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Eric * - 2004-09-08 20:20:23 eric - don't ya think she meant the art the 'vandals' put on the exterior of the car?* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2004-09-08 20:40:33 I review art for a living. That particular exhibit was staid. Any questions, Eric *? addiann: thanks for coming to my defense! :)* * * * * * * * * * * * addiann - 2004-09-08 21:04:56 well I guess the joke's on me. I really did think you meant the 'vandalism' was, in fact, urban graffiti - some of which over time I have thought was great looking. And still do. I was watching several rusted freight cars on a slow-moving train recently, and noticed that their artwork had also aged and weathered. It was nice mix. * * * * * * * * * * * * Eric * - 2004-09-08 21:11:52 Again, the question was Peter Max and Andy Warhol are staid and need improving? Somewhere Roberta Smith is crying.* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2004-09-08 21:12:00 Dear Addiann: no, the joke's not on you at all, you're right on--I thought the graffiti was a possible improvement. Sorry for any ambiguity--my fault. I generally like graffiti too and, like you, enjoy seeing graffiti on trains rolling past. Seat of the Revolution occasionally posts "artcrime" posts about particularly good graffiti, which I enjoy.* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2004-09-08 21:18:06 Eric *: If you shoved Michelangelo's David* into a display of tchotchkes**, it wouldn't necessarily make the exhibit worth seeing. It'd probably just be tacky. *which is celebrating its 500th anniversary today. **one of my favorite words.* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2004-09-08 21:20:26 (why am I debating art with a Hummer driver?)* * * * * * * * * * * * addiann - 2004-09-08 21:30:38 loud lol. A Hummer?!!!! LOL* * * * * * * * * * * * Eric * - 2004-09-08 22:06:28 (Why am I discussing pop art with the bourgeois?)* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2004-09-08 22:11:47 I'm a highly cultured person, Eric *. Highly cultured. Child of two nations, spent years overseas, have more degrees than I can shake a stick at. Seek bourgeois targets elsewhere, dear boy.* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2004-09-08 22:25:01 Dear Addiann: Yes, a Hummer, Desert Cat Puke, if I remember the color right.* * * * * * * * * * * * raymond - 2004-09-09 07:22:01 "Desert Cat Puke" is the color that feline vomit assumes if not cleaned up for a week. Or so. Well, a month. More or less. I've got to scrape that stuff up soon. I think I hear a fresh deposit churning now. btw, if i had a hummer, i'd hum it in the morning, i'd hum it in the evening, i'd hum it all day wrong On the other hand, if I had a Warhol piece to hang I'd hang it alongside the staid and bourgeois stuff which hangs now in the back hall. It needs improving.* * * * * * * * * * * * Anna - 2004-09-09 08:37:15 Eric*, If I so consistently disagreed and, moreover, had contempt for our hostess, surely I'd find better things to do with my time than read and comment on so many entries. Are you hoping to bill YDixit for your time?* * * * * * * * * * * * raymond - 2004-09-09 08:54:39 If we didn't disagree there wouldn't be any need for horse races.* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2004-09-09 09:04:58 Anna, it is kind of you to stick up for me, but I don't mind. I agree with Raymond. And I don't get the impression Eric has contempt for me--I think he objects to what he views as the occasional particularly sloppy bout of thinking, a valid objection, in fact, from his perspective, anyways. Party on!* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2004-09-09 09:05:50 (I love the idea of being a hostess. High heels, 1950s cocktail dress...martini, anyone?) :)* * * * * * * * * * * * Anna - 2004-09-09 09:11:12 I'm not as interested in discouraging sparring as much as I'm curious motive. As a student of human behavior, this behavior fascinates me!... :)* * * * * * * * * * * * Anna - 2004-09-09 09:12:56 (Incidentally, I think the "bourgeois" comment was a wee bit contemptuous, but perhaps I'm a tad overly-sensitive).* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2004-09-09 09:14:17 I secretly like Eric, in fact, my occasional boilover notwithstanding. What's that saying about a good rival being the next best thing to a good friend, or vice versa? * * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2004-09-09 09:17:40 oops, you beat me to the comments. Well, "bourgeois" is a scale, I suppose, and just by simply living in Michigan I'm on that scale somewhere. But I'm far from Babbittry, thankfully. But enough about me. :)* * * * * * * * * * * * Eric * - 2004-09-09 10:51:05 Call it a semi-secret crush. As far as the bourgeois comment goes, it was said with the same love and affection as the "debating art" comment was. Besides, if Jasper Johns can drive an H1, the rest of us can drive H2s and live guilt-free.* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura, all aflutter - 2004-09-09 10:54:29 I'll call it a semi-secret crush. The "bourgeois" vs. "debating art" comment is fair. Bummed to hear @ Johns's H1, though I like his brassy bright flags.* * * * * * * * * * * * raymond - 2004-09-09 17:56:52 I don't suppose John's Hummer is lavender. It's surely a more closeted color. You'd probably need something as large as a Hummer though to haul "Target with Plaster Casts" over here to hang around the corner from the Warhols. Would Castelli give it up for a million? two? more?* * * * * * * * * * * * add your comment: |
