TO APPRECIATE WHY THE LOSS OF THIS PAINTING IS SO HORRIBLE:
An interesting take on the story is at this page
There was a time when I primarily thought of myself as a visual artist, so it always seems to personally affect me when I hear about things like the theft of publicly displayed artwork. This is so true that I first heard about the theft of "The Scream" and "Madonna" from my mother, who sent me an email about it. Youch. I hope they catch the bastards and find an antique set of stocks to hold them on display in the place where the paintings were before they stole them at gunpoint for as long as it takes for their art restoration team to check for damage and re-preserve the paintings. Maybe they can sell rotten eggs and buckets of porta-potty scum for the patrons to hurl at them. I guess they would need to build a little enclosure of plastic and such around them to contain the flung filth. I guess that is appropriate considering that is probably what they will do to the paintings now, just like they did to the Mona Lisa, which is in my opinion second-rate (or perhaps third-rate?) art compared to these stolen works. The thieves had better hope the cops find out who they are before I do because their bodies will never be found otherwise.
It is such a shame to see this happen, because it brings us ever closer to a time where artists will not be able to get close enough to famous paintings to discern the details that only being right up close to a painting can reveal. There is so much to learn from studying the brush strokes of the masters. The growth of future artists will be forever stunted if masterpiece paintings are all put under glass and museum patrons are held at bay by velvet ropes and armed guards. It is a sad day for artists everywhere.
It is perhaps a little ironic that this happened right after I went to NYC for the first time in way-too-long this Friday. I always associate NYC with fine art, and my uncle Benji, who is an accomplished fine artist (I like his oil paintings the best--he has such a distinct style!!!). I drove up with my friend John and we had lunch with his brother and my uncle. I stopped in a Tiffany's and bough my GF a bracelet just 'cuz she puts up with my crazy and confused ass. I do love the NYC vibe. Can't wait to go back!
Thanks for playing along with me on my rant-and-rave journal post last week. I especially like the rant of Mercie... Being a divorced person myself, I can totally identify with that...
OK you kewl SG peeps, feel free to rant with me about the art theft pulled off by those chicken-shit dumbasses.
out
ANYONE WHO APPRECIATES THIS SITE SHOULD BE ABLE TO APPRECIATE WHY THE LOSS OF THIS PAINTING IS SO HORRIBLE:
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godsmoker:
I was wondering what happened to you.... I understand the busy thing. Any interesting adventures in the life of lately?
lately?
oldskoolpat:
that sucks about the paintings. i heard on CNN that the museum had four other copies of "the scream". did the artist paint five of them, or are they just copies? sorry, i am ignorant in this matter 