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thedeadhaji
39489 Posts
NSFW!! "My Lonesome Cowboy 2001" by Takashi Murakami (no I am not related to him) has been auctioned off at a staggering price of 15.16 million USD. It was made in 1998 out of steel, fiber glass and acrylic. Height = 254cm. And what does this 'figure' look like? ![[image loading]](http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/6629/d7a8d191wc3.jpg) A fucking DBZ style anime character with an epic cumshot. Where do I go to change my last name? + Show Spoiler [for the brave and the insane] + ![[image loading]](http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/8697/cb540919dh3.jpg) by the same guy | ||
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GeneralStan
United States4789 Posts
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA | ||
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Deleted User 3420
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wtf wow wtf | ||
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Elric
United Kingdom1327 Posts
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Mindcrime
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allowicious
United States972 Posts
fa sho | ||
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Naib
Hungary4843 Posts
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Ryot
Canada316 Posts
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alffla
Hong Kong20321 Posts
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omgbnetsux
United States3749 Posts
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Jibba
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Kickstart
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Motiva
United States1774 Posts
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{CC}StealthBlue
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RaGe
Belgium9947 Posts
this is awesoem | ||
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grobo
Japan6199 Posts
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thedeadhaji
39489 Posts
(sry TT) | ||
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omgbnetsux
United States3749 Posts
On May 16 2008 06:08 thedeadhaji wrote: Chill opened it at work before I put in the NSFW at the top (which was literally a minute after I made the post) lawlll. (sry TT) ahaha, I did too. Quick alt-f4. | ||
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greatmeh
Canada1964 Posts
lol | ||
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Dknight
United States5223 Posts
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Ancestral
United States3230 Posts
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minus_human
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thedeadhaji
39489 Posts
On May 16 2008 06:11 Ancestral wrote: shortcomings wut? | ||
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Chef
10810 Posts
id buy it. fa sho You can't afford this masterpiece, peasant. When I was at Canada's National Gallery (most of the stuff is good), there was this section of like, filthy pictures of guys holding their dicks on web cam... and like a framed cyber-text conversation with people who type thing like "ur gay" and "suk me off" and stuff. I don't know how much it cost the museum, but it was pretty ridiculous. Sometimes art is valuable, just because a tonne of people will visit the museum to see why they paid so much money for some piece. They'll determine they still don't understand, but they'll see all the other art too, and not think ill of their visit. Still, it's always a bummer when some dumbass makes a tonne of money doing something you could have done way better (I could totally set up blocks in a perfectly straight line more interestingly than that guy! And my social commentary would be even more illusive and appealing to pseudo-intellectuals!). That said, I really like abstract art, which is almost equally retarded (and yet I can explain exactly why I like it, so I know I'm not a pseudo-intellectual ^^), so who knows. There's art as a business (hollow and almost vacant of any meaning), and there's art as art (which is usually the type you don't have to pay an exorbitant amount to enjoy) that will touch your soul. It's best to just ignore the ladder world and hope it goes away. | ||
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nitram
Canada5412 Posts
On May 16 2008 06:04 Motiva wrote: Is that a breast-milk jump rope? No its a hoola hoop | ||
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hymn
Bulgaria832 Posts
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ParasitJonte
Sweden1768 Posts
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greatmeh
Canada1964 Posts
obviously u guys are clueless about history of art and what has happened ect.. and besides the ppl buying this are obviously loaded, and they wouldn't of bought it if it wasnt a masterpiece so educate urselves u ignorant fucks | ||
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thedeadhaji
39489 Posts
On May 16 2008 06:12 minus_human wrote: I can't fucking believe this. Haji, your source must be wrong. Unless that thing's made of solid gold or something here I went and found a fucking english source for y'all http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2008/05/takashi_murakami_watches_from.html | ||
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nothingbutzerg
Greece626 Posts
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Chef
10810 Posts
u gotta know a little bit about art before you can bitch at it obviously u guys are clueless about history of art and what has happened ect.. and besides the ppl buying this are obviously loaded, and they wouldn't of bought it if it wasnt a masterpiece so educate urselves u ignorant fucks u tell em, pa | ||
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SonuvBob
Aiur21549 Posts
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Purind
Canada3562 Posts
He coulda sold it for 10X more. Atleast. | ||
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Boblion
France8043 Posts
![[image loading]](http://pix.nofrag.com/8/5/4/c874a906b75e726f7e59b27b54e23.png) MSPaint is the true essence of modern art. | ||
