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TurtleWexlerKickedMe
11/04/09

In reply to Art In America: Painting Gets Pulled From White House Following Furor
We all know that if it's not Thomas Kinkaid, it's not art, anyway. #artssake
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Island of Misfit Toys
11/04/09

@BB: The Franklin Mint objects to your statement. #artssake
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AuntieEm (robots from the year 2000 > zombies)
11/04/09

@Island of Misfit Toys: @BB: you bothe got hearted for this, brilliant #artssake
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colormeroutine
11/04/09

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I am forever amazed by the things people chose to give a half a shit about #artssake
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morninggloria
11/04/09

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If all of the art he selected had been art professor type fare, he would be another arugula eating limosene liberal who windsurfs with John Kerry. His collection would have been seen as a testament to how out of touch he is with "real" Americans whose idea of art may or may not be a life sized cardboard cutout of Jeff Gordon and a light up picture of a blonde Jesus, and a cutesy sign hand lettered with purposefully childish writing that says something like "Life Is Not The Breaths You Take, But The Moments That Take Your Breath Away!!!!!!!" I mean really. If I were the President, I'd just say fuck all y'all haters and buy a bunch of puppy posters interspersed with some original Jasper Johns and, like, concert posters. #artssake
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Leucadia
11/04/09

@morninggloria: Cutesy hand-lettered shit that is usually hand-lettered overseas by someone making starvation wages. The irony of mass-produced cute folksy crap for sale at WalMart just absolutely makes my blood boil, and meanwhile my nice older lady neighbors wonder why I don't have a cute hand-painted scarecrow/ pumpkin/ duck/ santa claus on my porch. #artssake
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GirlFailer
11/04/09

@morninggloria: Personally, I feel like a Thomas Kinkade log cabin would add a special something to the White House. #artssake
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morninggloria
11/04/09

@Leucadia: Nothing more American than willful, self interested myopia. #artssake
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Rooo sez BISH PLZ
11/04/09

@morninggloria: Or that Monet forgery from Thomas Crown, that was painted over "Dogs at Cards".

And a Public Enemy poster. And maybe one of Eminem, to balance it out.

Now I'm curious as to what they had on the wall in the East Wing in GWB's White House.
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phantom lady
11/04/09

@Rooo sez BISH PLZ: Nascar posters. autographed. of course. #artssake
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GoldenRatioφ (aka -girl11)
11/05/09

@Leucadia: I was given one of those little, generic, hand-painted inspirational signs as an engagement present. "Live. Laugh. Love." I'm pretty sure that is like the gateway sign that every married couple MUST have before they move on to more annoying signs. I got two more as a wedding present ("Friends. Faith. Family" and "No matter what, no matter where it's always love if love is there!"). If only my Southern aunt could see my hovel of a West LA apartment that is furnished almost entirely by Ikea. I don't mind getting mass-produced crap if it's useful like a pot. But if you're going to get me something that seems heartwarming and personal, maybe it would be nicer to actually get something that doesn't sit in the home of every single person you know.

I wouldn't mind the painting in controversy, if it's been sent back... #artssake
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la.donna.pietra
11/04/09

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Hmph. What kind of an art scandal is this? I don't see either elephant poop or a religious figure in that painting. #artssake
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msAnthrope
11/04/09

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that sucks having to select artwork for reasons other than maybe it just appeals to you a lot. i hate that some people make selecting artwork this intense intellectual process. #artssake
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stacyinbean
11/04/09

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They both look like I could have made them in 3rd grade with construction paper, what's the freaking problem? #artssake
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xeniaster004
11/04/09

@stacyinbean: thats the worst attitude towards art. Oh you could've made it? but you didn't, so seriously.
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slowpoke.r
11/04/09

@xeniaster004: Yep, I agree, that is the worst one.

Looks can deceive, and what seems simple in art is often extremely difficult to accomplish. Kind of like any other field, where the masters make it look so easy that the neophytes assume it is. #artssake
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AndPreciousLittleofThat
11/04/09

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So, wait....these people are pissed because this painting looks similar to another painting?

If that's the bar we're setting, then we should just burn down the National Portrait Gallery right now. #artssake
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bklyn155
11/04/09

@AndPreciousLittleofThat: I rotated Matissse's Snail 90 degress CCW, and stretched Watusi 14% and overlaid them just for shits and giggles. #artssake
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AndPreciousLittleofThat
11/04/09

@bklyn155: I like yours best of all. #artssake
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bklyn155
11/04/09

@AndPreciousLittleofThat: I didn't wanna brag, but I was thinking the same thing ;) Maybe I can get it into the White House, I'll call it The Art of Compromise! #artssake
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BearDownCBears
11/04/09

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You know, editors, a NSFW would have been nice before I blew up that disgusting painting in the middle of my screen. #artssake
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Penny
11/04/09

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Also, don't tell anyone, but I knocked-off Robert Rauschenberg. #artssake
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erinna
11/04/09

