tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post8148349475368735510..comments2023-09-15T02:40:58.916-07:00Comments on Move Along. Nothing To See Here.: Art AttackFlintharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17456024642528783549noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-75889040478267770092009-09-02T19:51:49.806-07:002009-09-02T19:51:49.806-07:00I've done the headphone thing once in a smalle...I've done the headphone thing once in a smaller museum in New York. I was intensely irritated with the voice which said, in a vibratingly snide and condescending tone, that a painting of a plump, smiling, beflowered woman was "remarkably honest", and then moved on. I was so defensive of the picture, and the sitter - it was a wonderful portrait of a lovely, happy human and my favourite in the gallery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-25627520150885060762009-08-26T00:00:26.229-07:002009-08-26T00:00:26.229-07:00It's sad but unsurprising. Why bother doing an...It's sad but unsurprising. Why bother doing any thinking when someone smarter than you can invent dinner party conversation for you to take home with? Your Art Cybermen aren't there to see the art, they're there to be able to tell people they've seen it. Also U's experience speaks to tourist stamp-collecting of the most miserable order.Dr Yobbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032085614743539793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-49167569526636649742009-08-25T22:28:08.054-07:002009-08-25T22:28:08.054-07:00Flinty - I LIKE the masterpieces, but I always fal...Flinty - I LIKE the masterpieces, but I always fall in love with one of the pieces that just scrapes it in :)Ysambarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02360071758069381121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-78803841137393627022009-08-25T16:30:54.567-07:002009-08-25T16:30:54.567-07:00Indeed it does, GB. And if I'd had more time, ...Indeed it does, GB. And if I'd had more time, that's exactly what I would have done. But I knew Dali had been open for a while already. I didn't think the crowds would still be so thick.Flintharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17456024642528783549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-23654030486245889172009-08-25T06:10:37.168-07:002009-08-25T06:10:37.168-07:00When a blockbuster like that ios on the permanent ...When a blockbuster like that ios on the permanent collection galleries are often almost empty - and just a short stroll away at the NGV, which does have a pretty bloody good collection...Guru Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11278263694181625188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-87825688245423674852009-08-25T04:39:47.395-07:002009-08-25T04:39:47.395-07:00I took my daughter around an art gallery, in a qui...I took my daughter around an art gallery, in a quiet time, no one telling us what to think or feel, we loved it. Such a shame to waste a good exhibition like that.Domestic Dazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11367589992134982555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-4771810050969101562009-08-25T04:22:06.854-07:002009-08-25T04:22:06.854-07:00That was my day in the Louvre. the tourist bus vam...That was my day in the Louvre. the tourist bus vampires would run in check out the Venus with no arms, the winged victory with no head and the famous painting of that lisa chick with no way of getting close enough to see it. Funny thing about that museum is if you look up you see beautiful gilded ceilings and frescos because it is in a palace. 9 hours in that place. I saw things that reminded me that humans can also do nice things. I stood less than a foot away from a statue that was sculpted 5000 years ago. a perfect replica of the human form. The vampires missed that because it wasn't one of the famous 3.uamadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584719007745691885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-75089494297330168852009-08-25T03:19:04.810-07:002009-08-25T03:19:04.810-07:00Amen brother. So many sheep want to be told what t...Amen brother. So many sheep want to be told what to think.<br /><br />KireUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01636731785192188490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-45468021775076115742009-08-24T19:53:16.396-07:002009-08-24T19:53:16.396-07:00Here, fuckin, Here.Here, fuckin, Here.Skarburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08438311566093114722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-20995065230440861952009-08-24T19:28:48.758-07:002009-08-24T19:28:48.758-07:00Couldn't agree more and most eloquently put.
...Couldn't agree more and most eloquently put.<br /><br />I bet the first gallery that ever provided headphones did is as a way of not having to pay those folk that use to run a tour of the gallery and speak to the art and speak to the crowd and answer their questions. <br /><br />I also bet it was a person from the marketing or personnel department of the gallery that proposed these head phones and not some one from the curators or anyone who had anything to do with the actual art.<br /><br />They looked at the art as just Product, and they shall burn in hell just as surely as child molesters and those who talk in the theatre.Michael barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08986102144813296339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-11345804850700285062009-08-24T19:09:02.276-07:002009-08-24T19:09:02.276-07:00Dead right. It's such a shame people don't...Dead right. It's such a shame people don't trust themselves to experience their own response.Natalia the Russian Spyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14212332023055043476noreply@blogger.com