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SonuvBob
Aiur21549 Posts
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sutureself
United States192 Posts
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MarklarMarklar
Fiji1823 Posts
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pyrogenetix
China5094 Posts
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d.arkive
United States843 Posts
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Funchucks
Canada2113 Posts
On May 16 2008 06:27 MarklarMarklar wrote: so who bought it This is the fifteen million dollar question. | ||
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blagoonga123
United States2068 Posts
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thedeadhaji
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HotZhot
Colombia677 Posts
I don't see the guys who bid that actually paying for that piece of crap, he'll probably hide and chuckle in a corner. Modern art racism ftw | ||
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KOFgokuon
United States14893 Posts
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Woyn
United Kingdom1628 Posts
On May 16 2008 06:17 nothingbutzerg wrote: Looks like Cloud from Final Fantasy.I couldn't imagine he had a materia for cunning! he sure was a clever one | ||
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Storchen
Sweden4385 Posts
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NoNameLoser
United States1508 Posts
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QuanticHawk
United States32051 Posts
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thedeadhaji
39489 Posts
On May 16 2008 07:07 NoNameLoser wrote: 87% of people who buy art are just speculating on higher resale value. if in 10 years that thing is worth 60 mil, who cares about how ugly it is. which is what the previous owner just scored on today~ | ||
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HamerD
United Kingdom1922 Posts
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d.arkive
United States843 Posts
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Falcynn
United States3597 Posts
On May 16 2008 07:10 HamerD wrote: Are you kidding me? This shit is the DEFINITION of art!~this is not art. | ||
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Titusmaster6
United States5937 Posts
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ShaLLoW[baY]
Canada12499 Posts
On May 16 2008 06:37 thedeadhaji wrote: oh, ya cumtemporary is prolly correct. But w/e it's BS anyways------- olololol | ||
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Frits
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HumbleZealot
Canada508 Posts
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BaDayOri
Korea (South)469 Posts
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Flying_Llama
Canada419 Posts
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iLjh
United States160 Posts
for all you people who blantantly claim this isn't art.. then tell me, what is art? the last time i checked, there is no exactly "definition" of art and for all i care i could just bend a paper clip and it could be labeled as art. this artist does what he does best and made a lot of money from it. though many of you do not understand art for its true meaning and just laugh at the fact that it's a dbz looking character hold his sperm.. this is a respectable piece of work | ||
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Chef
10810 Posts
Aaand your qualifications to say that areeeeee? Since when does someone need qualifications what is and isn't art to them? 87% of people who buy art are just speculating on higher resale value. if in 10 years that thing is worth 60 mil, who cares about how ugly it is. 87% is the most random made up number I've ever heard, but you're exactly right. No one spends 6 million dollars on a paper weight because they think it's beautiful. They spend 6 million dollars on something thinking it's an investment that will procure them more monetary gain. It's probably going to some rich guy's museum to attract visitors (the more controversial, the higher the curiosity, hence the success of things you would easily call "the dumbest shit I've ever seen"). This is one of the reasons I like communism. Without a capitalist system of economics, stupid shit like this can't exist (I mean, lucrative purchases, not the art itself). Although, wouldn't it be amazing if the whole auction was rigged, that the seller would secretly return the money, and the purchaser and the seller would share the profits on the publicity of the item. It would not surprise me if this happened often, as it would turn the investment into a little to no risk venture (as apposed to depending on people to get riled up over the latest retarded art debacle). this artist does what he does best and made a lot of money from it. though many of you do not understand art for its true meaning and just laugh at the fact that it's a dbz looking character hold his sperm.. this is a respectable piece of work You're a fuckin piece of work, lol. | ||
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Ancestral
United States3230 Posts
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d.arkive
United States843 Posts
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Chef
10810 Posts
http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=boiling_blood | ||
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ShaLLoW[baY]
Canada12499 Posts
On May 16 2008 07:31 Ancestral wrote: Here Haji you forgot this. LOL | ||
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d.arkive
United States843 Posts
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pokeyAA
United States936 Posts
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Falcynn
United States3597 Posts
On May 16 2008 07:45 d.arkive wrote: He's just trying to say that there's no need for hamerD to rephrase his statement as "This is not art according to my own standards" since it's pretty much implied that it's purely his opinion.And, pray tell, what taste am I exactly trying to validate with my statement? | ||
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iNcontroL
USA29055 Posts
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XCetron
