Posted on 02/12/2005 9:05:35 AM PST by Vision
A) Personally, I like Cristo's stuff. It redefines space in surprising ways. And I like the Gates.
B)I wasn't offended by the festivities in DC. People get to spend their money the way that they choose. Actually, I think the money spent was relatively modest.
C)I never said that "most art" is availble for $10,000. However, there is a great deal of art -- very good stuff --available in the $5,000 to $10,000 range. As a small time collector, I know this for a fact.
Nice. I like your work very much!
I made the mistake of going to see them by myself. You really had to have someone driving for you to get a good look, but then driver doesn't see them, so you have to switch places. In that respect, it wasn't a well thought out installation.
My son-in-law is a Navy pilot - the planes are wonderful and I particularly like the World War1 section.
What a project!
The only question I have is when was the phased array structure built?
Gee, I wish I had twenty million dollars to piss away.
Given the freakazoids on both sies of the park in Upper Manhattan, I don't even want to think about it.
I'd sure that somewhere in that Upper or Eastside freak show there's an S&M Den that's recreated the whole Abu-Ghrab treatment.
Who knew Andy Rooney was into that stuff...
>>> refers to the artists' conception of the idea 26 years ago. It was expected to take about two hours to drop the fabric from all the gates.>>>
I'd sure like to get a hold of the stuff they were doing when they got this idea.
Hippie quacks with too much money and time on their hands. Bloomberg is just as wacky for allowing Central Park to be marred this way.
Why does Hillary think she looks good in Pepto Bismol pink clothing?
I've always liked Christo's work. Thanks for the photo, as I hadn't seen this installation yet.
If you are walking past it or around it, it will definitely look different from the way it looks in the photo. A matter of perspective, which is always part of Christo's creations.
The fun and fascination of much of modern art is moving around it at watching it change and shift and affect you in different ways. I always enjoy art that has an element of playfulness, the creative part of the human spirit.
I wish he'd come wrap the gloomy place I live in something saffron --and soon.
You are good! I like that racoon!
Oh my, I have to admit,,I like it, I really do and I want to go see it. I like Cristos and his stuff. It is very cool to me.
I am an artiste! Or a kook. But I think it is nice.
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art..
Personally, I think they should keep the gates but use a more durable material instead of saffron cloth.
This could be NYC's Eiffel tower.
Right. And you can find pretty good art, what you like, from people who are not known.
Heck I paid 7 grand for a Rodrigue Blue Dog because I walked in his shop and it sort of drew me and I was mesmerized by it,,I kept saying to myself, "this is kitsch, not art" but it was hypnotic. I had to have it. Later, much later, at an odd moment I realized with a eureka feeling why I bought it. It looked exactly like a portrait of my four sisters. Now I look at it and feel downright glad I have it. I told them and they go crazy trying to figure out which dog is them. It is four dogs, acrylic on canvas. I don't think it is worth what I paid for it, but I am glad I have it.
Beautiful; impressive; very patriotic!
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