I will concur that Basquiat had the hottest hair of any artist ever.

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Ahhaha! Yeah... exactly like that.

@BadUncle:

I should stay out of the "Art" threads. It can only lead to trouble.

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I do like pretty landscapes. But I would say my favorite living artist is Antonio Lopez Garcia. I love Claudio Bravo, Odd Nerdrum, Daniel Sprick, Steven Assael, Will Wilson, William Beckman as just a few examples of my personal taste.

And to be honest I shouldn't have labeled abstract as "crap" because that's a huge generalization, and although it's not my particular leaning there is most definitely some that I find interesting and much that has value for many people.

I was just being a jerk and small-minded.

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Ahahhaaha! Can I still laugh even though it's not a joke?

My brother took acid and personally met Bullwinkle once.

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I despise his stuff! It's so, so, SO ugly. I'm not into abstract... but I would look at abstract crap all day long before spending a moment with one of Currin's paintings. And yes, they are SO overrated and overvalued... it's mind-boggling.

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Another thing that bugs me- every article about Currin marvels that his technique is to use something magical called glazes, some like Calvin Tomkins (iirc) in the New Yorker going as far as to claim he single-handedly rediscovered the technique from..yore. Uh, no- the technique is taught in every serious painting program in any reputable art school. Currin's rubber-chicken figures, cartoonish sensibility- no wonder he's descended to painting porn. It really does appeal to collectors at that level- so subversive!- but clearly, he's incapable of painting ...so old- fashioned to say....beauty.

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Hey collectors and Currin fans! If you like shitty painting with a porny sensibility, allow me to introduce you to Martin Eder's "Woman Masturbating Surrounded By Bad Towels (2006)."

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Currin rules. Never mind if you don't like the subject matter-- he's the master of his material. A painter's painter and a true anomaly today, is he.

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You. Could. Paint. It. Yourself.

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Seriously, think you can do a better job? Go for it. Why the hell not. If getting millions (or even thousands) for (what is deemed by some) as shite work is so easy, then why don't you try it?

Hell, why don't we all?

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All the while, summer break was quieter than usual, fairs have been sucking eggs, people are scaling back on Miami, etc. etc. Galleries closing (Plane Space, Clementine, probably Rivington Arms) . . . It's like, no one wants to let on that they know shits getting ill because then it will be true. But it is.

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Not only was I not hired, I was told by my interviewer that if I pursued my intended career path, I would "end up managing some podunk gallery in Kansas because there are no art jobs in New York City."

Now I have an awesome job that I love, in the arts, in New York City. So suck it Rivington Arms. I hope those semen-stained Dash Snow pieces are cold comfort when you close!

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I'm with you. And the fact that it's so coveted by some blows my mind. My three year old nephew's work is of a much higher aesthetic quality, and I can get it for free.

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Shit. For $5 million, I'll let you have visitation rights with the artist himself.

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You do know I'm not being paid to write comprehensive art reviews here, right?

And I agree my nephew would have something much more interesting to say. It would probably involve ice cream, bumblebees, and Thomas the Tank Engine.

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