Art Thread: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

[Maddox]

I'm shocked that we don't have an art thread yet so I guess this will have to be it. Post what you like and don't like about past or current art.

 

[Pointy Elbows]

Good thread idea. Worth time dwelling on beautiful art.



Meissen porcelain is just excellent. The factory was destroyed during the Dresden firebombing, I believe many of the workers killed, and a great source of craftsmanship was lost.




Handmade porcelain flower petals. Hundreds of them.

I'm no porcelain aficionado (Meissen has a little family story for me), but these items are beautiful and make me happy. Imagine the work it took to make such a beautiful thing whilst enduring grey German winters. I hope it brought the workers joy.



After the war, a factory was rebuilt, producing "Dresden" porcelains. No disrespect to the new craftsmen, but the Meissen products are more to my preference.

 

[Maddox]

Great video on the uglification of everything and how its purpose is to rebel against God.

 

[Maddox]

Some crypto entrepreneur just paid $6.2 million for a banana taped to a wall. Nothing sketchy going on here...



https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/oth...-million-at-sotheby-s-in-new-york/ar-AA1usMYn

 

[Thomas More]

Frederic Remington

 

[Caduceus]

East asians making art the traditional way....with hard work and craftsmanship.

 

[Maddox]

The Corporate Memphis art style used by all of these large companies just won't die. And maybe now we know why...

 

[Maddox]

Random statues of fat, black women are popping up all over the place. Putting one in NYC is bad enough, but in Florence, Italy? What a disgrace.

 

[El Dorado]

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Some crypto entrepreneur just paid $6.2 million for a banana taped to a wall. Nothing sketchy going on here...

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/oth...-million-at-sotheby-s-in-new-york/ar-AA1usMYn

I assume you're referring to "art-collecting-for-tax-avoidance-and-or-money-laundering" amirite?

 

[Maddox]

More on the subject of these statues of black women uglifying our towns and cities.

 

[RedLagoon]

It's a humiliation ritual.

 

[Australia Sucks]

It's a humiliation ritual.

Even for black people it’s humiliating that a fat ugly no name woman is who gets to represent them. I think black people would much rather have a Muhammad Ali or Michael Jordan statue or something rather than this eyesore. The equivalent would be like representing white people with a Greta Thunberg statue.

 

[RedLagoon]

Even for black people it’s humiliating that a fat ugly no name woman is who gets to represent them. I think black people would much rather have a Muhammad Ali or Michael Jordan statue or something rather than this eyesore. The equivalent would be like representing white people with a Greta Thunberg statue.

I never said this doesn't apply for black people.