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    Image of MincnglyWhrdL'mer MincnglyWhrdL'mer
    05/16/09

    In reply to Art With a Long Shelf Life
    survey time. "away from the flock", the original



    or the alejandra tavolini parody?



    hirst? (physical impossibility of death in the mind of someone... bla-bla-bla)



    or tavolini?


    >img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CeR_r9Lzpvs/RsxxMDc-LmI/AAAAAAAAARs/XrNEVlrpOPs/s320/tiburon+baja+definicion.jpg"

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    Image of MincnglyWhrdL'mer MincnglyWhrdL'mer
    05/16/09

    ahem: or tavolini?


    img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CeR_r9Lzpvs/RsxxMDc-LmI/AAAAAAAAARs/XrNEVlrpOPs/s320/tiburon+baja+definicion.jpg"

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    Image of MincnglyWhrdL'mer MincnglyWhrdL'mer
    05/16/09

    HTML FAIL


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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    05/16/09

    In reply to Art With a Long Shelf Life
    In the spirit of nathanst's comment, please enjoy Mel Brooks' first film in its entirety:
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    Image of seancasio seancasio
    05/15/09

    In reply to Art With a Long Shelf Life
    I love it how Mark Ruffalo and Vincent D'Onofrio are finally interchangeable.
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    Image of HiredGoons HiredGoons
    05/15/09

    In reply to Art With a Long Shelf Life
    This is a bit hard to swallow.
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    Image of sparklyharempants sparklyharempants
    05/15/09

    In reply to Art With a Long Shelf Life
    The Saatchi family made Hirst famous. Not that he doesn't have talent, but the way artists become Art Stars is often infuriating because it only somewhat has to do with talent: It's mostly about politics (surprise, surprise).


    Furthermore, I think Hirst needs to step up; he's been coasting on his fame for a while now, not doing anything new.

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    Image of MincnglyWhrdL'mer MincnglyWhrdL'mer
    05/16/09

    @sparklylegwarmers: no, ya think? didn't like the giant anatomical model or diamond skull?
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    Image of sparklyharempants sparklyharempants
    05/16/09

    @The Boulevard of Broken Queens: Just call me Captain Obvious, then. I'm glad to know that opinion is out there, and not just my own irritation. Note: I have not been reading my art mags or otherwise keeping up on a lot of the art world lately, unfortunately.
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    Image of MincnglyWhrdL'mer MincnglyWhrdL'mer
    05/17/09

    @sparklylegwarmers: that was meant to be more conspiritorial than snarky - yeah damien's needed to step it up for YEARS
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    Image of WhiteMan'sBourbon WhiteMan'sBourbon
    05/15/09

    In reply to Art With a Long Shelf Life
    At first glance I thought it was the world's most awesome Matchbox Car collection.
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    Image of mmstk101 mmstk101
    05/15/09

    @antisocialite: Hah! Me too. I think I need glasses.
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    Image of TedSez TedSez
    05/15/09

    In reply to Art With a Long Shelf Life
    Jeez, Damien, all I did was ask if you had an Advil.
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    Image of nathanst nathanst
    05/15/09

    In reply to Art With a Long Shelf Life
    what am I looking at?


    What is this?


    Is there a mirror behind the shelves?


    I don't even

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    Image of nathanst nathanst
    05/15/09

    @nathanst: okay so I've grasped that those are pills and not dried play-doh sculptures.
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    Image of Claire Buoyant Claire Buoyant
    05/15/09

    @nathanst: Jezebel had a close-up photo of the installation:


    [jezebel.com]


    I have no idea if those pills are real or specially made by Hirst, because some of them look HUMONGOUS.

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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    05/16/09

    @Claire Buoyant: I'm assuming that big orange one isn't intended to go into your face.
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    Image of MincnglyWhrdL'mer MincnglyWhrdL'mer
    05/16/09

    @nathanst: actually, they are painted polymer 'pills' - like roxy paine's mushrooms. so your first instinct was close


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    Image of Alaska Miller Alaska Miller
    05/15/09

    In reply to Art With a Long Shelf Life
    why is he famous for playing with toys?
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    Image of bjonston bjonston
    12/01/08

    In reply to Pretentious Art Scene About To Jump The Formaldehyde Shark
    I swiped this from someone who posted it over the weekend, but it gives you a very clear and succinct picture of the Miami experience. Enjoy!

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    Image of PandoraSpocks PandoraSpocks
    12/01/08

    In reply to Pretentious Art Scene About To Jump The Formaldehyde Shark
    And it's about time.
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    Image of flossy flossy
    12/01/08

    In reply to Pretentious Art Scene About To Jump The Formaldehyde Shark
    Nobody's allowed to admit that they have fun at Miami Basel. Usually it's all, "Oh god, what a decadent waste of time, you can't see the art for all the partying parvenues," this year, like everything else, it's Just Not The Same Because Of The Economy.


    Of course, try floating the idea that if you don't like it then maybe you shouldn't go. Now that's insanity.

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    Image of ambitious ambitious
    12/01/08

    @flossy: To be fair, many of us have to go for work. I'd love to skip everything but the free drinks. I really hate fancy malls.
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    Image of nonce nonce
    12/01/08

    In reply to Pretentious Art Scene About To Jump The Formaldehyde Shark
    Art fairs are so the suckers can have a party; most buying and selling still goes on in back rooms of galleries.


    And this is good news for young artists who wouldn't get in Art Basel anyway because collectors still want to collect, they just are going to look for people whose work might get big. Same thing happenend in the early '90s.


    (No joke, here, just being servicey. I sold $3,000 in Difficult Art this year and I don't even have a gallery.)

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    Image of Dickens_Ghost Dickens_Ghost
    12/01/08

    @nonce: Okay, I'll bite. What is "difficult art" (too lazy to google)?
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    Image of bjonston bjonston
    12/01/08

    In reply to Pretentious Art Scene About To Jump The Formaldehyde Shark
    For those of you who won't be able to make it down to my lovely neck of the woods for this year's Art Basel, allow me me to summarize what you'll be missing:


    Traffic, assholes, douchebags and old farts (native and imported). Loads of stupidity, plenty of attitude and nowhere to park. Also, bad service and mean people everywhere.

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    Image of bytememehard bytememehard
    12/01/08

    @bjonston: I thought it was in Miami, not NYC.
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    Image of bjonston bjonston
    12/01/08

    @bytememehard: Dude, Miami these days makes NYC look like, I don't know, Burlington Vermont or Dubuque Iowa, in the asshole/bad attitude department. I shit you not. New York City if where I go when I need a break from all the douchebags and ignorant asswipes that populate the Sunshine State.
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    Image of Vela Vela
    12/01/08

    @bjonston: Ha, thanks for posting that. I was leaning towards going until realizing how much I hate even driving through Miami.


    God, I can't wait to get out of this state.

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    Image of bjonston bjonston
    12/01/08

    @Vela: Yeah. I've been living down here going on six years and the closest I've ever gotten to going to an Art Basel event is spending 45 minutes driving through a two blocks long cluster-fuck of traffic in the Design District on my way home from work.


    Let me know when you figure out how to get out of here, 'cause I'll join you.

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    Image of DennyCrane DennyCrane
    12/01/08

    In reply to Pretentious Art Scene About To Jump The Formaldehyde Shark
    If I don't see dogs playing poker, I don't care.
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    Image of Mrs Smith Mrs Smith
    12/01/08

    @DennyCrane: Apparently, those are still selling pretty well...


    [hauspa.squarespace.com]

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    Image of DennyCrane DennyCrane
    12/01/08

    @Mrs Smith: Some works are simply timeless.
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