tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post3948499913510001742..comments2023-09-10T06:49:28.959-04:00Comments on The Unbearable Banishment: Ham ‘n artThe Unbearable Banishmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-34990695475342429072011-09-26T16:41:52.184-04:002011-09-26T16:41:52.184-04:00Pop across the street sometime... interesting goin...Pop across the street sometime... interesting goings on at the Arts & Crafts Museum <br />Oh, how I miss NYC!Nananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-72033185731776857922011-09-26T06:42:50.017-04:002011-09-26T06:42:50.017-04:00Hem: An excellent idea! Brainwash 'em early. 9...Hem: An excellent idea! Brainwash 'em early. 9-Year Old Daughter walked around The Met like she owns the place.<br /><br />Mitzi: I'm a fairly recent convert to Modigliani. Perhaps within the last decade or so. Good think I came around!<br /><br />Pat: It's not just artists. Sports figures, entertainers, writers, etc. There are many monsters who produce masterpieces.The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-63097854513830791322011-09-26T05:37:51.953-04:002011-09-26T05:37:51.953-04:00Looby: unfortunately it seems to me that some of t...Looby: unfortunately it seems to me that some of the greatest artists were not nice people. Picasso for instance was a monster. Maybe it goes with the territory.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-9067430358335637752011-09-26T02:29:37.163-04:002011-09-26T02:29:37.163-04:00Modigliani is totally my favourite from way back. ...Modigliani is totally my favourite from way back. More eye witnessed art, please!Mitzi G Burgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251392701901609236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-70519824159700815602011-09-25T22:52:34.192-04:002011-09-25T22:52:34.192-04:00Lovely. I wish I lived closer to a gallery like t...Lovely. I wish I lived closer to a gallery like this. Geelong Gallery, while it has some nice pieces, just doesn't really cut it. Having said that, as soon as Syd can walk and talk, I'm taking her there. Got to get her cultured up early!tennysoneehemingwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10999047427848122510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-2300390361813625112011-09-25T09:11:09.970-04:002011-09-25T09:11:09.970-04:00JZ: You make an excellent point. I was only modest...JZ: You make an excellent point. I was only modestly interested in Kandinsky until I saw the exhibit at the Guggenheim. Now I'm a convert. The same could happen to de K. But I'd be surprised. And, yup, I'm very fortunate to have all this at my disposal. But I hang on my cross for plenty of other things, so don't think it's all peaches and cream.The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-14547019978013796402011-09-25T09:04:46.771-04:002011-09-25T09:04:46.771-04:00Nurse: that damn museum is only a few hours down t...Nurse: that damn museum is only a few hours down the road. I can't believe I've ignored it all these years. And they have great exhibits. <br /><br />Looby: I gave de Kooning a fair shot but as time went by I liked him less and less. Christo is great. His Gates project in Central was one of my favorite shows ever. Curtains of orange saffron fabric all through the park. Google it.The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-7830843761428098562011-09-25T08:15:21.844-04:002011-09-25T08:15:21.844-04:00Picabia was associated with the dada and surrealis...Picabia was associated with the dada and surrealist movements. I'm not sure there is a true "explanation".<br /><br />I too am jealous of your ability to just "pop" on in to see things like this. Maybe you're jealous of my small city of 12,000+ acres of parkland, low crime and no public transit that was selected by Businessweek as the Best City in the US, but I doubt it....and if you think living in the NJ 'burbs is painful, try having your largest major concentration of cultural institutions be a 4 hour car trip north ( having an Ikea only 3 hours away is only a modest salve ;-) )<br /><br />You have a de Kooning retrospective at your fingertips and you're not going to go out due to preconceptions over what is beautiful?!? Come on fella. You'll take a chance on a play any day, but somehow you won't combine your intellectual and instinctual appreciations and apply it to another medium? Heck, you even gave Duchamp major props for Etant donnes....so I know you're better than this.....don't squander those opportunities or we're going to have to do some life swappin' so you get my point.JZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12879490525987015381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-58239385960688013572011-09-25T08:15:02.279-04:002011-09-25T08:15:02.279-04:00I've always liked de Kooning, and then years a...I've always liked de Kooning, and then years after I got into him someone made a case about his misogyny, but I didn't pick up on that when I discovered him when I was about 11.