It's Sunday

And they're still at it in Spain.

Remember this one? ...

Good times.

I have a feeling the "restored" artworks are as far from the originals as today's "Christians" are in understanding whatever it was the man Jesus had to say.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

Shades of John Ashcroft

The United Nations’s cultural agency is under fire after it covered up the genitalia of several nude sculptures with underwear while on display for an exhibit.

The sculptures, created by French sculptor Stéphane Simon, were being displayed in Paris as part of a series called “In Memory of Me,” which was meant to be a commentary on the now-worldwide societal norm of taking selfies.

[...]

"I felt ashamed, so deeply sad to see all these years of work and research broken," he told the outlet. "For two days visitors came to meet, to ask me: 'But why did you do that?' But it was not my choice."

He added that the issue of nudity was one that he raised in planning meetings with UNESCO leading up to the event. But it wasn’t until a few days before the sculptures went out on display that they were covered up, leaving Simon with no time to make any changes, CNN reports.

The United Kingdom newspaper The Times said its move was a “big mistake,” with an official telling the outlet that “we didn’t want to censor the artist, and understand that he felt hurt."

  Gizmodo

Gee, I wonder who made them do it then.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

SOMEbody has too much money

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

The audacity of Banksy

A Banksy picture sold at Sotheby's for over $1 million and then immediately shredded itself.

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The latest religious art "restoration" is also wonderful

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Previous amateur restorations:
Monkey Jesus


TinTin St. George



...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

You People Are Going to Really Piss Him Off

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

Today, Donald Trump stood nude in the center of Union Square. Well, a life-size, clay sculpture of him — and wow, is it unforgiving. Like Illma Gore’s infamous portrait of the Republican presidential nominee come to life, the hollow work has a micropenis adorned with golden curls, lying below a bulbous, sagging belly. His butt is pockmarked like the surface of the moon, wrinkles line his face like creases on a carrot, and varicose veins crawl all over his pale body, which is tinged pink. You could spot him, based on his signature blonde hair, from far off, but up close there are surprising details: his nails are painted pink, he wears a masonic ring, and a plaque at his feet reads, “THE EMPEROR HAS NO BALLS ~ INDECLINE.” The word “Ginger” is also etched into the statue’s base.

  Hyperallergic

Yes, there are pictures at that link. But, remember, you can't unsee them.

Love the Parks Dept. statement:

UPDATE 8/19:  The group Indecline created the statue and 4 others that were - ahem - erected in San Francisco, Cleveland, Seattle and Los Angeles.  Here's their video of the creation:

Fun and Games and Art

An avant-garde piece of German art worth $90,000 featuring a partially filled-in crossword puzzle inspired a 91-year-old woman to the point where she picked up her pen and filled in the squares.

The retired dentist was visiting a museum in Nuremburg when she fell for Arthur Köpcke’s tour de force, “Reading-work-piece,” hook, line and sinker.

[...]

She noted that the museum should have made it crystal clear that visitors were not to fill in the crossword

“Reading-work-piece” is insured for €80,000. While acknowledging that the pensioner “did not mean any harm,” museum curator Eva Kraus said they were obligated to report the damage to police, Die Welt reported.

  RT

And that reminded me of this oldie but goodie.



Sad, and yet hysterical.

.....but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

WARNING: You Might Not Be Able to Unsee This

An American artist had to hang her painting in a London gallery.  So far, it has bids of over £100,000, but is priced at £1million.

Illma Gore’s painting, on display at Maddox Gallery in London now with a £1m pricetag, depicts the Republican presidential candidate with a small penis.

[...]

Cordelia de Freitas, Maddox gallery director, said: “It only really got out of hand when Donald Trump referenced it in a debate, which sums up Trump and his ego. From there, everyone wanted to see this image.”

  Guardian

And how many are sorry they did?

Trump could always buy it himself, have the offending member enlarged and then hang it in the oval office when he's president.  Don't tell me he hasn't thought of it.

Not only did she give him a small penis, he's got no balls.

WTF???

After the foolish woman who destroyed the ancient painting in Spain,* you'd think people would be more mindful...especially in a museum holding priceless treasures!
 

I was fortunate to see this mask years ago when I lived in San Francisco. Seeing it in person is - or was! - awesome. Pictures don't do it justice. (Like the Grand Canyon.)

 What a shame.

 ...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

* http://www.pri.org/stories/2012-08-25/amateur-restoration-botches-jesus-painting-spain

Now THAT's Graffitti As Art

A Soviet Army monument in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia has had a subversive makeover in an anonymous commemoration of the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, which crushed the Prague Spring uprising 45 years ago. The bronze relief sculpture was painted a flamboyant pink in the early hours of Wednesday morning, and covered with the captions: "Bulgaria Apologizes" and "Prague '68." This isn't the first time the monument has been given a new paint job -- in 2011, unknown artists turned the soldiers into American pop culture icons including Captain America and Ronald McDonald. The monument is a permanent source of contention in Bulgaria, which, in 1990, became the last country to apologize for the 1968 military intervention.

This isn't the first time the monument has gotten a new paint job -- in 2011, unknown artists turned the soldiers into American pop culture icons, including Captain America and Ronald McDonald.

  Der Spiegel

I can see how the “pinko” job could have been done quickly, but those pop icons must have taken a long time. Apparently the monument isn’t well guarded. Nice work.

Photography: Human Flowers

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