Posted on 01/09/2007 9:38:22 PM PST by TFFKAMM
He LISTS his paintings for up to $900 on his site. Prices actually paid may be far less.
Nah, there are fools who will spend their money on just about any carp out there.
Reminds me of my home town where a guy laid his package on a checkout counter at the local grocery store...
The quick-thinking checkout girl grabbed a can of veggies and smashed away. I am sure the guy could never look at the jolly green giant in the same manner again...
It still sounds fishy to me.
Be sure to read the guestbook comments on his page. http://buttprintart.com/
You'll see that this guy has a bunch of liberal supporters. Some of the comments will surely crack you up.
You quoted the line, "His paintings sell for as much as $900 each on his Web site..."
I've seen this guy's work before, and remain unimpressed. But look, just because he's advertising them at $900 does not mean he actually manages to sell the things. He's a gimmick painter doing a risque variation on action painting, an approach pioneered by Jackson Pollock and others. Over time, other artists have used jet engines to spatter paint, or covered their whole bodies in paint and rolled around on a canvas spread across the floor. You name it, it's probably been done. For these guys, it's all about process, not result. And unlike Pollock, none of them have ever in their lives made anything beautiful and worthwhile. I think what Mr. Butt Cheeks is doing is a technique born of frustration. Insofar as I can tell, he knows nothing of color, or form, or line, or even the rudiments of composition.
In the end (no pun intended), it doesn't matter how the painting is achieved--if I painted while naked, balanced on a unicycle, wearing a derby and singing Gregorian chants, the only thing of the whole ridiculous process that would matter would be the painting itself.
Guys like this continue to give my profession a bad name. If that whole crowd of poseurs had one neck, I would choke it.
Fired his @$$!
Enjoy the unemployment line, butt painter!
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LOL! Great post.
Industrial strength humor. That might be the ping list for you. :)
Virginia has moving to the left for a long time. I am surprised that this individual was dismissed. He sounds like federal-grant material.
Old idea that started with butt copying. At least there could be new idea.
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