Nobody cares about Art

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

 

[Lula Svoboda]

Nobody cares about cat art. One of my prints showed up in this collection but I don’t know how.

Celebrating Global Cat Day With Feline Art Around Metro Phoenix

Cats never need an excuse to be at the center of attention. But Global Cat Day, which falls on October 16, gives you a great excuse to pamper your cat a bit more than usual. The day was established to raise awareness about ways to help all cats find good homes, which inspired us revisit some of...

www.phoenixnewtimes.com

Guess I should keep better track of where my art goes.

 

[Essence Lumin]

John Waters bequeaths his art collection to Baltimore Museum of Art, whose bathrooms will be named in his honor

In a show of appreciation, museum officials will rename two bathrooms in the East Lobby “The John Waters Restrooms” in honor of the cult filmmaker and visual artist.

www.baltimoresun.com

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Why I hate the Mary Wollstonecraft statue: would a man be 'honoured' with his schlong out?

Was a tiny, silver, ripped nude really the correct way to honour ‘the mother of feminism’? Admirers like me never expected to be left contemplating whether she had a full bush

www.theguardian.com

I don't know what Maggi Hambling, the sculptor, was thinking of -- it's not worked, whatever it was.

A positive review


Evernote link because paywall

I see what she means, and I understand her interpretation, which was not unlike mine. But I got there by trying to understand what the sculpter was trying to do, so I experienced it as the solution to a rather irritating puzzle rather than anything else.

I didn't want it to be portraiture, necessarily, but I just don't think the object works aesthetically.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

You've slid pretty far along the "why?" axis.

That's what she zed.

 

[Free]

I have 2 problems with the Hambling statue honoring Wollstonecraft.

1. I don't understand it. Except for the base, which explicitly states who it's meant for, I don't see anything but a molten slag of metal with a dinky nude on top. In fact, until the woman appears it doesn't even look like a human was involved in the creation of it; it's dross from a blast furnace.

2. I know art is subjective, but...it's ugly.

Very shiny, though.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

A novel and imaginative way to stop illegal trawling -- an underwater sculpture collection:

Underwater museum: how 'Paolo the fisherman' made the Med's strangest sight

In a bid to stop illegal trawling, an Italian fisherman persuaded sculptors to create huge marble artworks – then dropped them in the Mediterranean

www.theguardian.com

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Disabled dancers perform the thousand-hand Bodhisattva | Boing Boing

The China Art Troupe of Disabled Persons put on a remarkable display of precision in this version of the thousand-hand Bodhisattva (previously at BB). Now with lasers! Image: YouTube / CCTV English

boingboing.net

 

[Isabeau]

Wow that was beautiful

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Female pirate lovers whose story was ignored by male historians immortalised with statue

‘They broke gender boundaries and stunned people at the time. They were trailblazers in an incredibly male-dominated society who forged their own way,’ says historian

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Isabeau]

Female pirate lovers whose story was ignored by male historians immortalised with statue

‘They broke gender boundaries and stunned people at the time. They were trailblazers in an incredibly male-dominated society who forged their own way,’ says historian

www.independent.co.uk

Trying to find a photo taken from the front, I found this other statue that I think is in Jamaica.

Anne Bonny and Mary Read — The Female Soldier

 

[Free]

Interesting take on Tarot cards.



Maglink

 

[Lexxi]

Trying to find a photo taken from the front, I found this other statue that I think is in Jamaica.

Anne Bonny and Mary Read — The Female Soldier

I also looked for an image from the front and also found the above image. And also found the below image.

Their stories were an interesting read.

 

[Free]

It almost makes me wish I was still babysitting. Art project!



Maglink

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

 

[Essence Lumin]

That's cool! I see there is this modern day item on Etsy.

This item is unavailable | Etsy

Find the perfect handmade gift, vintage & on-trend clothes, unique jewelry, and more… lots more.

www.etsy.com

 

[Beebo Brink]

'Sistine Chapel of the ancients' rock art discovered in remote Amazon forest

Tens of thousands of ice age paintings across a cliff face shed light on people and animals from 12,500 years ago

www.theguardian.com

 

[danielravennest]

'Sistine Chapel of the ancients' rock art discovered in remote Amazon forest

Tens of thousands of ice age paintings across a cliff face shed light on people and animals from 12,500 years ago

www.theguardian.com

Can't fool me. That's directions to a buried alien city.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

This is Not a Gun: the objects police mistook for weapons before shooting

Artist Cara Levine has created replicas of the harmless possessions that led to unarmed civilians being shot by police for a new exhibition and book

www.theguardian.com

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Mystery of the monoliths: if only it were aliens

The strange, reflective objects that have appeared in wildernesses worldwide were an inspiring stunt but are now just a tedious prank

www.theguardian.com