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pokeyAA
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ShaLLoW[baY]
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SonuvBob
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Chef
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AngryLlama
United States1227 Posts
Tom Cumcakes idk just sounds cool | ||
vGl-CoW
Belgium8305 Posts
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SonuvBob
Aiur21549 Posts
On May 16 2008 08:03 PsycHOTemplar wrote: Oh god... Not another thread of horrible, unfunny puns... Aye, it's a stain on the general forum. Don't worry, it'll be gone in a day or two, it's not spermanent. | ||
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d.arkive
United States843 Posts
On May 16 2008 07:52 Falcynn wrote: He's just trying to say that there's no need for hamerD to rephrase his statement as "This is not art according to my own standards" since it's pretty much implied that it's purely his opinion. Yes, but there is also nothing wrong with my statement either, as I AM genuinely interested in what brings hamerD to erect such a hard line. It is not necessarily an attack on his individual preferences. So maybe we are both at fault. *Edited to try and put some bad puns in -__- | ||
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mel_ee
2448 Posts
Reading uneducated (meaning you did not take art history classes) responses truly shows how ignorant you guys choose to be. The people who buy these are intellectual millionaires who understand the art world, if its not them the Museums try to buy it (usually if they get lucky and no millionare bids on it they can get it) | ||
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ShaLLoW[baY]
Canada12499 Posts
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Chef
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JWD
United States12607 Posts
On May 16 2008 08:08 SonuvBob wrote: Aye, it's a stain on the general forum. Don't worry, it'll be gone in a day or two, it's not spermanent. HEE HEEE I see what you did there Bob | ||
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iNcontroL
USA29055 Posts
On May 16 2008 08:09 mel_ee wrote: Takashi Murakami is my favorite artist of today. Reading uneducated (meaning you did not take art history classes) responses truly shows how ignorant you guys choose to be. The people who buy these are intellectual millionaires who understand the art world, if its not them the Museums try to buy it (usually if they get lucky and no millionare bids on it they can get it) Alright I'm glad you stepped forward. "Hey guys a naked anime character jizzing is fucking amazing." KEEP AWAY FEEK | ||
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SnowFantasy
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BuGzlToOnl
United States5918 Posts
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SonuvBob
Aiur21549 Posts
On May 16 2008 08:03 PsycHOTemplar wrote: Oh god... Not another thread of horrible, unfunny puns... I MUST SAVE THIS THREAD! GO SEAN CONNERY! http://youtube.com/watch?v=3FgMLROTqJ0 ![[image loading]](http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/3580/penismightierfh9.jpg) Consider the thread unsaved. | ||
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d.arkive
United States843 Posts
On May 16 2008 08:13 PsycHOTemplar wrote: Ah, "ignorant" and "uneducated," the catch-all insult of the pseudo-intellectual. He's just suggesting that maybe you should take a look at this guy's background first... Well OK that's not all he's saying but that's the part I agree with him on. | ||
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dronebabo
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Luddite
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fanatacist
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alffla
Hong Kong20321 Posts
On May 16 2008 07:31 Ancestral wrote: Here Haji you forgot this. LOL NICE ONE | ||
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CTStalker
Canada9720 Posts
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pokeyAA
United States936 Posts
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ShaLLoW[baY]
Canada12499 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.penisland.net/penisland.jpg) | ||
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Chef
10810 Posts
intellectual millionaires huh Millionaire businessmen If me_lee wants to explain the social/political commentary, the hidden messages, the witty references and allusions that make this artist deserving of 15 million dollars for his genius idea, I'd love to hear them. But I'm pretty sure he's just trolling, and he knows they're as non-existent/shallow as I do. I really really doubt that any of you could have made this statue. Now, granted, it's not something I'd put up in my living room, put it's still got a lot of craftsmanship and thought put into it. It would not cost much to find a mediocre artist to create a replica. This isn't being bought cause anyone wants to look at it, or to show off to your friends while sipping brandy in your private lounge. There's better, and bigger, everywhere. This isn't more artistic than lemon party, or goatse. There isn't any artistic reason this is worth 15 million dollars, and why God knows how much hentai there is on the internet is worth jack squat. | ||
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Luddite
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Kickstart
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mel_ee
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On May 16 2008 08:16 {88}iNcontroL wrote: Alright I'm glad you stepped forward. "Hey guys a naked anime character jizzing is fucking amazing." KEEP AWAY FEEK hahah keep in mind he's a japanese artist, hes just portraying otaku/japanese culture. Also just an fyi Murakami just doesnt do these -obscene cum shots-, he ranges from toys to album art (Kanye West) to Louis Vuitton hand bags. Edit: If someone has 15 million to spend on "art" theyre more of a success @ life than a failure. | ||
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EnergyTraction
Canada233 Posts
