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Off the Wall: White House Changes Mind About Painting (FReeper Victory!)
The New York Times ^
| Wednesday, November 4, 2009
| Randy Kennedy
Posted on 11/04/2009 3:20:11 PM PST by kristinn
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To: Beelzebubba
I saw your first post. Good on you! That was an interesting experience.
Now, will you get a tax audit?
101
posted on
11/04/2009 8:17:59 PM PST
by
donna
(The fruits of Feminism: Angry fathers, bitter mothers, fat kids.)
To: ElayneJ
I think the White HOuse has a warehouse full of stuff the president can choose from...I remember when Jackie O found some antiques that she brought into the White house to use...Loans would probably be a courtsey to the President whoever he may be...I think most things borrowed go into the private living quarters, but some may also be used in the offices...
To: Teflonic
I've got a boxful of'em from when my oldest was in kindergarten! I'll be glad to sell one to ya for the low, low price of only $100K! ;-)
(To pay for her first year of college, Lord help us when that day comes!)
103
posted on
11/04/2009 8:46:25 PM PST
by
pillut48
(CJ in TX --"God help us all, and God help America!!" --my new mantra for the next 4 years)
To: kristinn
Why do I feel confident that no Norman Rockwell works will be displayed?
104
posted on
11/04/2009 9:06:51 PM PST
by
MSF BU
(++)
To: GeronL
No, it's a commentary regarding "climate change." Note the absence of GREEN.
105
posted on
11/04/2009 9:40:57 PM PST
by
Lauren BaRecall
(I am only ONE of many real Jim Thompsons, yet I am ONE.)
To: kristinn
What a POS, just like the POTUS.
To: kristinn
The original has an interesting title.
The Snail, 1953, Gouache on paper, cut and pasted, on white paper, collection Tate Gallery
107
posted on
11/05/2009 1:48:45 AM PST
by
Mila
To: Doogle
Mac! Quit goofing off at the neighbor’s and get back home!
Mom
108
posted on
11/05/2009 2:48:25 AM PST
by
fivecatsandadog
(You better HOPE you end up with more than a little CHANGE in your pocket when he's finished.)
To: Domandred
Henri Matisse is probably laughing his arse off.
109
posted on
11/05/2009 2:50:53 AM PST
by
fivecatsandadog
(You better HOPE you end up with more than a little CHANGE in your pocket when he's finished.)
To: fivecatsandadog
Henri Matisse is probably rolling around in his grave laughing his arse off. There, that's better. Too early ....
110
posted on
11/05/2009 2:53:13 AM PST
by
fivecatsandadog
(You better HOPE you end up with more than a little CHANGE in your pocket when he's finished.)
To: GeronL
"...was this a black artist by any chance?"I just assumed it was a given.
111
posted on
11/05/2009 3:18:56 AM PST
by
rlmorel
(Obama, The Flatulence of One Thousand Black Dogs After Eating Boiled Eggs Be Upon Him...)
To: a fool in paradise
I went to see “Blue Man Group” a while back, and they did a routine that I just loved where they put different color dyes in their mouth and try to out-do each other in various techniques of spitting it out.
One guy takes a square white cardboard, puts it on a thing and spins it around while spitting on the dye on it, kind of a human spin-art machine, then when he is done, he slaps a $1000 label on it and puts it on a wall...:)
I loved it. Spitting on paper at random and selling it for big money as a poke at art! They are avant garde artists themselves, but they know the score if they can poke fun at it that way. (As an aside, I heard that they do sell them for charity donations!)
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posted on
11/05/2009 3:28:53 AM PST
by
rlmorel
(Obama, The Flatulence of One Thousand Black Dogs After Eating Boiled Eggs Be Upon Him...)
To: Indy Pendance; ducks1944
Ha...have you ever read Gary Aldrich’s book “Unlimited Access”? He spends a whole chapter on the Clinton White House Christmas arrangements.
I think that was enough to cause him to retire from the FBI.
113
posted on
11/05/2009 3:33:37 AM PST
by
rlmorel
(Obama, The Flatulence of One Thousand Black Dogs After Eating Boiled Eggs Be Upon Him...)
To: kristinn
...at first I thought it was one of Chewbaca’s sweaters...
114
posted on
11/05/2009 3:55:20 AM PST
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Beelzebubba
Semonti Stephens, the deputy press secretary for Mrs. Obama, said that the painting had been intended to go in the first ladys office and that the the decision not to put it there was made only because its dimensions did not work in the space in which it was to hang.That's the main thing! If it fits, who cares about the artistic attributes?
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posted on
11/05/2009 4:47:24 AM PST
by
ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas
(Joe Wilson said "You lie!" in a room full of 500 politicians. Who was he talking about?)
To: eureka!
the art czar is an idiot, too. what a shock
To: jilliane
"The art czar is an idiot, too. what a shock" Is he another urban thug?
117
posted on
11/05/2009 5:14:14 AM PST
by
blam
To: kristinn
Matisse is still a great artist.
This collage may be one of his weakest works,
out of many thousands of ‘experiments’ great artists
produce over a lifetime to keep developing their ‘chops’.
The fact that an Obama-sanctioned “artist” chose this
nothing painting by Matisse to copy, speaks the proverbial volumes about what a cultural reprobate Obama is: consider that ludicrous “poet” he chose for his inaugural, best now forgotten, because it was so bad NOBODY wants to remember it. Even worse than that self-created legend Maya Angelou and the poem she did at the Clinton Inaugural.
Clinton, the forerunner to Obama, who when asked about who his favorite musician was, said , with no irony, “Kenny G”.
These people don’t rise to the level of cultural trailer trash.
118
posted on
11/05/2009 5:18:31 AM PST
by
supremedoctrine
( A, you're a-dor-a-ble, -------B, you're bus-ted.........)
To: bikerman
Reminds me of the Steven Wright joke:
“I went to a museum dedicated to Children’s Art.
It was room after room of paintings, all hung on refrigerators”.
119
posted on
11/05/2009 5:36:45 AM PST
by
supremedoctrine
( A, you're a-dor-a-ble, -------B, you're bus-ted.........)
To: GeronL
“A package of colored construction paper”..
HEY, don’t forget, that’s how SOUTH PARK started!
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posted on
11/05/2009 5:40:07 AM PST
by
supremedoctrine
( A, you're a-dor-a-ble, -------B, you're bus-ted.........)
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