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RipVanWinkle, on 02 May 2011 - 03:44 PM, said:

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My first try at making a stencil. I cut one using a cardboard box, and one using acetate.

Ron, That Stencil is freakin' Awesome!!!!!

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MelvinsArmy, on 12 May 2011 - 10:20 AM, said:

Lucien Marc Smith.

I think this is on display somewhere in NYC right now. I don't think I'll be going out of my way to see it though as I don't think it's a sculpture but rather just a Haro Sport on display as art in a gallery. Readymades are so 1915. Plus, he doesn't know his subject worth a shit, check out the stem. I hate lazy artists. That's my art criticism of the day.

Yeah - nothing to see there really. just a Haro Sport.
In that realm, you can see more artistic creations on the local Craigslist.
Not sure what he was going for there.

If it was nostalgia, The most nostalgic thing on that bike are the words "Coke is it!"
I like that pad.

[ToddH]

[MelvinsArmy]

Matt, I'm not sure what he's going for either. I have noticed a trend in the art world lately, a kind of "I'm making things that look cool, but I'm really lazy about it" thing going on. There's a lot of it going on recently. I can't remember any of the artist's names though because their work is all totally forgettable.

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MelvinsArmy, on 12 May 2011 - 11:04 AM, said:

Matt, I'm not sure what he's going for either. I have noticed a trend in the art world lately, a kind of "I'm making things that look cool, but I'm really lazy about it" thing going on. There's a lot of it going on recently. I can't remember any of the artist's names though because their work is all totally forgettable.

Yeah - it's a sad transition.
I equate it due partly to this new world of blogging artists. Feeling justified to just Re-Blog other things they like on other people's blogs - posting it as their own and getting all the accolades...

I guess they're just bringing that lazy mind-set into real life. more and more.

I really wonder what the real-life feedback of that bike-piece was - to his face.
There are just SO many reasons why it's a half-assed attempt. it's not like he was trying to show a nice bike or the era, or even a functional bike, What makes it art? the fact that it's almost functionless?....

and nice f'ing pedestal... a store bought bike stand .... Real clever. Thanks to him for taking it out of context for us to see it in a new light. LOL.

[lboorse2]

GLWS

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lboorse2, on 12 May 2011 - 03:12 PM, said:

GLWS

Exactly!

[S.Brothers]

is it art?

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S.Brothers, on 17 May 2011 - 11:31 AM, said:

is it art?

It is art.
It's also a rusty fence.

[Chevron Envy]

Is "readymade" an actual art term for re-purposing common items as "art"?

Reminds me of a quote from Bono (of U2) from many years ago...he said, "If you don't know what it is, it's art".

Chevron Envy - a guy who knows very little about art.

[MelvinsArmy]

Looks like some kind of art to me Steve. I suppose in our label-obsessed society it would fall into the folk art category.

Chevron Envy, on 17 May 2011 - 05:56 PM, said:

Is "readymade" an actual art term for re-purposing common items as "art"?

Reminds me of a quote from Bono (of U2) from many years ago...he said, "If you don't know what it is, it's art".

Chevron Envy - a guy who knows very little about art.

Yes, Readymade is a term made popular in art by Marcel Duchamp. He's the guy in the first pic in this thread, with the bicycle wheel on the stool. Duchamp was a genius, most of the people who point to him as an influence are just lazy.

http://en.wikipedia...._Marcel_Duchamp

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[Chevron Envy]

Wooh, that's pretty cool. I like.

Man, the stuff I learn on this forums - "readymade" is something that I could describe but I had no idea there was a term for it. I also just attributed it as someone being lazy.

Then again, I have NO IDEA about art. My neighbor in the college dorms was named Art however, he was kinda "emo" which I always thought was kinda of coincidental.

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Chevron Envy, on 17 May 2011 - 07:00 PM, said:

Then again, I have NO IDEA about art. My neighbor in the college dorms was named Art however, he was kinda "emo" which I always thought was kinda of coincidental.

That's pretty funny. I'd think most emo kids are too busy sulking to ever create anything. I always find it interesting, peoples' perception of what a typical artist is like. Too often it seems like the word "artist" and "homosexual" go hand in hand. In reality, artists are as different as any other group of people. Actually, as a group they are probably more different among themselves than any other group. I suppose it makes sense that creative types would come in all shapes and forms. They wouldn't be very creative if they all looked the same and did the same things.

Art is my favorite thing to talk about. Never mind my ramblings, I could talk about this all day. And then all night.

[Chevron Envy]

I like, appreciate, and enjoy art. I just don't know anything about it. I mean, hey I could identify an MC Escher drawing but somehow I don't think that qualifies as a discerning art critic.

Sorry, I was casting dispersions with the art student / emo link but I've loved to draw my entire life. I do it now, with the aid of a computer, for my business. My college was a very artsy college (Kutztown University of PA) that was HUGE in "communication design" so I had a lot of friends from school who were in the art program. Some were emo, but most were not.

I'll keep learning.

[S.Brothers]

it's time we considered BMX music here in the arts thread...

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OK, so I f'd up the mags, lol. Oh well. They had an intersection at the art fair in my town today with a ton of chalk laying out there for anyone to draw with. This was mine. It's maybe around actual size more or less.

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Nice job on the DG, DG.