Bob Ross

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  • failedpersephone
    failedpersephone Posts: 3,424
    jamie uk wrote:
    Hey, do you reckon they got Rothko in to do the wallpaper? Imagine the scene at the art studio...

    Artist to apprentice
    "man my arm aches from doing all these dogs, and you've done a nice job of that clock. Oh, I can't be arsed with the background.....send that baldy fella in, the one who answers the phones, let that useless get do it, he's only good at doing backgrounds"

    Apprentice to baldy chap on front desk
    "Hey Mark, fancy doing some little blue splodges for us?"
    :D:D:D:D:p
    AH!! bwahahahahahahaaaaa!!!!

    "fancy doing some blue splodges for us!!"

    I peed.
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  • JonnyPistachio
    JonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    just to enlighten you all...I actually surfed in a bob Ross painting once. Yep, inside the painting! There was oil paint all over my board and belly region. Maybe just a little in my hair too.

    No, seriously...I recorded like 20 episodes and put them on dvd, and i put them on as a background company all the time. The beach scenes get me every time. I just wana be inside that painting!
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  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    JonnyPistachio wrote:
    just to enlighten you all...I actually surfed in a bob Ross painting once. Yep, inside the painting! There was oil paint all over my board and belly region. Maybe just a little in my hair too.

    No, seriously...I recorded like 20 episodes and put them on dvd, and i put them on as a background company all the time. The beach scenes get me every time. I just wana be inside that painting!

    Yep, especially the perfectly oval ones where he peels the paper off afterwards. Look, a perfect oval! :D
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    You know, I don't particularly rate Rothko that highly amongst artists but those who HATE him are the worst people ever.


    True story.

    :)
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • Rhinocerous Surprise
    Rhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    You know, I don't particularly rate Rothko that highly amongst artists but those who HATE him are the worst people ever.


    True story.

    :)

    You so just Odin'd me.:p
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  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    You know, I don't particularly rate Rothko that highly amongst artists but those who HATE him are the worst people ever.


    True story.

    :)
    can't stand him. i dont mind being the worst lol
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Hah, well, I'm indulging in hyperbole just to fit in here in this thread but seriously, the anger with which some of you people talk about modern art comes across as easily more self-satisfied and pretentious than any purveyor of modern art :) Why let it bother you? No one is forcing you to walk around the tate and say "this is incredible".

    Some people (and I am not talking about anyone specifically here :) ) need to get over themselves and accept that their opinions are no more valid than anyone else's.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    MrSmith wrote:
    at least he wasnt pretentious like some of the artschool deuches around here.

    plus he could really pull of the fro.


    thumbs way up for bob ross.


    thank you!!!!! someone finally said it


    i feel like i'm back at college and i'm forced to hang out with the tortured theater students....:p

    get over yourselves people....:D:D
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    Hah, well, I'm indulging in hyperbole just to fit in here in this thread but seriously, the anger with which some of you people talk about modern art comes across as easily more self-satisfied and pretentious than any purveyor of modern art :) Why let it bother you? No one is forcing you to walk around the tate and say "this is incredible".

    Some people (and I am not talking about anyone specifically here :) ) need to get over themselves and accept that their opinions are no more valid than anyone else's.

    it bothers me because its considered by the so called art community to be superior to older styles and 'lower' forms of modern day art like comics or poster art. If one were to aspire to the greatness of a Sargeant, Rockwell or Bouguereau you would be laughed out of many galleries. there is a mountain of great art coming out but the only thing that gets respect from art critics seems to be the New York high art crap. It has its place and i like some of it but it is vastly overrated.
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    MrSmith wrote:
    it bothers me because its considered by the so called art community to be superior to older styles and 'lower' forms of modern day art like comics, rock art or graffiti. If one were to aspire to the greatness of a Sargeant, Rockwell or Bouguereau you would be laughed out of many galleries. there is a mountain of great art coming out but the only thing that gets respect from art critics seems to be the New York high art crap. It has its place and i like some of it but it is vastly overrated.
    IT isn't a homogenous collection of art. Modern art isn't overrated. SOME modern art is overrated, even a lot is. The "medium" is not, and even calling it a particular type of art is silly. A lot of the 'New York High Art crap' is bullshit but that doesn't mean that the good examples of modern art are inferior to the classics which are, for some reason, not subject to criticism from anyone. The difference is, those of us who do not write off modern art also do not write off the old masters. That would be daft and arrogant. I take no sides. Art is art.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    MrSmith wrote:
    it bothers me because its considered by the so called art community to be superior to older styles and 'lower' forms of modern day art like comics or poster art. If one were to aspire to the greatness of a Sargeant, Rockwell or Bouguereau you would be laughed out of many galleries. there is a mountain of great art coming out but the only thing that gets respect from art critics seems to be the New York high art crap. It has its place and i like some of it but it is vastly overrated.

