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The Irritating Gentleman, Berthold Woltze. Germany (1829 – 1896)

FS says: I love this because it speaks very much to the sociological effect of modernity. Suddenly people were trapped in carriages with other people more and more often, and middle class women were suddenly traveling alone far more often than ever before. This meant that there was a huge need for cultural rules to come into play, rules we see and use to this day. Imagine you are in a bus, do you look at people around you? In the eyes? Do you speak with people you sit next to? How about in elevators? Probably not. This is the social conditioning of urbane modernity. And it started when people were thrown more and more together for longer periods. 

Basically its this guy’s fault that you feel so alone in a crowd. 

I find it utterly fascinating that “irritating gentlemen” have been a problem on public transportation for so long. The weary look on this woman’s face says it all. I have worn that look many times.

The Nice Guy, c 19th century.

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fuckyeahtattoos:

Unicorn in Captivity tapestry, now Unicorn in Captivity tattoo. Done by Bok at Kayden Creations in Hollywood, Ca.

This picture was taken a few months ago right after a session, there was one more session after this where he worked on the actual unicorn a little more…but this is the best picture i have, and the final session didn’t change it dramatically.

I honestly couldn’t be happier with the work Bok did. I wanted the tattoo to be as close as possible to the original artwork, and he definitely went above and beyond my expectations…it’s the most detailed work i’ve ever seen, and i’m so proud that I get to carry it with me for the rest of my life.

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artfortune:

A thief in Paris planned to steal some paintings from the Louvre. After carefully planning, he got past security, stole the paintings and made it safely to his van. However, he was captured only two blocks away when his van ran out of gas.

When asked how he could mastermind such a crime and then make such an obvious error, he replied:

“Monsieur, I had no Monet to buy Degas to make the Van Gogh.”

(And you thought I lacked De Gaulle to post a story like this.)

sympathyfortheartgallery:

At the height of Abstract Expressionists utter domination in the US art market, a group of very smart younger (non-stars at the time) artists dethroned the Ab-Exers…not through some clever manipulation of the market system, not through calls for new regulations or new laws, but instead WITH THEIR ART!!!

Most notably, Jasper Johns mocked abstract expressionism with (among other works) his canvas titled “Painting with Two Balls” (see above) so effectively that along with similar efforts by Rauschenberg and Stella, etc. it essentially disemboweled the dominance in the market of Ab Ex work. Edward_ Winkleman - Painting with two balls.

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The Elephants (Dali)

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iheartmyart:

Art Project of the Day: In his animated GIF series “Selected,” artist Mike Guppy replaces the subjects of well-known paintings with a colony of marching ants.

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