Every now and then you see or hear a piece of art where something clicks, and you’re like, “Oh. OHHHH!”
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Knox grabbed a painting from the wall to hurl, titled “Clazner Ruwk by Kneekniff Roule.” BUt when he was about to throw it, it caught his attention and he looked closer and closer at it, mesmerized. He finally stammered, “It’s so… beautiful. I… art… I’m so moved. art, I think… I think I get it now.” Looking over at the brawl, Rodrigo said, “I love that, but are you sure this is quite the time?”
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“Rainy day on Rainy Day” is what gets me every time.
It’s actually by Fleebar Glim, one of Roule’s employees. Roule runs a slimeshop of hack artists mass-producing paintings for home design stores and luxury liner “art shows”. Thoos’ parents probably have a warehouse full of them.
Shouldn’t the painting appear upside-down in the second frame?
Unless it is some kind of advanced alien medium or canvas that senses the direction of gravity to re-align automatically so that abstract painting are *never* displayed upside-down?
That’s current human technology. Tablets and phones do that.
Seemingly Prahhk never saw fit to invest in that tech, despite his PR team.
I used to work near Tate Modern in London. Most of my fellow engineers were not interested in art – particularly not in modern art.
I was able to persuade a few to go across the road and look at the exhibits. I’d tell them “You’ll think a lot of it is rubbish, then something will catch you and you’ll love it. And it won’t be the same as what others love.” And so it was.
My partner loved Hurst’s skulls; I didn’t. We both loved the Exploded Shed.
The thing that really got to me was when Tate Modern had a Picasso exhibition, including the original paintings Guernica and The Weeping Woman. I’m sure many of you have seen these in reproduction, as I had. But seeing the originals, close up enough to see the brush marks, and with an explanation of the context, made a huge impression on me. The Weeping Woman with the broken up face made perfect sense when you realised it was about the horrors of the Spanish Civil War and the destruction of lives it involved.
I don’t know much about art, but…
It is indeed quite refreshing to see that particularly famous painting by Kneekniff Roule, who became an intragalactic celebrity upon selling his roulneethdunk * franchise and thereafter devoting himself to the pursuit of excellence in so very many of the fine arts.
* Regarding roulneethdunk and those delicious roulneeths, see the 04/23/20 strip.
I’m not surprised. I’ve seen the work of Ed “Big Daddy” Roth have the same effect on people.
Do not dismiss the power of the Rat Fink.
Thanks to introducing me to that, didn’t know his work until now, but it’s quite something.
A bit like Daniel Johnston meets Whacky Races.
I saw Van Gogh’s Starry Night Over the Rhône in the Louvre a few weeks ago and it was mesmerising. I’ve seen images of it, but the real thing was a different experience.