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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:43 PM Original message |
What An INCREDIBLE Painting! |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. $22.4 MILLION!!!!! |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. m*therf*cker couldn't even stay within the lines |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. I'm in the wrong field! I should've have been an artist! |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. i'm in the wrong racket at well |
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Tyrone Slothrop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. He's pretty famous and popular in some circles |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I guess he is popular! $22.4 million popular!! |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. He ~was~ famous and popular. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:51 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Oh! He's dead. |
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Tyrone Slothrop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:06 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Was? He still is, even if he's dead. |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
31. The same Jackson Pollack who brought us this |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:28 PM Response to Reply #31 |
48. You know what? I used to think that about Pollack. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:51 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. EXACTLY. |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:55 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. I should go there. I've never been. |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 05:38 PM Response to Reply #52 |
72. Interesting site. Their politics seem to agree with ours, too. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 05:43 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. It really is a wonderful place. |
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chaska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 10:26 PM Response to Reply #52 |
81. Couldn't agree more about Van Gogh, but then Monet leaves me limp... |
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atomic-fly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 08:55 AM Response to Reply #52 |
103. a Good Van Gogh is amazing. |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 05:11 PM Response to Reply #48 |
67. I formed my dislike for his paintings |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 05:28 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. That's the great thing about art. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 09:58 PM Response to Reply #67 |
80. Musee d'Orsay |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 09:41 AM Response to Reply #31 |
106. A lot of Pollack's work was actually a "fuck you" to the "establishment" |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. Who Hoo!! |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
4. Dude.... |
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Rising Phoenix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
5. and I'M a starving artist... |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
54. i agree |
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progmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
6. not a rothko fan i guess |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
7. hmmm, matches my sofa. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
10. This is the carp that lets the |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
34. Carp? I don't see any goldfish in the painting. |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
11. I understand why - but it's still utterly bullshit. |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
13. Dude, I love Mark Rothko's work. |
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progmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. ... |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. um.... then WHAT is the purpose of that THING in my OP? |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Like most Abstract Expressionist, |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:07 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. "alternate moment of experience"? |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:10 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. One man's 'messy-assed box' |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 05:07 PM Response to Reply #27 |
66. . |
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Tyrone Slothrop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:09 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. Nice. I love Kandinsky n/t |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:12 PM Response to Reply #24 |
37. I'm likin' the horses. Reminds me of a Franz Marc painting. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 06:12 PM Response to Reply #24 |
78. Now THAT I like |
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redwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 05:53 PM Response to Reply #16 |
76. a friend of mine deals in antiques |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 07:02 AM Response to Reply #16 |
92. I asked someone the same question |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:51 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. I think it's crap |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Okay. |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:08 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. can i be there when you two make decorating decisions? |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:16 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. Sure guy, - but it probably won't give you the amusement you seek. |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:19 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. he told me he wanted to paint the dining room black |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:21 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. *L* |
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jane_pippin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
15. I like Rothko. Which is why |
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WeRQ4U (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:09 PM Response to Reply #15 |
33. You speak my language. |
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jane_pippin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:23 PM Response to Reply #33 |
45. Excatamaly. n/t |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 02:08 AM Response to Reply #15 |
90. I love Rothko's work... |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
20. Agreed |
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mr_hat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
21. This gives you no sense of scale. Most of Rothko's canvasses |
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politicat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 12:13 AM Response to Reply #21 |
83. Wouldn't that be the air conditioning units the museums have humming? |
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Momgonepostal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
22. I like it, but it's not $22.4 million worth nt |
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Beware the Beast Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
26. $12. Allposters.com. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:08 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. EXACTLY!!! |
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WeRQ4U (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:10 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. Exactamundo. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:22 PM Response to Reply #36 |
44. ok, Fonzy. |
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WeRQ4U (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:44 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. Is that Fonzy? |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 04:29 PM Response to Reply #50 |
63. ay-y-y-y-y! |
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BattyDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
38. This painting reminds me of my visit to the .... |
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mr_hat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:16 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Sounds like Barnett Newman. > |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:18 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Yes, I can just see the raw talent in that pic! |
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BattyDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:29 PM Response to Reply #40 |
49. LOL! |
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kick-ass-bob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
46. Do you think I paid too much? |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:28 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. I think you should have made it $22.5 mil, that way |
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atomic-fly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
51. Rothko's need to be seen in person...meditiative works. |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 06:05 PM Response to Reply #51 |
77. Exactly. |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 09:53 PM Response to Reply #51 |
79. Yes! - That Rothko "aha!" moment! |
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atomic-fly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 08:40 AM Response to Reply #79 |
102. Nice experience....thanks for sharing |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 12:39 PM Response to Reply #102 |
108. Very welcome! |
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johnny_red (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
53. i love rothko |
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WeRQ4U (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
56. How about this one by Jean-Michel Basquiat? |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
57. I *love* Rothko! |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 01:21 AM Response to Reply #57 |
85. So do I. |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
58. There's a Rothko Chapel in Houston |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 05:47 PM Response to Reply #58 |
75. Rothko Chapel at the University of St. Thomas in Montrose (Houston) |
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Onlooker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
59. I think Rothko is terribly overrated |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
60. I painted a door just like that once. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
61. I painted a door just like that once. |
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auburngrad82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
62. I actually like abstract art |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
64. Sorry but I needed a way out and it sure was a bargain... |
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formerrepuke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
65. Looks like the door to a toilet stall in a public restroom.. one that's |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
68. Some people have more money than sense I tells ya. |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
69. So ask yourself, |
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Twillig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
71. As the Philosopher Bertuzzi said: |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
73. That's depressing on a number of levels |
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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
82. I have THAT! |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
84. Doesn't do *anything* for me |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
86. Rothko was a bad-ass painter |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 01:53 AM Response to Reply #86 |
87. Absolutely. |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 02:00 AM Response to Reply #87 |
88. that's it |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 07:06 AM Response to Reply #87 |
93. "I'm surprised by the dogpile in this thread" |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 07:33 AM Response to Reply #93 |
94. i beg your pardon |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 07:40 AM Response to Reply #94 |
95. Yeah, whatever. |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 07:55 AM Response to Reply #95 |
96. yeah but what you were DOING in my basement |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 07:56 AM Response to Reply #96 |
97. I don't remember |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 08:03 AM Response to Reply #97 |
98. Bees |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 08:14 AM Response to Reply #98 |
99. Indeed |
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Bullwinkle925 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 02:04 AM Response to Original message |
89. Good Grief!! |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 05:56 AM Response to Original message |
91. I can think of so many other things I could do with |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
100. I do not call anything Art that I could actually paint myself |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
101. It's a SWAN!!! |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
104. Try explaining |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 09:26 AM Response to Reply #104 |
105. I did that for you! |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
107. I see a face in the upper panel |
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