Saturday, May 31, 2008

Bad Art Or Not?

Update:
Here is the last comment I made on the comments thread:

The David Byrne doll I think is really silly. And how old is he? Should't he have grey hair and wrinkles or something, like the rest of us? WTF, David?

Wait. In fairness to David Byrne, I must correct my comment. That Sleeping Superego piece was done in 1997. That was over ten years ago and ten years ago I too had no gray hair because it was covered up with dye. Below is David sporting a gorgeous, sexy head of silver hair.

















David Hockney





















From the Superego SeriesSleeping,

David Byrne, 1997

It does have a David Hockney feel to it but I'm not at all sure that I like it. What are your thoughts?

10 comments:

  1. I don't hate it but I don't think I like it BUT it did make me look a few times and ponder and that is a huge part of art so ...

    ReplyDelete
  2. Agreed, dianne... not egregiously bad, just a bit insipid.

    But hey, if you have a name to flaunt, I guess you can float all kinds of boats...

    ReplyDelete
  3. The top one is ok, the bottom one does nothing for me.

    ReplyDelete
  4. cunning found the word for it - "insipid"

    ReplyDelete
  5. art's in the eye of the beholder.

    i just don't wanna behold either of those. ; )

    ReplyDelete
  6. I like some of Hockney's art, but this one and the other one are not at all to my taste. The bottom one seems a bit contrived.

    ReplyDelete
  7. I like a lot of Hockney's work. The suburban swimming pool paintings are not among my favorites of his but they depict a world unfamiliar to me; almost exotic.

    The David Byrne doll I think is really silly. And how old is he? Should't he have grey hair and wrinkles or something, like the rest of us? WTF, David?

    ReplyDelete
  8. What's to like? Barbie Dolls and Ken Dolls and now David Dolls? Yuck... and kind of creepy...

    ReplyDelete
  9. PM: I just thought the doll was silly but come to think of it, some of the other David doll scenes are creepy - one where the doll is consumed by flames???

    ReplyDelete

Thank you for taking the time to say you've been here.

I am sorry to say that I don't publish anonymous comments unless I know you through your initials, first name or blog name. I don't publish comments that have ANY kind of commercial or 'for sale' links.

You are Invited to Scroll Down! :-)

Please feel free to scroll down and look at the followers list, badges, photos and tons and tons of great links!

Search This Blog

In Memory of Bobbie

In Memory of Bobbie
Almost There

ARTLEX Art Dictionary

Kick Homophobia in The Butt: Add Your Name to the List of Supporters

Kick Homophobia in The Butt:  Add Your Name to the List of Supporters
click photo

Northampton Prop 8 Protest

Northampton Prop 8 Protest

It's Only Love

It's Only Love
See More Elopment Pictures here
Thoughts from an Evil Overlord

Million Doors for Peace

Lines and Colors

Lines and Colors
A New Art Resource I Just Discovered!

Emily Dickinson - The Belle of Amherst

Emily Dickinson - The Belle of Amherst
"When the Amherst sphinx styled herself a pagan, she meant she didn’t believe in the biblical God. What sort of deity, if any, she did believe in is hard to pinpoint."
-- Gary Sloan, "Emily Dickinson: Pagan Sphinx,"

National Protest Against Prop 8

National Protest Against Prop 8

My Daughters

My Daughters

Code Pink

"The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice."
~Martin Luther King Jr.
Love and compassion is the Universal religion. That is my religion.
~ The Dalai Lama

This site is certified 30% EVIL by the Gematriculator

Blog Archive

Fair Use

I believe that the images and writing posted here fall under the "fair use" section of the U.S. copyright law http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#107, as they are intended for educational purposes and are not in a medium that is of commercial nature.

Labels

LinkWithin

Blog Widget by LinkWithin