WACKY WORLD OF ART UPDATE
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double ewwwwwww
Posted by: Minsc and Boo | July 27, 2005 at 09:48 AM
If bottles of water now qualify as valuable, news-worthy 'sculptures' then I've got a nice silver lining in my garage.
Posted by: M.C. | July 27, 2005 at 09:52 AM
Doesn't one have to sculpt in order to produce a sculpture? According to this account, I have several sculptures in my fridge, each with more interesting contents than water.
Posted by: neatfreak | July 27, 2005 at 09:56 AM
That plumber from yesterday had the wrong defense. He should have claimed that urinating in the vase was an art project. Could've made a lot of money from these galleries whose purchasing departments obviously have serious drug habits.
Posted by: Somewhere North | July 27, 2005 at 10:00 AM
The art community has gone berserk. Do you think that this would have been considered art by artists in the days of Michael Angelo and Co.? I don't think so.
I agree with Neatfreak. One has to actually sculpt to produce a sculpture.
Posted by: SchadeBoy | July 27, 2005 at 10:01 AM
"Do you know why I pulled you over?"
"You don't like my art?"
"Pardon?"
"I'm a performance sculpture: Speeding Man"
"This ticket will make it more convincing."
"I symbolize man's futile attempt to tame his environment by going really fast in an Oldsmobile."
"Great. Hope that's worth $260, because that's your fine."
Posted by: Christobol | July 27, 2005 at 10:05 AM
Not just eeeww, but also duuuhhh!
Posted by: Aunt Nancy | July 27, 2005 at 10:06 AM
Christobol ~ You could make a bundle. It'll be worth the ticket.
Gasp! The ticket is art!
Posted by: VictoriaE77 | July 27, 2005 at 10:10 AM
"Officers also admit it is possible that another member of staff thought the piece was just a discarded bottle and threw it away."
clearly the museum employees idiots - who would mistake a plastic bottle part full of water for trash?
Posted by: TCK | July 27, 2005 at 10:19 AM
Newsman: So Mr. Hab, uh..habt uh.. Happy Grabber. You've been "outed" by our hidden cameras for mullet wearing during a presidential election. America wants to know - what were you thinking?
Ted: It's not a mullet! It's an artistic sculpture designed to cause America to ponder where the boundries lie in American society. See?? My hair is right on the boundary! It's art!
Newsman: You also peed in a vase.
Ted: Well, that was freedom of speech. Different issue altogether.
Newsman: Psst. Now that we're off air, it is a mullet...
Ted: I'll give you $20 to say it's not.
Posted by: Somewhere North | July 27, 2005 at 10:46 AM
My life is now complete! An occasional First on the Blog of All Blogs. Then a reply / discussion with judi herself in a thread last week. And now judi has posted a link I suggested. (Only 62,397 to go to catch Claire Martin).
It makes my mouth dry just thinking about the honors that have been bestowed upon me. Think I'll have an art project to quench my thirst.
** sighs in contentment **
Posted by: Zaphod | July 27, 2005 at 10:46 AM
Huh. All this time I thought my kids were just being lazy, leaving half-drunk bottles of water all over the place.
Turns out they are artistes! (Pronounced ar-TEESTS)
Posted by: LadyBug | July 27, 2005 at 11:01 AM
Okay, since this is a piece about global warming which is in due in part to waste, will this somehow become more artistic once it makes it's natural progression through the body (assuming of course that it was ingested)?
Posted by: KOW | July 27, 2005 at 11:08 AM
Congrats, Zaphod -
Want to share this to celebrate?
Posted by: Eleanor | July 27, 2005 at 11:14 AM
KOW - the value of that art project will skyrocket if whoever drank it pees it back into the bottle. A whole new layer of meaning...
Posted by: Somewhere North | July 27, 2005 at 11:15 AM
If it can be mistaken for trash, it probably is.
Posted by: Bumble | July 27, 2005 at 11:40 AM
Eleanor - Thanks. I feel much more refreshed.
Here's an amazing coincidence - and I'm not making this up. I had a doctor's appointment yesterday to review the results of recent blood tests. He mentioned one of the factors (I have no idea which) indictated a very minor potential problem with my kidneys. To clear it up he suggested - are you ready for this - to drink more water. To which my wife immediatetly responded, "See what I've been telling you?"
The point is, in a Dave-ish sort of logic, I can get all my medical from this Blog for free rather than paying to see a doctor.
Posted by: Zaphod | July 27, 2005 at 11:45 AM
*examines his bottle of Dasani*
*wanders around office looking for a plinth to put it on*
Posted by: djtonyb | July 27, 2005 at 12:30 PM
The Donald!
*goes to order 2 cases*
Who loves ya, baby!!!
Posted by: Eleanor | July 27, 2005 at 02:06 PM
When is art NOT art? When you can mistake it for bottled water?
.... sounds like something out of Mr. Bean.
Posted by: kibby F5� | July 28, 2005 at 04:40 AM
I think the question here is: What the hell is a plinth?
Posted by: Amy | July 28, 2005 at 06:26 AM
Methinks "plinth" went out the same time as the "merkin."
Posted by: Amy | July 28, 2005 at 06:38 AM
I think "plinth" went out about the same time as "merkin."
Posted by: Amy | July 28, 2005 at 06:45 AM
Please don't double post...Please don't double post...Please don't double post.
D0-OH!!!!
Posted by: Amy | July 28, 2005 at 06:47 AM
It could have been much worse. The sculptor could have used rolls of toilet paper...when suddenly, a museum visitor---
*fade to black*
*or in this case, dark brown*
Posted by: Candy Tutt | July 28, 2005 at 01:23 PM
Why would it be "eeeyew"?
Melted ice from the Antarctic would probably be some of the purest, most pristine water you could get.
Posted by: Kip | July 28, 2005 at 07:53 PM
not after the antartic critters crapped in it.
and obviously you missed the several mountain climber threads we ewwwd and icked our ways through.
boil it!
Posted by: just sayin' | July 28, 2005 at 09:14 PM