On May 16 2008 08:13 PsycHOTemplar wrote: Ah, "ignorant" and "uneducated," the catch-all insult of the pseudo-intellectual. And just repeating what the "pseudo-intellectuals" say over and over without contributing anything remotely worthwhile to the discussion nor refuting anything they say other than to say they're elitist just makes you look stupid. I personally don't know anything about art history, and I gotta say you really come off that way too. You ARE ignorant. Ignorance is not subjective; it is simply an adjective to describe how something is. Also, your theory of conspiracy for selling shit to generate publicity could be applied to everything that is ever sold for large amounts of money. It's not like artist is some chump fool like you who says HEY I CAN MAKE MODERN ART LOL and then his first piece sells for 15 million. | ||
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imDerek
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Chef
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And just repeating what the "pseudo-intellectuals" say over and over without contributing anything remotely worthwhile to the discussion nor refuting anything they say other than to say they're elitist just makes you look stupid. I personally don't know anything about art history, and I gotta say you really come off that way too. You ARE ignorant. Ignorance is not subjective; it is simply an adjective to describe how something is. NSFW http://cgi.4chan.org/h/imgboard.html NSFW Tell me what the difference is, other than medium (which is trivial, at best, considering that model creation is an occupation, not some godly imbued talent that only 1 in a billion could possible do). | ||
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MarklarMarklar
Fiji1823 Posts
man you just posted my favourite youtube video, that was a great save | ||
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nemY
United States3119 Posts
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evanthebouncy!
United States12796 Posts
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[X]Ken_D
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Equinox_kr
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SonuvBob
Aiur21549 Posts
On May 16 2008 08:52 nemY wrote: ![[image loading]](http://www.pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF004-Deal_with_the_Devil.gif) | ||
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Hippopotamus
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pyrogenetix
China5094 Posts
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fusionsdf
Canada15390 Posts
On May 16 2008 09:29 Hippopotamus wrote: Well... what's special about the statue of David? Other than the fact that Michelangelo made it out of a shitty piece of marble there wasn't anything particularly difficult about it... "average" artists of the period could have probably succeeded with a bigger piece of marble. It's fucking naked too. Or Mona Lisa. What the fuck? Just a smiling woman. What's the big deal? Sure it's very well painted, but Leonardo da Vinci is not the only guy who could have done it. Or what about The Scream? I bet even I could paint that one! Or Botticelli's Birth of Venus, it's just pr0n, like hentai. Or Les Mademoiselles d'Avignon, not only is it pornographic (like hentai!) it's also drawn with like .0001 of the skill. Why criticize just this painting on these grounds when there is a host of others to criticize for these same reasons? I get what your trying to do but come on pretty weak | ||
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fusionsdf
Canada15390 Posts
On May 16 2008 08:13 PsycHOTemplar wrote: Ah, "ignorant" and "uneducated," the catch-all insult of the pseudo-intellectual. pretty much the perfect response | ||
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Chef
10810 Posts
Why criticize just this painting on these grounds when there is a host of others to criticize for these same reasons? Because this topic is about just this piece. Make a new topic if you want to discuss lucrative art in general =/ You're trying to open up a whole new argument, when this one is already big enough, I don't want to drown myself here. | ||
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pyrogenetix
China5094 Posts
a good artist is not one who is able to recreate what everybody knows already on a piece of canvas. anyone can do that with a camera. my interpretation on this piece of art... never really thought about it but I know it's hella famous and didnt know it was for sale until this thread. I've seen it featured in numerous art compilation and reference books. pornography is an ever prevailant matter. we have all come in contact with it at some point in our lives and probably have more to do with it than we openly admit. anime and specifically hentai is a very large part of japanese culture, but the very modest outward appearances of most things in japan, the extreme politeness and "wearing a mask" when at social events, this piece of art is the exact opposite. it is an exaggerated take on the whole hentai culture, but also pays tribute to anime - the large spikey hair, the skinny body, the large eyes and of course the semen that flies out into a large swirl and the character's hand giving the impression of "controlling" the semen in flight, to me is all a very obvious nod at anime and japanese animation, as if the artist is paying homage. my take anyway. i wish people were more understanding and acceptable of things than not giving an ounce of strength to trying to understand, instead just ridicule of anything new or alien to them =/ | ||
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CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
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Demoninja
United States1190 Posts
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fusionsdf
Canada15390 Posts
People can tell when something isnt great art. All the arguments and indoctrination in the world isnt going to change this fact. Its merely arguing that you did, in fact, provide the emperor with new clothes, despite the fact the common person can see him in all his naked glory. | ||
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Chef
