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Art Teacher Loses Job After Kids See Nude Sculpture

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:24:21 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Well, no vagina clips and no nude art.....

In what might be the most ridiculous fooforaw (or argle bargle) since Marge Simpson brought Michelangelo's David to Springfield, an award-winning Texas art teacher has lost her job after a fifth grade field trip to the Dallas Museum of Art ended with parental complaints that kids had seen a nude sculpture. Sydney Mcgee, who has taught art for 28 years, was first reprimanded, and then relieved of her duties at Fisher Elementary School, Friday, after the school board voted not to renew her contract. Given this precedent, maybe local science teachers should avoid taking students to the zoo just in case the animals are... you know?

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Tags: art, kids, nude, sculpture

10 Amazing Smoke Art Pieces

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:27:55 GMT

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10 Amazing Smoke Art Pieces

This mesmerizing image was created using smoke and is titled 'Jaws'. (Link)

Sublime, beautiful and sensual ... absolutely unique inspiration of smoke art. (Link)

By photographer Dave Barstow. (Link)

Check out Mehmet Ozgur's awe-inspiring "smoke works" photography. (Link | Photo)

Inspiration of digital art and illustration, by graphic designer Ruslan Latypov. (Link)

Irene Muller examines the inner wisps and curls of colored smoke, producing photographs worthy to be framed in the process. This is the smoke that's produced in explosive interaction with electricity. (Link)

This incredible piece was called Darklord. (Link)

Really very creative smoke art. (Link)

Nice smoke art fish. (Link)

The most basic combination of elements: fire and air (smoke) - make an endlessly thrilling and enchanting dance of evolving forms. (Link)

"Farting" Bull Sculpture....AWESOME ART

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:32:22 GMT

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clipper's remarks: ...I thought I'd seen everything...until THIS HIT MY EYEBALLS !

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Big Farting Bull In Little China

Beijing’s burgeoning art district has a new symbol for its growing influence in the global art world -a giant farting bull.

Created by sculptor Chen Wenling, the 20-foot statue depicts, well, a big fiberglass bull that rams a devil figure with its horns while making whoopie so hard the devil crashes into a wall.

Controlling the Message: The Art Brownshirting in America

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:36:49 GMT

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We Artists are Indestructible

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:09:07 GMT

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Tags: art

"The Artist in Chief" and "Navigating the Art of Change”

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:50:11 GMT

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clipper's remarks: To borrow a line from the Artist in Chief, I’m “fired up and ready to go.”

Am I starting to sound like an advocate? Well, that seems to be a touchy subject. Some quote-unquote “journalists” have recently accused this agency of losing its independence and becoming a propaganda machine. While I want to state in no uncertain terms that the NEA is not a political agency and that when art becomes propaganda I lose all interest in it, I also want everyone to know that the days of a defensive NEA are over. We have a plan and we are going to, quote, “advocate” for it.

Remember, please, that the NEA is an unusual agency within the federal government. We have always been considered the champions of the arts and artists in the public sector. In a sense, we do “advocate” for them in a way that the IRS doesn’t advocate for taxes or the FCC for bandwidth. We promote the arts.

We Know Art Works: Rocco Landesman Addresses Grantmakers in the Arts

Clip Source: www.arts.gov

And I hope that you will tell us about it. We are opening up a page on the NEA’s web site – www.arts.gov – where each of you, and any of your colleagues can post examples and stories of how art works in your own communities. I will also be posting dispatches from the stops on my tour.

We need to compare notes, we need to get together and find where the best ideas are–in fact we are planning a gathering in the spring on art and neighborhood revitalization and we hope to have your active participation in that–but we need to do more than talk. We need to begin lasting partnerships in this arena, and there is nothing that will give Congress more confidence when appropriations time comes than showing how we–the public and private sectors–are working towards a common purpose.

And we need to start yesterday. Between the time of my nomination and confirmation I reached out to a number of important foundation leaders and my conversations with them were more than encouraging.

Tags: "art-works"-arts.gov, nea, rocco landesman, neighborhood, partnerships

Animated ASCII ART Gallery

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:43:19 GMT

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Clip Source: www.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca

The art of Bernard Pras

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:51:40 GMT

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‘ Pras was born in 1952 in the south-west of France in a toy shop. After more than 20 years spent as a painter, and also a sculptor of recovered objects, Pras conceived in 1997, an astonishing form of expression, using photography as a basis for the creation of what amounts to a form of installation art. Pras’s work does not illustrate the painter’s art but the way the eye views an object. In fact, brush and paint are replaced by the object itself. By anamorphosis he creates a picture in relief and gives birth to portraits by randomly accumulating common objects. Pras sets up his camera at a well-defined angle so that the objects themselves merge and a portrait appears from this bric-à-brac - the work of art is accomplished ! The photograph is the only remaining trace of this ephemeral work.’ Link here.

