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[la_faerie]

I’ve been wanting to put together a DAIR artspam for a long time, and I finally found the time to do it in the absence of new television. Since Gossip Girl never actually showed us one of Dan & Blair’s field trips, I thought it would be fun to imagine where they went and what they saw. Enjoy the pretty artwork, or get meta with it and construct a

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[i_am_girlfriday]

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is pretty amazing.

I love the pieces you selected.

I remember seeing The Accommodations of Desire and being kind of floored. The detail works is incredible, even if Dali isn't your thing. But I think there is an existential in all of us...

Anything Degas is magical. It transports me to being six years old and seeing tutus and ballerinas. And even as I get older I have more appreciation for the way he captured their bodies. The women he painted didn't sit daintily, they are active and lively.

Christina's World is haunting. I can sort of feel the energy coming from the woman's fingertips. I love how art can transport you someplace else.

I do think it's interesting that all the pieces you picked from the MoMA are SO Blair. It's fitting though because she is everything that is modern, new, and she goes through constant reinvention (how she sees herself, how others see her, what she desires, what she is in actuality). She's nostalgic about the past because in it she sees perfection, maybe? But she, like modern art, is in a constant state of flux.

/META

Thanks, bb! This is awesome.

[la_faerie]

Yay, I'm enjoyed it dearie! I thought of you and your DAIR cravings while I was posting it.

Yeah, I'm not the biggest fan of Dali myself, but I thought it might be something they'd look at together. And I couldn't resist something titled The Accommodations of Desire for D/B, come on!

I think sometimes people think Degas is kind of insipid simply because we think of him as that guy who painted ballerinas. We're so used to that. But his paintings are so dynamic, like you said lots of movement. We forget how revolutionary it was at the time. And his work is still stunningly gorgeous.

I wasn't consciously thinking BLAIR while searching MoMA's collection at all, so it's kind of bizarre how that series of paintings turned out. Maybe those are the pieces Dan would take her to see there. Or maybe those are just paintings that remind Dan of her. I don't quite know how to think of it. I just wasn't expecting MoMA to reflect Blair so much, but it's cool it turned out that way.

But your view of it is fabulous...
But she, like modern art, is in a constant state of flux.

FLAWLESS POINT OF VIEW, TBH. You should talk meta more often, you're so insightful!

[i_am_girlfriday]

Yes, I do have DAIR cravings. It's quite pathetic. But I've been channeling that into Tumblr. I've given up hope that there will be a plethora of fabulous fic on a daily basis.

Dali is not my aesthetic favorite either, but I certainly appreciate the power and talent.

I agree that Degas is derided by many. But still his work speaks to me more than any water lilies by Monet. I also love Degas' bronze sculptures!

Oooh I like the idea that maybe Dan found those paintings at MoMA for Blair :)

FLAWLESS POINT OF VIEW, TBH. You should talk meta more often, you're so insightful!

LOL. I guess I tend to save any meta thoughts for when I'm commenting on fic (if I'm so moved). I don't really talk meta in my journal because I'm simply too lazy. Or if I do type something up I usually think it sounds asinine and then delete it.

You've created a new beast :) I love your use of art to tell a story.

[ms_mmelissa]

Totally o/t but do you have a bigger version of your icon picture? I love it!