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Ned Kelly painting breaks auction record for Australian art
The Telegraph ^
| 3/26/2010
| Bonnie Malkin in Sydney
Posted on 03/30/2010 9:18:08 PM PDT by bruinbirdman
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To: bruinbirdman
Oh, yeah, I could tell it was him—NOT!
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posted on
03/30/2010 9:19:25 PM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
(Hypocrisy: "Animal rightists" who eat meat & pen up pets while accusing hog farmers of cruelty.)
To: bruinbirdman
Looks like a cartoon from Nickelodeon.
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posted on
03/30/2010 9:21:43 PM PDT
by
StormEye
To: bruinbirdman
Thouse Auzzies sure don’t know art and can’t paint worth a dime.
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posted on
03/30/2010 9:30:57 PM PDT
by
guitarplayer1953
(Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to GOD! Thomas Jefferson)
To: bruinbirdman
Worst. Painting. Ever.
Jackson Pollock is no longer my least respected artist.
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posted on
03/30/2010 9:36:16 PM PDT
by
ExpatGator
(I hate Illinois Nazis!)
To: bruinbirdman
I do better art after a night of chili and beer...
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posted on
03/30/2010 9:36:57 PM PDT
by
ExpatGator
(I hate Illinois Nazis!)
To: bruinbirdman
We went to Australia last May and learned all about Ned Kelly. He is sort of like Robin Hood, except he was a real person. He embodies the Aussies disdain for authority and the British. There have been several movies about him and this artist is famous.
He was fighting against the bigotry against the Irish and the how bad the poor were being treated in the 1880s. He was handsome and a big cowboy type of figure who was also literate -- he wrote a manifesto letter explaining his campaign. He probably a criminal and did kill some guys, but there are real heroic elements to the story, so the myth is ambiguous, only adding to the drama.
His life ended in a shoot out with the police. He had a life long fascination with knights and armor and so made armor out of cast iron to protect himself from bullets.
He was finally convicted and executed. 10,000 people signed a petition to give him clemency. Any Aussies out there, sorry. You can correct my mistakes here.
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posted on
03/30/2010 9:37:50 PM PDT
by
garjog
(u)
To: guitarplayer1953
Thouse Auzzies sure don’t know art and can’t paint worth a dime.
Comes from all the heat.
To: garjog
Also, every Freeper should see this movie staring Keith Ledger. (Not sure Keith was the right casting. The real Ned would make an even more impressive movie star with good looks and charisma.) The theme is the individual against oppressive government.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doArSp1AIUw
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posted on
03/30/2010 9:41:49 PM PDT
by
garjog
(u)
To: SoConPubbie
“Those Auzzies sure don’t know art and can’t paint worth a dime.”
NO WAY. The Aussies have really cool art. Their national gallery in Sydney is fantastic.
You guys just don't know good stuff when you see it. The painting is symbolic and cartoon like because that is what the Ned story is like. He is a national icon.
Sheesh, bunch of unsophisticated Tea party rabble on the site. (Just kidding, hee, hee.)
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posted on
03/30/2010 9:49:44 PM PDT
by
garjog
(u)
To: garjog
Sheesh, bunch of unsophisticated Tea party rabble on the site. (Just kidding, hee, hee.)
LOL, I still says it's the heat!
To: bruinbirdman
Talk to your friends in Australia and they love Ned Kelly.
To: bruinbirdman
So THAT's what I'm doing wrong!
You can actually tell what I'm painting.
Well, I've got 15 grandkids. Maybe I should turn them loose with my paint pots - no lessons - just go for it. Then I wouldn't have to worry about being offered a suicide pill instead of treatment, should the day come.
To: bruinbirdman; shibumi
Doesn't look a bit like him.
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posted on
03/30/2010 10:25:40 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(....and I'm sure I need some rest but sleepin' don't come very easy in a straight white vest.......)
To: bruinbirdman
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posted on
03/30/2010 10:34:03 PM PDT
by
Huntress
(Who the hell are you to tell me what's in my best interests?)
To: Salamander
So.
What am I bid for this Infra-red X-ray Impressionist rendering of me taking Major for a stroll around the block?
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posted on
03/30/2010 10:46:34 PM PDT
by
shibumi
("..... then we will fight in the shade.")
To: shibumi
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posted on
03/30/2010 10:56:41 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(....and I'm sure I need some rest but sleepin' don't come very easy in a straight white vest.......)
To: shibumi; Huntress
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posted on
03/30/2010 11:05:05 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(....and I'm sure I need some rest but sleepin' don't come very easy in a straight white vest.......)
To: Salamander; Huntress
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posted on
03/31/2010 12:24:38 AM PDT
by
shibumi
("..... then we will fight in the shade.")
To: shibumi
Nice tutu.
Did he borrow it from Rahm?
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posted on
03/31/2010 12:27:08 AM PDT
by
Salamander
(....and I'm sure I need some rest but sleepin' don't come very easy in a straight white vest.......)
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