7 votes

Obvious classic appropriation humor :)

Posted by tiltedcerebellum
Tags: art, design, comedy
https://www.dezeen.com/2018/06/09/sebastian-errazuriz-functional-sculptures-david-gill-gallery/

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Title
Sebastian Errazuriz "steals" classical artworks to create mischievous design objects
Authors
Ali Morris
Published
Jun 9 2018
Word count
400 words

8 comments

  1. [8]
    aethicglass
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    The execution seems well done, but the concept feels cheap. I like how nicely done the pieces are and the quality of the presentation, but thematically lacks depth in exploring the fundamentals of...

    "It's an act of gluttony and lust to appropriate that which belongs to the sacred world of the arts and use it freely in an exploration of its boundaries within the realm of the functional and the mundane."

    The execution seems well done, but the concept feels cheap. I like how nicely done the pieces are and the quality of the presentation, but thematically lacks depth in exploring the fundamentals of what the original works represented.

    4 votes
    1. [6]
      meristele
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      As the art world includes pieces like Fountain, I'm not sure how outrageous furniture cross crafting is. XD I can't tell if their artist statement is serious or satirical. If it's serious it...

      As the art world includes pieces like Fountain, I'm not sure how outrageous furniture cross crafting is. XD

      I can't tell if their artist statement is serious or satirical. If it's serious it misses the mark. If it's satirical it's funny...but should be more over the top.

      2 votes
      1. [5]
        aethicglass
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        I remember an "Artist's Statement Generator" that was floating around a while ago (maybe 8 or 9 years ago?) that would just string together popular phrases into a grammatically correct, dense...

        I remember an "Artist's Statement Generator" that was floating around a while ago (maybe 8 or 9 years ago?) that would just string together popular phrases into a grammatically correct, dense packet of jargon. I even knew a few calarts kids who used it to come up with their statements because they couldn't be bothered. Any time I read a statement that resembles that generator's output, I can't help but feel like it was phoned-in.

        Edit: I don't remember if it was the same one, but this one is pretty good.

        2 votes
        1. [4]
          meristele
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          ROFL! Oh my. How many classes and credits did I take. How many debates and essays over the semesters... my degree can be exchanged for a bollocks generator! This link seriously made my day. It's...

          Ever since I was a pre-adolescent I have been fascinated by the traditional understanding of the mind

          ROFL! Oh my. How many classes and credits did I take. How many debates and essays over the semesters... my degree can be exchanged for a bollocks generator! This link seriously made my day. It's like reading the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest

          2 votes
          1. [3]
            aethicglass
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            Holy smokes. These are perfect. I don't know what they're perfect for, but they're perfect.

            It was said among the Khalid of the western deserts that a woman should be a hyena in the kitchen, a giraffe in the garden, and a pelican in the bathroom, although nobody now knew what this was supposed to mean.

            A sweaty Hector threw off his shirt, passion burning, skin glistening, his deodorant congealed to little chunks ensnared among the matted jungle of his armpits like so many crumbles of pungent blue cheese over a bed of sprouts, moistened with a dressing of perspiration, and lustily asked, "Are you as hungry as I am?" to the confused busboy.

            One day—though this was no average day, it was gloomy; uncharacteristically forecast for mid-July, yet not extraordinary considering the geographic location, on the northern coast of Germany, where drastic changes in weather are indeed quite common although not so common that they were expected yet common enough to leave no one shocked by the small gathering of clouds above their heads—Linda went on a walk down the street.

            Holy smokes. These are perfect. I don't know what they're perfect for, but they're perfect.

            3 votes
            1. [2]
              silva-rerum
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              That last one, though. Have you ever had a dream that you, um, you had, your, you- you could, you’ll do, you- you wants, you, you could do so, you- you’ll do, you could- you, you want, you want...

              That last one, though. Have you ever had a dream that you, um, you had, your, you- you could, you’ll do, you- you wants, you, you could do so, you- you’ll do, you could- you, you want, you want them to do you so much you could do anything?

              Edit: Your comment makes me wish we could save things on Tildes ;_;

              2 votes
              1. aethicglass
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                It's fascinating to watch a sentence self-destruct because of its own horribly incompetent structure. First year composition students are a gold mine for this sort of thing. One essay stuck in my...

                It's fascinating to watch a sentence self-destruct because of its own horribly incompetent structure. First year composition students are a gold mine for this sort of thing. One essay stuck in my mind as a notable worst-of-the-worst because I couldn't extract a single meaningful statement from the three page jumble of words. Absolutely none of it made a lick of sense.

                3 votes
    2. tiltedcerebellum
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      Yep, my thought process ran a similar direction which is why I added “Obvious” to the title. ;-)

      Yep, my thought process ran a similar direction which is why I added “Obvious” to the title. ;-)

      1 vote