Art
The (upside down?) art of Prince Andrew
Prince Andrew has been in the news lately, but this post isn't about the various scandals besetting him. Instead, it's about the prince's brief foray into the world of art, when he was a teenager.At the age of 17, he completed an oil painting which he titled "Canadian Landscape." It was displayed at the Windsor Festival, which was an exhibition that gathered together works related to the Royal Family from Tudor times to the present.
I'm sure his painting must have been in color, but the AP image archive has a photo of it in black-and-white. As seen below.
As I was looking at the picture, I kept thinking that it didn't visually make much sense. Of course, perhaps it was intended to be an abstract work, but out of curiosity I flipped it around, at which point it immediately made a lot more sense. At least, I think so. See below for comparison. So, I'm pretty sure that the AP archive has his picture upside-down — and it's had it that way for years.
What I wonder is if this is just a screw-up by the AP archive, or was his painting actually displayed that way? Does Prince Andrew's painting deserve a place in the WU Gallery of Art Hung Upside-Down?
Posted By: Alex - Fri Nov 22, 2019 -
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Category: Art, Royalty
Juvenile Offender
Throw the book at her!Source.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 21, 2019 -
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Category: Art, Crime, Toys, Children, 1930s, Postal Services
Dirty diapers as art
Artist Mary Kelly’s 1976 exhibit at the Insitute of Contemporary Art in London consisted of a framed series of soiled liners from her kid’s diapers. Below the fecal stains, she listed what her kid had eaten in order to produce the marks.The exhibit provoked outrage. Siona Wilson, in her book Art Labor, Sex Politics: Feminist Effects in 1970s British Art and Performance, notes, "Kelly was forced to go into hiding for a time to avoid the unwanted media attention."
More info: vice.com, MaryKellyArtist.com
The Twin Falls Times-News - Oct 17, 1976
Posted By: Alex - Mon Nov 11, 2019 -
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Category: Art, Babies, 1970s
Deeply Artificial Trees
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 05, 2019 -
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Category: Aliens, Art, Surrealism, Body Modifications, Psychedelic
Upside-Down Art
For quite some time, because I'm an information packrat, I've been collecting examples of art that was accidentally hung upside-down or sideways. I finally deciced to arrange all the examples together and added them to the site as a Gallery of Art Hung Upside-Down.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Nov 01, 2019 -
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Category: Art
Brain Bats of Venus
Just out is the second volume chronicling the improbable career of one of the chief Weirdo artists of all time, Basil Wolverton. Required reading for all WU-vies--and a great gift idea!
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 31, 2019 -
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Category: Art, Surrealism, Eccentrics, Books, Twentieth Century
Artwork Khrushchev Probably Would Not Have Liked 24
Posted By: Paul - Sat Oct 26, 2019 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, 1930s, Genitals
Nara’s Doodles
A painting by Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara recently sold for $24.9 million at Sotheby’s Hong Kong. This has had an inflationary effect on the value of all his works, including some doodles that he drew ten years ago, on the spur of the moment, on various walls in the Manhattan bar Niagara, where he happened to be drinking. It’s now figured that the doodles are worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. More info: CNN
Posted By: Alex - Sat Oct 19, 2019 -
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Category: Art, Overpriced Merchandise
Mystery Illustration 87
Two of the biggest stars of Hollywood's Golden Age. Can you possibly tell who, from this off-model illo?
Answer is here (page 12).
Or after the jump.
More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Fri Oct 18, 2019 -
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Category: Art, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Movies
Minimum Wage Machine
Created by artist Blake Fall-Conroy:So, if this is installed in a museum, do people actually get to keep whatever money they get from it? I'm pretty sure some people would stand there cranking it all day.
Bad quality video of the machine in action:
via TYWKIWDBI
Posted By: Alex - Thu Oct 10, 2019 -
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Category: Art, Boredom, Money
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