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The genius of underground art (56 pics)

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:03:52 GMT

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The genius of underground art (56 pics)

I admit, I have long been a fan of Banksy art. He is a very talented artist.
If you remember, his works were exhibited in the Bristol's City Museum and Art Gallery.
Here are some more of his amazing artworks.

[Banksy]

Gum Art

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:41:17 GMT

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GUM ART

Italian artist Maurizio Savini creates the most amazing sculptures out of pink chewing gum exhibiting them all throughout Europe. He even sold each one of them for at least 40.000€.

The rest accidentally ended up on the bottom of art patron's shoes.

Tags: arts, gum

Bodypainting art by Andy Golub

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:25:27 GMT

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Bodypainting art by Andy Golub

Starry Starry Night

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:00:15 GMT

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clipper's remarks: My daughter just studied Van Gogh's Starry Night in art class and the teacher asked every student to draw their own version of Starry Night. Her picture is wonderful; I might frame it.

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Tags: vincent van gogh, art, don mclean

I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS !!!

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:59:32 GMT

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Dog Carpets are not Art but MURDER!

petition overview | letter

We signed the "Dog Carpets are not Art but MURDER!" petition!

3:34 am PDT, Oct 13, Name not displayed, Canada
People shouldn´t even FINANCE THE MEAL TICKET THAT IS "ART". Nothing productive comes out of "ART" or the mostly rich, ´j, paranoid schizophrenics that are "ARTISTS".

If murder is art than the next homicides should be called art. "I killed so and so because it was a great from of expressing myself." Bullshit. Try that in court.

signature
goal: 2,000

3,701
signatures!

3:22 am PDT, Oct 13, S. Butt, United Kingdom
This is absolutely horrendous, I really didn't think that the human race had sunk so low!!!

This is NOT art. No way in this world can MURDER be called ART, it's MURDER FOR PROFIT

15 Amazing Sandwich Art Creation

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:47:20 GMT

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15 Amazing Sandwich Art Creations

Collection of unusual sandwiches and creative sandwich art that will make you want to play with your food.

Rubik’s Cube Sandwich

This cool sandwich contains cubes of pastrami, kielbasa, pork fat, salami, and two types of cheddar. [link]

Winnie The Pooh Sandwich

Pooh Bear inspired sandwich by Mark Northeas. [link]

Dumbbell Sandwich

After eating this sandwich, you will have to pump some real iron to burn off the calories. [link]

Nike Sandwich

Terrified Sandwich

Tie Sandwich

Pac-Man Sandwich

Drying Laundry Sandwich

Spongebob Sandwich

Bacon Sandwich

Computer Mouse Sandwich

Sushi Sandwich

Pair of Aces Sandwich

Piano Sandwich

Wall-E Sandwich

Tags: sandwich art

Hungarian French Artist Victor Vasarely Museum Under Threat of Closure

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:47:07 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Unique architecture suffering from neglect
A petition has been set up to ask the French government to step in and save the landmark building from total decline

Vasarely was born in Hungary in 1906 and died in Paris in 1997. During his lifetime, his works were honoured with a number of awards including the Guggenheim prize, the French Legion of Honor, the art critics prize at Brussels and the gold medal at the Milan triennale

Vasarely’s identity in the art world was based on his experimentations with optical illusion and the use of line, colour toning and size variation

Permanent exhibition faces closure

Vasarely began a degree in medicine in Budapest before abandoning his studies to pursue his passion for art. He went on to design the official spiral-shaped logo of the Munich Olympic games

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Grosses Kristall seriograph on paper

Familial intrigue and encroaching damp may mean the Vasarely Foundation Museum in Aix-en-Provence will have to close. A look at the unique building and some of the artist’s work on display in Galerie am Dom in Frankfurt until 5 November

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The organisation founded in 1976 to promote and protect Victor Vasarely‘s work has been left penniless

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Louisiana IV

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Idom 3

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Paintings at the museum

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Vasarely began a degree in medicine in Budapest before abandoning his studies to pursue his passion for art.

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Since the artist’s death in Paris in 1997, his estate has been mired in successive controversies

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Grosses kristall 1970

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Visitors to the museum have long been noticing the damp and collapsing ceilings that threaten the spectacular building with closure. The petition can be signed here

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Meanwhile, an exhibition of Vasarely’s work is being shown from 26 September to 5 November 2009 at the Galerie am Dom in Frankfurt, Germany. For more information visit this link

Tags: art, culture, france, frankfurt, hongrie, musée, photographie