    By the way, I love comic art and poster art.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    cutback wrote:
    thank you!!!!! someone finally said it


    i feel like i'm back at college and i'm forced to hang out with the tortured theater students....:p

    get over yourselves people....:D:D
    i hated the tortured art students when i was in school....and i WAS an art student :p

    could be i just hate annoying people lol
  • Rhinocerous Surprise
    Rhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
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  • failedpersephone
    failedpersephone Posts: 3,424
    *ducks head*

    I went to Art College...but I didn't graduate...sooo, does that make me wonky???


    I sometimes wear square glasses...I have dyed black hair...and I do like black tights and thin ribbed turtle necks...


    I don't smoke french cigs, tho...

    Oh...my god.


    I am a stereotype. :o

    :D
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    failedpersephone wrote:
    *ducks head*

    I went to Art College...but I didn't graduate...sooo, does that make me wonky???


    I sometimes wear square glasses...I have dyed black hair...and I do like black tights and thin ribbed turtle necks...


    I don't smoke french cigs, tho...

    Oh...my god.


    I am a stereotype. :o

    :D

    anyone that has an appreciation for mr burt reynolds can never be wonky.....;)



    wonky?? is that what willie wonka called his wille?

    wow a lot of alliteration :eek:
  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    cutback wrote:
    anyone that has an appreciation for mr burt reynolds can never be wonky.....;)



    wonky?? is that what willie wonka called his wille?

    wow a lot of alliteration :eek:

    Willie Wonka's Wonky Willy was the name of the sequel.. Would ya believe it?
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • failedpersephone
    failedpersephone Posts: 3,424
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    Willie Wonka's Wonky Willy was the name of the sequel.. Would ya believe it?
    Oh...I believe it...I have seen it...









    :eek:


    and yes...a snozzberry DOES taste like a snozzberry ;)
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  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    IT isn't a homogenous collection of art. Modern art isn't overrated. SOME modern art is overrated, even a lot is. The "medium" is not, and even calling it a particular type of art is silly. A lot of the 'New York High Art crap' is bullshit but that doesn't mean that the good examples of modern art are inferior to the classics which are, for some reason, not subject to criticism from anyone. The difference is, those of us who do not write off modern art also do not write off the old masters. That would be daft and arrogant. I take no sides. Art is art.

    i think we just disagree slightly. i just think its unbalanced towards a certain viewpoint of what art is. yeah, 'modern art' is too vague a term (and too long a period), i just cant think of a better word for the modern mindset of what art is.
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    failedpersephone wrote:
    *ducks head*

    I went to Art College...but I didn't graduate...sooo, does that make me wonky???


    I sometimes wear square glasses...I have dyed black hair...and I do like black tights and thin ribbed turtle necks...


    I don't smoke french cigs, tho...

    Oh...my god.


    I am a stereotype. :o

    :D

    i think you were doing ok until the turtlenecks. all you're missing is a beret now :D

    I'm going back to contacts now. my square glasses are so yesterday.
  • jamie uk
    jamie uk Posts: 3,812
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    Hah, well, I'm indulging in hyperbole just to fit in here in this thread but seriously, the anger with which some of you people talk about modern art comes across as easily more self-satisfied and pretentious than any purveyor of modern art :) Why let it bother you? No one is forcing you to walk around the tate and say "this is incredible".

    Some people (and I am not talking about anyone specifically here :) ) need to get over themselves and accept that their opinions are no more valid than anyone else's.

    Jamie, jamie, jamie...come on man. Us 'non believers' need to get over ourselves? No, sorry my friend, it's the incredible arrogance and general sniffiness purveyed at times by the art elite here that kicked the whole shebang into orbit. It seems to some that beyond question, beyond doubt, the popular stuff (in this case we've used Bob Ross) is so petty and pointless compared to far 'superior' artwork (here we take Rothko) that it is nothing more than childs play.
    HLF himself dismissed Bobs, with "Oh give me a brush, I'll show you how easy and rubbish it is to paint trees"...yet he claims to stare in wonderment at the old yellow blobs, not only that but claim it takes more effort /skill /talent..whatever.
    All any of us dullards have done is have the nerve to ask...why? Just tell us why, who says it's better? Who says it takes more skill? Who, and this is the most important, who says it makes you think? And more to the point, does it really? And if so, why can't Bobs paintings make you think, who says they can't? Why do blobs and blocks of colour 'provoke' your sensibilities? And like I said, do they really, or have some people just bought into the whole...sham.
    HLF started his Bob thread by calling him a charlatan. Having, today, looked for the first time at this Rothko fellas work, I have to say....what a bloody cheek. There is one charlatan sir, and it is not Bob Ross...true story :D

    Right, get em in, it's Friday night ;)
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....

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