10810 Posts
my take anyway. i wish people were more understanding and acceptable of things than not giving an ounce of strength to trying to understand, instead just ridicule of anything new or alien to them =/ Except that it's not alien, because the artist just took a recurring theme in Hentai and modelled it into a gigantic 3 dimensional statue (I actually missed the fact that it was life size... Which I guess makes it slightly more impressive). That's what I don't like about this art TBH. It isn't original, and I don't understand why it should be so valuable to anyone other than as a business tool. I could see something rare, like say the last animal or plant of a species being sold on auction for that kind of money, but something that is so recreatable... why not just pay a couple 1000 dollars to get your own, custom made? That's my perspective on lucrative art deals. I just cannot honestly believe anyone cares so much about having the original that they would spend that kind of money. It's just a liability if it ever gets stolen or destroyed, so it would only make sense if you wanted it for business opportunity (or maybe they think it's safer than real money if the dollar is falling?). I mean, think about it. You just spent 15 million dollars on a piece of art for your personal viewing pleasure with no financial incentive. Don't you think you could have used that money better? Like donating the majority to a charity, and spending the rest on a replica that looks just as good? It only makes sense to me if the person buying it thinks they will profit off it. The controversy and media hype only convinces me further (a deal like this could be kept quiet if they were just buying it for their personal enjoyment). | ||
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fusionsdf
Canada15390 Posts
I mean come on people. lets not be stupid | ||
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FragKrag
United States11552 Posts
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relaxxl
Japan78 Posts
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Falcynn
United States3597 Posts
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HaXxorIzed
Australia8434 Posts
It's getting discussion going though, I suppose. This thread is evidence of that. Be it negative or positive discussion, there's a reason he's getting enough attention for even magazines to take notice of his influence (hurhur time hurhur). | ||
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/features/drohojowska-philp/drohojowska-philp1-18-01.asp | ||
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fusionsdf
Canada15390 Posts
amputee loli (with big breasts) | ||
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ieatkids5
United States4628 Posts
and i scroll down and see this holy fuk | ||
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Slithe
United States985 Posts
One the other hand, when I look at this work, the only thought that crosses my mind is WTF. | ||
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d.arkive
United States843 Posts
I want to know the number of bids though, that's more telling. | ||
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EvilTeletubby
Baltimore, USA22254 Posts
http://www.vimeo.com/993998 | ||
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XCetron
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damn that was good | ||
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ulszz
Jamaica1787 Posts
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ieatkids5
United States4628 Posts
That shits definitely sick as hell; saw it in someone's blog the other day. Should deserve its own thread? | ||
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RaiZ
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Really really impressive though. | ||
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United States2916 Posts
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IzzyCraft
United States4487 Posts
'modern art' now of days is eh I remember this one new York artist I think her pieces looked to the common man as well a 5 year old scribes which sold for thousands and thousands art is what sell I guess | ||
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EvilTeletubby
Baltimore, USA22254 Posts
On May 16 2008 12:45 ieatkids5 wrote: That shits definitely sick as hell; saw it in someone's blog the other day. Should deserve its own thread? Probably. | ||
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fig_newbie
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toshi
Poland469 Posts
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bustaBust
Canada469 Posts
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Danger_Duck
Burkina Faso571 Posts
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Alizee-
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gusbear
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zulu_nation8
China26351 Posts
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thedeadhaji
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oneofthem a s a p | ||
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KaasZerg
Netherlands927 Posts
Art is lost. It exsist to shock and to non-conform it has become a slave to these terms. It is sad. To all the Artsnobs with masters and PHD's who think the people are not sophisticated or intellectual enough. A lot of artists and students of Artacademies who think the same thing. They go back to making estetics and art that has a real message. Time to kill the hollow hypes. | ||
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bumatlarge
United States4567 Posts
Sorry for the ejaculation, but cum on people! | ||
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poilord
Germany3252 Posts
I hope that the new owner at least puts it in a glass cage and displays it on his front lawn... | ||
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Latham
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Edit: wait I just realised he doesn't have balls... Maybe his balls are inert or he left them in his other pants??  | ||
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Pwntrucci[sR]
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