<br /><br />The curtain thing - no doubt you'd have to be there to pass judgement but from a look at your post it's too close to the far more ambitious and effective work of Christo (the man who wrapped huge buildings in fabric).loobyhttp://loobynet.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-33870014486052082862011-09-24T19:16:55.951-04:002011-09-24T19:16:55.951-04:00You've never been? Oh but you MUST go. Etant d...You've never been? Oh but you MUST go. Etant donnés is spectacular - you view it through a chink in the wall. It is one of only two works of art that has brought me to tears. Take the children and go tomorrowAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-83427845313787522442011-09-24T13:58:58.884-04:002011-09-24T13:58:58.884-04:00love the art walk, but damn, sugar, now i am feroc...love the art walk, but damn, sugar, now i am <i>ferociously</i> hungry for a (turkey)ham on rye! ;) xoxoxoxsavannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04310843901371718758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-76468592510723879982011-09-24T09:30:27.563-04:002011-09-24T09:30:27.563-04:00lx: I always appreciate the effort but sometimes t...lx: I always appreciate the effort but sometimes the results just aren't there. Next, please. <br /><br />nurse: Actually, I've never been to that museum in Philly and I hear it's great. What's keeping me?<br /><br />Pat: I can assure you that over the decades I've never lost my sense of appreciation for NYC. Never will!<br /><br />Daisy: I couldn't blame you. Microphones are one of your major addictions/weaknesses.The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-64383373899646681632011-09-24T07:05:05.929-04:002011-09-24T07:05:05.929-04:00if there were microphones everywhere, i'd have...if there were microphones everywhere, i'd have no luck resisting the urge to sing the Tweety Bird version of "Singing in the bathtuuuuuub! Happy once again! Watchin' all my twoubles - go washin' down the dwain!"daisyfaehttp://daisyfae.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-44956071315578362522011-09-24T06:59:26.433-04:002011-09-24T06:59:26.433-04:00Have you any idea of how lucky you are?
To just wa...Have you any idea of how lucky you are?<br />To just wander through that art at lunchtime is such a precious gift.<br />I'd relish every last blob of paint. I'm easy about the curtains but would like the movement I think.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-35525304089599229532011-09-24T04:01:04.013-04:002011-09-24T04:01:04.013-04:00I like Duchamp and his readymades but Etant donnés...I like Duchamp and his readymades but Etant donnés is my favourite work ever. Have you seen it in the museum at Philly?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-18981530824040475572011-09-24T02:34:54.890-04:002011-09-24T02:34:54.890-04:00I don't like the shower curtain piece either. ...I don't like the shower curtain piece either. But the important thing is going on these art outings. I feel like I've been allowed to hang around with Ferris Bueller for the afternoon. Thank you, Ferris!LẌhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06337382169476392640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-4223654330211123922011-09-23T23:48:33.752-04:002011-09-23T23:48:33.752-04:00dinah: I pretty much like ALL Modigliani's. I&...dinah: I pretty much like ALL Modigliani's. I'm waiting for someone to do a retrospective. Thanks for the link. That explains it. Sort of.The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-7767672121009772172011-09-23T23:31:10.515-04:002011-09-23T23:31:10.515-04:00I've always liked that Modigliani!
I think Pic...I've always liked that Modigliani!<br />I think Picabia was "sticking it up the noses" of pretentious art fops in his day.It's a series of jokes, worked into a painting. On cardboard, yet!<br />Anyway, here's a link that might give more clue:<br />http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=38561<br /><br />And always remember, you don't have to understand everything you like.But I *do* like Modigliani!dinahmowhttp://moreidlethoughts.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com