October 29, 2004
It is Time for Fantasy Art Exhibit
You know about those fantasy league baseball games? Where nuts (and I say that with all kindness, as I have several cousins who are into this sort of thing), make up teams drawing from all of baseball and then compete based on the stats of the various players. At least, I think that is how they do it. Cousin Matthew explained it to me one night, but it was after cocktails and the details are all a bit fuzzy. I remember thinking that it all seemed rather odd.
Anyway, what about fantasy art exhibits?
Here is your chance: curate a show, or at least come up with a good theme and a few examples of paintings/sculptures/etc. to fill it.
You can be very broad:
Toros! Representations of the Bullfight in Painting, with works by Goya, Picasso, Diebenkorn, etc. (although it is more fun if you get really specific)
Or you can get minutely detailed:
Moo! A look at English oil paintings of Scottish Highland Cattle from the mid 17th century.
Anyway, enter your ideas in the comments box and I will pick a winner, who will receive absolutely nothing beyond bragging rights.
Try to put together shows that you would want to see.
Have fun!
Posted by erik at October 29, 2004 12:55 AM | TrackBackBy the way I think an exhibition of propaganda art would be a great way to teach kids history, as in-This is what the Soviet Union pretended to be, this is partially how its people were snookered.
Posted by: John Salmon at November 3, 2004 8:35 PMThis is off-topic, and possibly just neurotic spam, but I notice that my three biggest fears (articulated in your "name three" quiz) are making headway. For those who didn't see them, they were:
"President Kerry, mental deterioration, Venice sinking."
Not much I can do about the second, but Drudge is reporting that 80% of Venice is currently flooded, and the polls suggest that there's a real possibility of the first happening. For this reason, can I PLEASE BEG ALL OF YOU IN THE U.S., FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS DECENT, TO VOTE FOR PRESIDENT BUSH? I can cope with losing Venice and my mind, but to have all three fears come true is just too much...
Thank you.
Posted by: Don Vito at November 1, 2004 5:10 PMMortimer v. Lobster Phone
Seuss and Dali side by side, a collaboration stressing Seuss's social commentary and Dali's neoclassical phase.
I'd like to see an exhibit of propaganda art-always fascinating even when it endorses repulsive views.
Posted by: John Salmon at October 31, 2004 8:39 PM