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What the hell? An interest in the arts is important, and desirable in the person leading our country. But do we want him to be a thoughtful, well researched art critic understanding all the nuances of each peice in the White House? Or, have an appreciation of art but spend most of his time,say, fixing the myriad of issues plaguing the country at the moment. This is becoming a contest of "What Can't the Obamas do Wrong?" #artssake
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argle-bargle? or fou-ferraw?
11/04/09

@erinna: It's pretty ridiculous, isn't it? I'm with you; I'm delighted that this administration is taking the time to appreciate and enjoy art at all, especially in the midst of all our problems as a country. #artssake
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Penny
11/04/09

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You can see both paintings here:

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Christ, this has got to be a joke. It's not like they decided to hang a fucking Kinkade.

Shoot, did I offend all the tasteless white folks? #artssake
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BearDownCBears
11/04/09

@Penny: There's a Thomas Kincade art gallery in my home town. The concentration of inanity is so intense, it has its own gravitational pull, so you have to kind of tug left on your steering wheel as you drive by or else you'll hit a parked car. #artssake
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yvanehtnioj
11/04/09

@Penny: Kincade : painting :: Precious Moments : sculpture #artssake
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Maritsa
11/04/09

@BearDownCBears: And spontaneously convert to Christianity. #artssake
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Cam/ron
11/04/09

@Penny: WHAT? How dare you mock The Master of Light (TM). #artssake
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TurtleWexlerKickedMe
11/04/09

@Penny: Oh shoot! I didn't see this when I posted mine. You win. #artssake
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Rooo sez BISH PLZ
11/04/09

@BearDownCBears: That awesomely awesome description could also have described the atmosphere surrounding my high school's football team. #artssake
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Gretchen is a new kitten mom!
11/04/09

@BearDownCBears: OMG. Do you live in Lower Crapovia by any chance? In my little corner of the world he is considered equal to Da Vinci. #artssake
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mbprice
11/04/09

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You're allowed to remake movies; why not art? It's not like Alma Thomas is denying the inspiration.

Is someone gonna sue the late Jackson Pollock for impersonating my sneeze splatter?
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PurpleFlamingo
11/04/09

@mbprice: Now Jackson Pollock isn't my favorite artist, but the abstract expressionist movement just doesn't appeal to me, but that doesn't mean that what he did wasn't art, and that it was easy.

When I lived in London and took a tour through Tate Modern I got to learn more about his inspirtations and processes. His methods were innovative, just because it may look like any novice could do the work doesn't mean that they actually can, and no one else had done it before him. #artssake
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mbprice
11/05/09

@PurpleFlamingo: I was joking ;) I like Pollock quite a bit. #artssake
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thesciencegirl
09/22/09

In reply to Is Michelle Malkin A Decent Human Being?
Michelle Malkin uses her voice and her blog to say many hateful things, including spreading racist rhetoric. It's especially disheartening that as a person of color, she hosts a blog that is a hotbed for white supremacists. She is truly appalling. I'm not sure why we are interested in trying to relate to her here? Is it simply because she's female? Because I don't see anyone trying to empathize with Rush Limbaugh. I don't need to know about her positive or normal qualities to humanize her; I know she's a complex person, with a personal life and people who love her. But I don't really care. The bottom line is: she has a public platform, and she uses it to spread hate; therefore, she is making the world a worse place. I don't care to know anything more than that. Is she a person? Yes. Is she a good person? My conclusion is No.
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Mediahohoho
09/22/09

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So publishing the address of a 12-year-old cancer survivor advocating for the extension of S-CHIP so that he and his family are subject to virulent death threats is all in a day's work for her, but receiving threats herself is racism? Right.

Two sides of the coin of Malkin's realm, which is phony, made-up bullshit. She creates the world she lives in. She could end the death threats and racism in a minute is she stopped lathering up her readers to make the same kind of threats (check out her stellar work regarding Associated Press, also, publishing addresses, home phone numbers of liberal bloggers) and using racism (see: everything she's ever written or said about immigration) to grab her share of the wingnut spotlight.

But she's just too much of a fame whore to give it up. And she doesn't have the intellect that intellectual honesty requires.
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willwriteforfood
09/22/09

In reply to Is Michelle Malkin A Decent Human Being?
That she is "charming, funny and adorable" only tells me she knows how to put on an act for a reporter. The WashPost did a profile of her a year or so ago and she was charming to that reporter too. She knows how to come across as mainstream and unscary to the majority of people who will only read about her but won't bother to click onto her Web site to see the full spectrum of hate speech and racism that she writes for her REAL audience.

This is how she's able to become a voice for the GOP - people think she's charming and reasonable. And when people point out that the stuff that comes out of her mouth and her computer is anything but charming and reasonable, she has defenders who say she's just misunderstood. No, we understand her plenty. And we can only hope she reaps what she sows.
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