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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Girl
NY Times ^
| September 28, 2004
| MICHELLE YORK
Posted on 09/28/2004 5:52:14 AM PDT by Pharmboy
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It's as good as any abstract art I've ever seen.
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posted on
09/28/2004 5:52:14 AM PDT
by
Pharmboy
To: Pharmboy
Nice indictment of the art world.
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posted on
09/28/2004 5:53:24 AM PDT
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Pay no attention to the Nattering Newbies of Negativism)
To: Pharmboy
People used to say "My 4-year old can paint better than that!"
They were right.
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posted on
09/28/2004 5:54:34 AM PDT
by
Lunatic Fringe
(http://www.drunkenbuffoonery.com/mboards/)
To: Lunatic Fringe
You beat me, and about a million other Freepers, to it.
Good show.
To: Pharmboy
I love it! This is great stuff. Seriously. I would buy it.
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posted on
09/28/2004 5:56:36 AM PDT
by
Mercat
To: Tijeras_Slim; Pharmboy
Her stuff is great!!!
If there can be mathematical prodigies and musical prodigies and sports prodigies, why not artistic prodigies.
Art is never about representative the real world and abstract are is even less about it.
Whatever "spirit" artists are able to tap into to get their inspiration does not necessarily need to come with age and practice.
I am even more impressed with her work due to her age and would gladly purchase some if I had that kind of money to spend on art.
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posted on
09/28/2004 5:56:51 AM PDT
by
Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit
(Politically, Saudi Arabia is 18th century France with 16th Century Spain's flow of gold and no art)
To: Pharmboy
It's as good as any abstract art I've ever seen.I like Koko the gorilla's artwork better.
"BIRD RED SLICE"
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posted on
09/28/2004 5:58:00 AM PDT
by
arasina
(So there.)
To: Pharmboy
Marla has sold 24 paintings totaling nearly $40,000...
I must have millions of dollars worth of stuff our kids have done over the years.
I gotta find these "art" collectors!
Heck, I'd sell some for half that price!
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posted on
09/28/2004 5:58:19 AM PDT
by
MaryFromMichigan
(We childproofed our home, but they are still getting in)
To: Pharmboy
Wow...the paintings look like a 4 yr old did them.
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posted on
09/28/2004 6:01:58 AM PDT
by
smith288
(ejsmithweb.com)
To: Pharmboy
I'm not big on abstract art, but her stuff is pretty good...I like her use of colors.
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posted on
09/28/2004 6:02:33 AM PDT
by
opus86
To: Mercat
I actually like "Asian Sun." (Harvey Firestone voice) "Is that so wrong?"
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posted on
09/28/2004 6:03:15 AM PDT
by
Pharmboy
(History's greatest agent for freedom: The US Armed Forces)
To: Pharmboy
Don't blame the poor kid and her paint scratching because what's really funny is that the retards at the Times actually think this is a note-worthy art phenomena that has social significance- kid is probably laughing her ass off at these idiots.
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posted on
09/28/2004 6:03:28 AM PDT
by
Larry381
(The Democratic Party-Celebrating 60 years of aid and comfort to America's enemies)
To: Pharmboy
I'm sorry, but that's junk. And that just goes to prove that "art" is whatever the hell you say it is.
To: Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit
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posted on
09/28/2004 6:04:17 AM PDT
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Pay no attention to the Nattering Newbies of Negativism)
To: smith288
LOL!! There's nothing funnier than Freepers in the morning...
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posted on
09/28/2004 6:04:42 AM PDT
by
Pharmboy
(History's greatest agent for freedom: The US Armed Forces)
To: Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit
I am even more impressed with her work due to her age and would gladly purchase some if I had that kind of money to spend on art. I have a bridge to sell you...
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posted on
09/28/2004 6:05:31 AM PDT
by
smith288
(ejsmithweb.com)
To: Pharmboy
Jackson Pollock wishes he had such texture and tones.
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posted on
09/28/2004 6:06:45 AM PDT
by
mabelkitty
(Troll-Patrol! You've been warned.)
To: smith288
Well, yeah.... But they really are pretty attractive, for all that.
I think the deal is that this little girl has a good sense of color, and she knows how she likes the colors to go together. I work with kids that age quite a bit, and she does show a kind of control over her colors that really is extraordinary for a 4 year-old.
Not that I'd pay thousands, but they are good.
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posted on
09/28/2004 6:06:57 AM PDT
by
r9etb
To: mabelkitty
Couldn't agree more...Pollock is the poster boy for the emperor's new clothes in the artworld.
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posted on
09/28/2004 6:09:15 AM PDT
by
Pharmboy
(History's greatest agent for freedom: The US Armed Forces)
To: Pharmboy
(Sigh). I am lucky if I can get $50.00 for my watercolors when I put them on ebay. However, my hat is off to this girl. Art is a funny thing. Read "The Painted Word" by Tom Wolfe.
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posted on
09/28/2004 6:09:21 AM PDT
by
Drawsing
(It is not honorable to seek one's own honor.....Proverbs.)
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