MeyerFittings Posted January 24, 2015 Author Report Posted January 24, 2015 Let me refer participants in this discussion to "A Visit To The Asylum For Aged And Decayed Punsters", Oliver Wendell Holmes' description of the ultimate fate of persons in thrall to this form of wordplay. His picture of the seriousness of long-term addiction should be a warning especially to those of us who find ourselves somehow in a state threatening age and decay. QED, as Roman punsters no doubt said. He also said: "We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit playing".
Addie Posted January 24, 2015 Report Posted January 24, 2015 "Dada wouldn't buy me a bauhaus." "I've seen Death of Marat, I'm very fond of that, But I'm really into Bau-au-au-au-au-haus"
Frederick Dale Posted January 24, 2015 Report Posted January 24, 2015 And then,there's the "Spherical Chicken" joke.......
romberg flat Posted January 24, 2015 Report Posted January 24, 2015 Who is this Rorschach guy and why is he always painting pictures of my Parents fighting? Rorschach inkblot test! Took a while until I figured out, but better ever than never. Is this topic some kind of test?
David in NC Posted January 24, 2015 Report Posted January 24, 2015 Funny how violin makers are all "drawn to art".
Stephen Faulk Posted January 25, 2015 Report Posted January 25, 2015 Roger, the Bauhaus is not lost on Yankeeeeeees- We have our themes and variations in pun form: We invented the BowWowHaus, a modernist dog house. Tom Wolfe wrote: "From the Bauhaus to Our House." And if you don't believe me, kimono my house and I'll show you the library!
Stephen Faulk Posted January 25, 2015 Report Posted January 25, 2015 But I know this because my first words were MOMA and DADA.
Addie Posted January 25, 2015 Report Posted January 25, 2015 http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N-9YStmD5HE That's Roger and me in the box.
Addie Posted January 25, 2015 Report Posted January 25, 2015 But I know this because my first words were MOMA and DADA. OK, that was funny.
Stephen Faulk Posted January 25, 2015 Report Posted January 25, 2015 OK, that was funny. Well I stole it, it is a slogan that is a on tee shorts they used to sell at MOMA NY. But it is a pun, the lowest form of humor.
Stephen Faulk Posted January 25, 2015 Report Posted January 25, 2015 At the risk of getting Craigs dander up, I have to say my favorite cubist pictures are by Juan Gris and Braque, not Picasso or Duchamp. Food fight?
Addie Posted January 25, 2015 Report Posted January 25, 2015 Personally, I've always considered great art, great literature, great poetry as either something that flows effortlessly, or something that is so suscinct that I am amazed that a few brush strokes, a paragraph, or a stanza is so profound that I just sit and stare, and mumble "wow" over and over... Because it would take me a hundred brush strokes, or a hundred words to come even close to what was said or done... if I could come even close. This pencil portrait is just a few strokes, but full of emotion. It's a wow, and I don't even like modern art.
Violadamore Posted January 25, 2015 Report Posted January 25, 2015 At the risk of getting Craigs dander up, I have to say my favorite cubist pictures are by Juan Gris and Braque, not Picasso or Duchamp. Food fight? My favorite cubie artist is Scott Adams.
romberg flat Posted January 25, 2015 Report Posted January 25, 2015 http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N-9YStmD5HE That's Roger and me in the box. That was a long time ago, you were much younger... ... Because it would take me a hundred words to come even close to what was said or done... if I could come even close. Well, you know how it goes: "More words, more puns"...
CarloBartolini Posted January 25, 2015 Report Posted January 25, 2015 At the risk of getting Craigs dander up, I have to say my favorite cubist pictures are by Juan Gris and Braque, not Picasso or Duchamp. Food fight? As far as cubism goes my favorite is Ry Cooder's Buena Vista.... or Nick Gold's Afro Cubism .. Tamale or Jollof rice fight?
romberg flat Posted January 25, 2015 Report Posted January 25, 2015 My favorite cubie artist is Scott Adams. ...but the best is Sam Adams. Can turn everyone into cubist... Beer fight?
Martin McClean Posted January 25, 2015 Report Posted January 25, 2015 I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal lobotomy. But the decision will probably rest with the doctors.
romberg flat Posted January 25, 2015 Report Posted January 25, 2015 I don't get no respect. …no, no, you are not disrespected, just punk’d…wanna beer bra?
Craig Tucker Posted January 25, 2015 Report Posted January 25, 2015 At the risk of getting Craigs dander up, I have to say my favorite cubist pictures are by Juan Gris and Braque, not Picasso or Duchamp. Food fight? No risk there Stephen. My dander got shaved off long ago. Everyone has their favorites and many of mine are from a time long past. Picasso was the artist I wasn't going to mention, but since you have I will also. He's not bad at all and so I did not want to dismiss him or his art - but his cubism -to me - is much more primitive than Duchamps. The reason why I brought Dali into the mix is that - regardless of the veritable mountain of crap he produced, when he got serious, some of his oils were verging on photo realism... Far from cubism, I know but there you go. And no one has mentioned Tanguy further yet. He was another artist that went in a slightly different direction back then. OK, abstract, but sometimes very concrete also. One weak point about many artists from that era, is that many of them never got beyond what they did that was acceptable in the realm of surrealism, cubism, or simply their brand of abstract. Renaissance artists, in a very real manner of speaking they are not - I will agree. But oh well, a different time and different things manifest themselves for us to contemplate. Any time you want to talk art don't worry about my dander. My dander is long gone (along with most of my hair, I'm afraid)
Stephen Faulk Posted January 25, 2015 Report Posted January 25, 2015 ...here you go... beer bra.png Sexist pig,......wait ... is that Guiness???
romberg flat Posted January 25, 2015 Report Posted January 25, 2015 Sexist pig,......wait ... is that Guiness??? If you please, that May be Guiness…
romberg flat Posted January 25, 2015 Report Posted January 25, 2015 And no one has mentioned Tanguy further yet. He was another artist that went in a slightly different direction back then. You mean him???
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