ART 101 FOR DUMMIES

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OUTDOOR ART

Talk about getting people involved in their art! This guy positioned this on a street and asked you to call the number and talk over the loud speaker.....and not only that, they used metal and bricks and shit.....BRILLIANT!

Remember, knowing what you like doesn't mean you should only like what you know.
Important that. It works for music, theater, and many other things that are supposed to push you out of your comfort zone.

Yes, it's just what it looks like. As the water cycles down, more water is pumped in to create a permanent whirlpool.

I had a good friend who made a giant crutch about this big. His name was Zach. I planned to name my first child Zach had it been a male.
The "pinched" earth is a nice touch. A very, very good touch.

Can you figure out how this was done?

The black balloons are anchored by flammable cord.

We are all born originals, but most of us die copies. And when it comes to art criticism, most of us are as fake as a whore's smile.

I assume this is wavy thick glass or plastic. But kind of cool.

Would it bother you if the guy that did this was gay? If it would, then get off my goddamn blog, you don't belong here. Being gay isn't voluntary. Hating is. And that from a guy who is as straight as a fucking laser beam.

My old friend Bansky.

If there is anyone out there who thinks this is a waste of money for a mere bench, then you and I need to talk.

If this doesn't in some way move you, then................pity.

This is Burning Man from the air. If you don't know what Burning Man is....look it up...use Google image...

Is this art? I like to think so...

INDOOR ART

Aaaaaah....this tricked even me. Look at it carefully then guess how this was done.
(it's a functioning room, by the way, no photo tricks)

The painting of books above was done with paint. The library in the other image was done with cut tile in the exact same way.
Aaaaaaaaaah, but not so fast. They didn't make it like an artist. They used templates, so that the same pattern repeats itself over, and over, and over again....
You can find more if you care to look...

And I will bet real money that I was the only person to notice that.....
So finally those 8 years of art training pays off....

Goddamn I love these next ones.  First look at what the art was made out of, then try to figure out what part of the face it is.

Here's another....

HIGHLIGHT [ the first was an eye and the second was the bottom of the nose ]
(you could have seen it yourself if you had squinted at the close-up...try it)

No explanation for this one. My guess is that he's made of very light resin, but.....

I like it even before I learned that she carved the figures out of a blocks of wood...and no, they are not small...

You know how I am about clocks. These two are wonderful...

...but doesn't it look like the 2 and the 3 are wrong?

This artist uses discarded clothing. I've told you before that making art out of junk will grow exponentially since artists can hardly afford enough wine to keep them motivated now...

This is a ring that has a real fingerprinted laser cut into it...I like it.  Is it art....probably not.

And in the "Just because you can don't mean you should" category....

This is more pointless than when "How to Learn French" was translated into French.
And don't try to tell me the person was just making an individual statement. I could eat a bowl of alphabet soup and shit an argument better than that.

This would be banned in some parts of America....

And please don't tell me I shouldn't be posting degrading images like this.  That would make you an asshole. Not just any asshole. But a special kind of asshole. The kind of asshole who acts like a total asshole, then asserts their right to be an asshole without actually being ridiculed for being an asshole.....but maybe that's just me.

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Did you know that the Seven Dwarves represent the seven levels of cocaine dependency:
Grumpy, Dopey, Sneezy, Sleepy, Bashful, Happy, and, of course, Doc.

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One of my very own...

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INTERESTING FACT: For the 1984 movie, The Terminator, O.J. Simpson was considered for the role of the Terminator, but the producers feared that he was "too nice" to be taken seriously as a cold-blooded killer.

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