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So, Holly and Hef broke up. He's already replaced her. Sad.
I was thinking about how lame all my entries are usually, and decided that, since I'm an art history major, perhaps every so often, I could write a little art history anecdote, as related to me by my professors. So, as the premier art history entry, I thought I'd type out my favorite ARH anecdote. You've probably all heard it before, as it's pretty famous, but still, I like it, and really, if you've heard it before, you don't have to read what I've typed!
Well, we all know about Jackson Pollock, right? We've all seen his drip paintings, and marveled at the fact that they sell for mucho buckeroos, when they look like something that anyone and their brother could produce.
Example: Full Fathom Five, 1947
Now, Marcel Duchamp apparently was not a fan of this type of artwork. He basically saw it as this futile attempt to display one's "manhood" as art, and made a remark at one time that Pollock's paintings looked as if someone had ejaculated paint onto the canvas.
So now we come to Duchamp's Paysage Fautif or Wayward Landscape. Duchamp, in 1946, had already begun his boite-en-valise, which were suitcases with miniature artworks inside them, serving as portable museums. Duchamp had met, and fell in love with, a sculptress named Maria Martins. She was married already, so alas, they could not be together. But, he created, and dedicated to Martins, a one-of-a-kind boite-en-valise, which included none other than Wayward Landscape.
Wayward Landscape is an abstract image on black fabric, very similar in form to one of Pollock's drip paintings. Odd, as Duchamp was not a fan of Pollock's works in this vein. So what possessed Duchamp to paint something similar?
Example: Wayward Landscape, 1946
Here we come to the interesting bit of this long winded story. Turns out, Duchamp didn't actually "paint" Wayward Landscape in the way in which most artists paint. He actually took a black piece of satin, and masturbated with it, ejaculating into the fabric. He then let the semen stain set, and affixed it into the boite-en-valise.
Was this a critical comment on Pollock's drip paintings, or was this a loving parting gift for Martins? I expect a 2 page composition with your opinion on my desk by tomorrow.
END of first Art History anecdote.
I was thinking about how lame all my entries are usually, and decided that, since I'm an art history major, perhaps every so often, I could write a little art history anecdote, as related to me by my professors. So, as the premier art history entry, I thought I'd type out my favorite ARH anecdote. You've probably all heard it before, as it's pretty famous, but still, I like it, and really, if you've heard it before, you don't have to read what I've typed!
Well, we all know about Jackson Pollock, right? We've all seen his drip paintings, and marveled at the fact that they sell for mucho buckeroos, when they look like something that anyone and their brother could produce.
Example: Full Fathom Five, 1947
Now, Marcel Duchamp apparently was not a fan of this type of artwork. He basically saw it as this futile attempt to display one's "manhood" as art, and made a remark at one time that Pollock's paintings looked as if someone had ejaculated paint onto the canvas.
So now we come to Duchamp's Paysage Fautif or Wayward Landscape. Duchamp, in 1946, had already begun his boite-en-valise, which were suitcases with miniature artworks inside them, serving as portable museums. Duchamp had met, and fell in love with, a sculptress named Maria Martins. She was married already, so alas, they could not be together. But, he created, and dedicated to Martins, a one-of-a-kind boite-en-valise, which included none other than Wayward Landscape.
Wayward Landscape is an abstract image on black fabric, very similar in form to one of Pollock's drip paintings. Odd, as Duchamp was not a fan of Pollock's works in this vein. So what possessed Duchamp to paint something similar?
Example: Wayward Landscape, 1946
Here we come to the interesting bit of this long winded story. Turns out, Duchamp didn't actually "paint" Wayward Landscape in the way in which most artists paint. He actually took a black piece of satin, and masturbated with it, ejaculating into the fabric. He then let the semen stain set, and affixed it into the boite-en-valise.
Was this a critical comment on Pollock's drip paintings, or was this a loving parting gift for Martins? I expect a 2 page composition with your opinion on my desk by tomorrow.
END of first Art History anecdote.