This would be a good page to show people if they ask how people here have 30,000+ posts.

edit: the last page

The person who bought the shark got pissed because, formaldehyde or not, the shark started falling apart. So Hirst has had to replace it once, and I guess will every decade or so

Another funny thing about Hirst is that he was working on this diamond skull and thought it would sell for a ridiculous amount (I can't remember the numbers) and ended up taking a loss on it

I just think it's odd that if you did a fangraphs type thing charting prominence of different artistic endeavors, art was up top, way top, for such a long time, millenia even, and now in the past fifty years a conversation about who is the most prominent artist in the world is a non-starter. Obviously you have factors like waning illiteracy and art's role as sacrament in there, but still, it's a precipitous decline

bleh wrote:This would be a good page to show people if they ask how people here have 30,000+ posts.

edit: the last page

REDDIT: 10 posts on one page is a bit much

Napalm wrote:lady gaga is a big deal too, but i loathe.

anyway, i'll have to check out some of his work

I still think she's trollin society. I've never seen someone so talented do things that are so blatantly stupid/mundane. I really think she's brilliant.

In other random thoughts, I don't remember making this thread, but I'm really proud of this thread title.

My dad just invited himself over to watch the Giants game cause it's not on down there

So I guess I get to spend the next few hours cleaning

Just run a comb through it

SK790 wrote:

Napalm wrote:lady gaga is a big deal too, but i loathe.

anyway, i'll have to check out some of his work

I still think she's trollin society. I've never seen someone so talented do things that are so blatantly stupid/mundane. I really think she's brilliant.

In other random thoughts, I don't remember making this thread, but I'm really proud of this thread title.

Yea I remember we were talking about it. She's legit, though I don't like her more as the time passes. She's definitely keeping up her trololol act up to make bank. She was in a reggae zeppelin cover band only a few years back, and she was just another dready chick at bonnaroo in '06. Who knows, maybe I was camping next to her that year.

Grotewold wrote:Just run a comb through it

cut a 2x4 16" long

drag it through the carpet and it looks like you vacuumed

done

jerseyhoya wrote:My dad just invited himself over to watch the Giants game cause it's not on down there

So I guess I get to spend the next few hours cleaning

or as I call it, stacking

Napalm wrote:

SK790 wrote:

Napalm wrote:lady gaga is a big deal too, but i loathe.

anyway, i'll have to check out some of his work

I still think she's trollin society. I've never seen someone so talented do things that are so blatantly stupid/mundane. I really think she's brilliant.

In other random thoughts, I don't remember making this thread, but I'm really proud of this thread title.

Yea I remember we were talking about it. She's legit, though I don't like her more as the time passes. She's definitely keeping up her trololol act up to make bank. She was in a reggae zeppelin cover band only a few years back, and she was just another dready chick at bonnaroo in '06. Who knows, maybe I was camping next to her that year.

I think she's just trying to make bank by appeasing pop culture and she's obviously pretty good at it. I really do think she's very talented musically, but find it annoying she kind of muddles herself down in the whole pop scene.

My apartment has not been vacuumed in 2 months. Granted, I was away for 1 of those months, but I really should clean this place. I figure I'm leaving in a month so why bother.

We have hardwood floors.

There's nothing wrong with making a great pop record, though I don't know if Lady Gaga has done that yet. The conceit that it can't be good if people like it is, if you think about it, really odd.

Houshphandzadeh wrote:The person who bought the shark got pissed because, formaldehyde or not, the shark started falling apart. So Hirst has had to replace it once, and I guess will every decade or so

Another funny thing about Hirst is that he was working on this diamond skull and thought it would sell for a ridiculous amount (I can't remember the numbers) and ended up taking a loss on it

I just think it's odd that if you did a fangraphs type thing charting prominence of different artistic endeavors, art was up top, way top, for such a long time, millenia even, and now in the past fifty years a conversation about who is the most prominent artist in the world is a non-starter. Obviously you have factors like waning illiteracy and art's role as sacrament in there, but still, it's a precipitous decline

But people are still making lots of money with it. It's just that they're selling to an exclusive set. And it's always been the case that the fortunes of artists wax and wane with the economy. Heck, in the 80s people were shoveling all kinds of money at Keith Haring, and let's be honest, the MS paint pictures on ZWR are better than anything Haring did. And, I'd suspect across the board artists make more money for their work than anyone else. I mean, I know some local artists who hang their work in local galleries, and they routinely sell pieces for $50-$100 or more. The local musicians I know however will pretty much play for free.

One thing that has happened is that the center of gravity in the art world is shifting towards Asia, which may mean the resonance art has in North America is going to decline.

I miss Dunkin Donuts.

Hey, Dunkin Donuts has a coupon for one free iced coffee for the next six Mondays.

YE

kruker wrote:I miss Dunkin Donuts.

I was shocked they were only an east coast thing. Them and Rita's.

PrattRules wrote:There's a lot of rich people that I don't know. I would say about 99.7% of CEOs fit that category. And I don't like art.

He had statues in Rockefeller Center ,ffs. Me and the kids and a billion people from Iowa went up to see them and the Umpire State Building. It's not really inner circle stuff. It was on all the newses, if you like news.

Who is the most famous living American artist? Thomas Kinkade?