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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 09:53 AM
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The Robert Williams Appreciation Thread

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RandomKoolzip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 09:55 AM
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1. Two words: Shitch Yeah!
Loves me some Robt. Williams, the Aesthetician of the Lowbrow.


A great Williams quote: "A woman's ass is more beautiful than the Orion Nebula...."
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 10:00 AM
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3. He is like a god - no really
I hink he is one of he best painters of the 20th century. He is coming out with an new show. I saw a bunch of pics in the latest issue of Juxtapoz - they're his best yet!
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RandomKoolzip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 10:07 AM
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7. His move from comix to oil painting was a tectonic shift.
I'm so glad he did that; I wish Crumb woulda made that move a long time ago. His brillinace seems cramped on the B+W pages of the comix he does nowadays.


And I love how Williams conciously rebelled against non-representational art in his paintings....
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 10:10 AM
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8. Crumb did the latest cover for the New Yorker's comic issue - it is really
good
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 09:58 AM
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2. Wow
Thanks, CStT... I'm not familiar with this guy. I soon will be, though... thanks again!
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 10:01 AM
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4. His shit rocks.
I used his "Two-Fisted Buffoons" as a prospective company logo
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 10:05 AM
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5. This is his best-known painting
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 10:12 AM
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9. ah, yes. Appetite for Destruction.
A bit too risque for Guns N Roses to put on their debut album cover, so they put it on the inside.
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 10:14 AM
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11. I wish the recod execs had some balls - it would have been the best cover
ever.
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chuckrocks Donating Member (242 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 10:28 AM
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16. they did
i have a copy. vinyl. got it at a record show a loooong time ago. i was a huge fan, kinda scary now. but i still can recite their lyrics at will.
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 10:06 AM
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6. His art speaks to me.
And oddly, if I carried my real paternal grandfather's surname (long story) my name would in fact be, Robert Williams.
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 10:12 AM
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10. In all due respect,
that's a voice I wouldn't want inside my head! :)
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RandomKoolzip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 10:15 AM
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12. Ever seen an interview with the guy?
He's hilarious. Very combative and excitable. And vulgar.
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 10:16 AM
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13. I supposed I should have added, "sometimes".
Just so you don't get the impression that I'm whacked.
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signmike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 10:17 AM
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14. I saw Robt. Saturday at the Rat Fink Reunion
Signing posters. What an awesome artist!

Now I must go out to my shop and throw rocks at my stuff.
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 10:20 AM
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15. I feel the same way with my studio.
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 10:42 AM
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17. Phew!
I thought you were talking about "Robin Williams!"

:hippie:
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