Shoe by Gary Brookins and Susie MacNelly for July 20, 2012

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    Linguist  over 12 years ago

    And we’ll pack it up and ship it to you at a minimal charge.

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    BigChiefDesoto  over 12 years ago

    It can’t be art, it’s much to real looking!

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    puddleglum1066  over 12 years ago

    500 bucks is nowhere near enough for that panel to be considered “art.” Real Art has to cost at least fifty grand.

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    rshive  over 12 years ago

    That’s not just a loaf of bread. It’s a work of art……

    Oh now I see what that man means. He’s proud of that little can of beans.

    Apologies to Tom Paxton

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    dennis17  over 12 years ago

    The only way this works is if it’s a commercial gallery and that’s the manager. And then $500 to purchase the panel would be too little, due to the cost of replacement. As for art school, don’t get me started! There are only three avenues to a career as a painter (for example): Just go do it, apprentice yourself to a successful artist whom you respect, and last (and least) go to an art institute type place with really serious connections. And don’t, don’t, don’t borrow money to pursue any of these options. Unlike many academic fields, people who teach in the arts on the college level are there precisely because they’re not good enough or smart enough to make it as professional artists. Ok, you got me started! I’ll stop now.

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    Phatts  over 12 years ago

    . . . the thing to do is pay the $500 for the panel, then kill the guy who originally installed it . . .. . . art isn’t worth a nickel until the artist is dead . . .

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    boldyuma  over 12 years ago

    Campbells Tomato Soup Cans..lotsa ..lotsa soup cans.

    Really?..Some art speaks to you ..some doesn’t..meh..

    (Don’t get me started on Warhol or Jackson Pollock..)

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    whitecarabao  over 12 years ago

    I keep thinking about the artists that the world has missed appreciating.

     

    Think of the wonderful skills that signpainters show every day. Some are skilled draftsmen but lack the creative spark to become artists, but a few are creative but are reluctant to face the criticism and rejection of the “fine art” crowd. (however, they are at least getting a regular paycheck for their work).

     

    How many great artists are ignored by the “fine art” hoi-paloi because they are “mere cartoonists” or “only illustrators”. They may be quite successful in their field and wildly popular, but some , like Norman Rockwell, chafe at being labelled “an illustrator.” Indeed, many cartoonists and illustrators are far more creative, far more original, and far better artists thanmany of their contemporaries that were lauded by the “fine arts” crowd. I suspect that a major reason for the “fine arts” attitude is pure snobbery — “If you don’t need a fine arts degree to appreciate it, it can’t be fine art.”

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    Linguist  over 12 years ago

    The only difference between fine art and schlock is how much the poor schlemiel is conned into to paying by the shmendrick who owns the gallery.

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