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The future of academic art

It’s what the students want.
Watch the whole thing.

June 11, 2009 Posted by darth vader roller coaster | (f)art, Art Faggery, Great job!, Pinheads, Seriously | | 1 Comment

picasso, van gogh, sherwin williams… these are people who worked in paints.

January 13, 2009 Posted by facebeard | Art Faggery, Great job!, Pant Full of Bone, Pinheads, Uncategorized | | No Comments Yet

Bunraku Puppet –>

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November 25, 2008 Posted by facebeard | Art Faggery, Hard Lessons, Pinheads, Seriously | | No Comments Yet

Old gloom gloom

From the Danto book I’ve been reading when I can. Facebeard, there are chapters on Giacometti, Norman Rockwell, and Barnett Newman I will scan and send to you. I’m liking Danto quite a bit (A2M) now that I’m not expecting him to answer all the big questions.

“Recall that after Schubert’s death, his brother cut some of Schubert’s scores into small pieces, and gave each piece, consisting of a few bars, to his favorite pupils. And this act, as a sign of piety, is just as understandable as the different one of keeping the scores untouched, accessible to no one. And if Schubert’s brother had burned the scores, that too would be understandable as an act of piety.” -Ludwig Wittgenstein

November 15, 2008 Posted by darth vader roller coaster | Art Faggery | | 2 Comments

Dear Mr. Guston…

Just when you thought everything was cool… Everything was fine… you go to eat your favorite things, and….

Spagett!

October 6, 2008 Posted by Mr. Walkway | Art Faggery | | 1 Comment

Philip Guston

I have difficulty with Philip Guston now and again.  I think his earlier abstracts are incredible, and speak so much more poignantly than his later drawings.  I understand the whimsy, and I like a cartoon as much as the next low ear, but come on guy.  I liken him to the Rolling Stones, in that their earlier work was such a shift in idom they have license to rest on their laurels and make some shitty fluff albums.  Some would argue the Dylan is in that same boat (not me so much).  Then I found this:

TOTALLY REDEEMED!!!

October 4, 2008 Posted by facebeard | Art Faggery, Screwing Around, WTF? | | 4 Comments

Meat face

Saw this painting in a somewhat recent issue of Art in America.  It’s part of a series, of which I could only find two paintings.  The artist is Vietnamese and his name is Hyo Seok Han.  

This painting kicks my flaccid dick right off.

FUN LOLOLOL

FUN LOLOLOL

September 22, 2008 Posted by darth vader roller coaster | Art Faggery, Black dreams | | No Comments Yet

you are all sloppy wet…

July 25, 2008 Posted by facebeard | Art Faggery, Hard Lessons | | No Comments Yet

I like what you’ve done with the shading.

You have a really great style in art.

July 20, 2008 Posted by darth vader roller coaster | Art Faggery, Pinheads | | 2 Comments

I didn’t need to spend $2000.00 and 5 days of driving to find this…

Study Says Buffalo One of the Worst Markets for Young Adults

http://www.wkbw.com/news/business/bizfirst/25290854.html

Article by No F’ing Shit.  At least I have a great job and have no debt.

 

I’ve made a huge mistake.

July 15, 2008 Posted by facebeard | (f)art, Art Faggery, BOOZE!!!, Beer, Black dreams, ChristianityLOL, Great job!, Guys, Hard Lessons, Liquor, Pant Full of Bone, Pinheads, Screwing Around, Seriously, Sweet Berry Wine, Sweet Desserts, WTF?, Wine, Yelling in the Library Fridays | | No Comments Yet