ART Archives

April 25, 2013

THEY'RE APING ACTUAL ARTISTS:

Posted by orrinj at 8:24 PM | Comments (Old System 0)

April 9, 2013

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March 2, 2013

GOD GOES FOR THE SPARE:

Posted by orrinj at 9:18 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

October 14, 2012

HOW CAN THE QUALITY OF THE ART DEPEND ON THE IDENTITY OF THE ARTIST?:

Posted by orrinj at 8:14 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

September 25, 2012

SPECIAL DELIVERY:

Posted by orrinj at 5:19 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

September 23, 2012

THERE AREN'T ENOUGH ATTAS TO FIX MODERN ARCHITECTURE:

Posted by orrinj at 6:03 PM | Comments (Old System 0)

September 16, 2012

NOT A DAY JOB:

Posted by orrinj at 7:16 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

September 4, 2012

THE MAIN DIFFERENCE...:

Posted by orrinj at 5:10 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

August 23, 2012

HAPPY TO OBLIGE:

Posted by orrinj at 9:23 PM | Comments (Old System 0)

August 6, 2012

Posted by orrinj at 7:06 PM | Comments (Old System 0)

July 22, 2012

A TRUISM WITHIN A TRUISM:

Posted by orrinj at 9:50 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

July 16, 2012

JUNK EITHER WAY:

Posted by orrinj at 5:29 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

July 1, 2012

ORNAMENTING THE WORLD:

Posted by orrinj at 9:45 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

June 21, 2012

ALL ANGLOSPHERIC ART IS REALIST:

Posted by orrinj at 5:07 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

May 5, 2012

IT'S ALWAYS SEEMED MORE A JOKEY BIT OF JUVENILIA THAN ART...:

Posted by orrinj at 9:55 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

April 22, 2012

DISORDERED, BY DEFINITION:

Posted by orrinj at 10:32 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

April 12, 2012

THERE'S A NAME FOR LIBERAL IRONY, IT'S TRUTH:

Posted by orrinj at 6:19 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

April 11, 2012

A MIRROR TO AN ASPIRATIONAL PEOPLE:

Posted by orrinj at 6:38 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

April 9, 2012

WE'RE GONNA NEED MORE DYNAMITE:

Posted by orrinj at 5:56 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

April 7, 2012

LETTING THE SON SHINE IN:

Posted by orrinj at 7:16 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

March 7, 2012

THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ART AND COUNTERFEIT ART:

Posted by orrinj at 6:16 PM | Comments (Old System 0)

AND THE ORIGINAL HASN'T BEEN SEEN SINCE...:

Posted by orrinj at 6:26 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

February 18, 2012

SACRED FABRIC:

Posted by orrinj at 3:10 PM | Comments (Old System 0)

February 9, 2012

HAVING TO MAKE DIORAMAS WAS BAD ENOUGH:

Posted by orrinj at 6:30 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

January 5, 2012

HOW WOULD YOU KNOW? (via The Other Brother)

Posted by orrinj at 5:56 PM | Comments (Old System 0)

MAPMAKER, MAPMAKER, MAKE ME A MAP:

Posted by orrinj at 6:54 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

January 4, 2012

POETRY IS EASY...:

Posted by orrinj at 9:24 PM | Comments (Old System 0)

December 10, 2011

CUTTING TO THE CHASE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 5:21 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

December 6, 2011

IT'S ONLY A POLLOCK....:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 5:36 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

December 1, 2011

BLESS THE INTERNET:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:14 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

November 13, 2011

IT WAS EVEN MORE OF AN AVATAR OF MODERN ART...:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:16 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

October 20, 2011

IN OTHER WORDS...:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:38 PM | Comments (Old System 0)

September 30, 2011

BECAUSE IT ISN'T GOOD:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 5:21 PM | Comments (Old System 0)

September 23, 2011

IT WOULD BE A SHAME TO COMPLETE IT:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:10 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

September 19, 2011

SKILL AND REALITY ARE ANTITHETICAL TO MODERN ART:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:48 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

September 3, 2011

AND ART CAN ONLY BE JUDGED BY AESTHETICS:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:23 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

August 25, 2011

HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A CONTINENTAL EUROPEAN:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 5:42 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

STOLEN SMILE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 5:35 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

August 18, 2011

ONE FLEW OVER PARK GUELL:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 5:44 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

July 22, 2011

THE ANGLOSPHERE DOESN'T DO ABSTRACTION:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:36 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

April 18, 2011

IT'S NOT ART, NO ONE WANTS TO SEE IT:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:38 AM

April 6, 2011

SELF-REFERENCE ALERT:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 5:49 AM

March 31, 2011

WHICH EXPLAINS HIS POPULARITY:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:19 PM

January 23, 2011

MORE IMPORTANTLY...:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:17 AM

December 24, 2010

REINTRODUCING BEAUTY AND TRUTH:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:28 AM

December 17, 2010

YET AMERICANS ARE UNPUZZLED:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:35 AM

November 19, 2010

SURE, IT'S QUACKERY...:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 3:39 PM

October 17, 2010

BLACK AND WHITE AND READ ALL OVER AND OVER AGAIN:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:28 AM

August 14, 2010

THE BEST GETS BETTER:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:51 AM

IF YOU RE-TYPE HAMLET IS IT NOT GREAT ART?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:43 AM

June 30, 2010

WE'RE GONNA NEED MORE DYNAMITE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:54 AM

June 28, 2010

IF WE ONLY HAD A KING:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 3:27 PM

June 7, 2010

WAIT, HE MEANT THAT AS A COMPLIMENT?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 5:48 AM

April 20, 2010

A PROPER SUBJECT:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:26 AM

April 17, 2010

BEAUTY ISN'T SUBJECTIVE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:55 AM

February 11, 2010

NEARLY WORTH A STATE BORDER VIOLATION:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:24 AM

November 22, 2009

BUNKER MENTALITY:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:50 AM

November 20, 2009

WHEN THOSE WHO DON'T BELIEVE TRY TO BE WASPs:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:58 AM

August 26, 2009

MEN OF PRIVILEGE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 11:05 AM

August 25, 2009

GENUINE ART:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:43 AM

August 21, 2009

THE BRANCHES AGAINST THE TREE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:13 AM

July 13, 2009

IT'S NOT JUST THAT EVERYTHING ISN'T ART...:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:24 PM

June 25, 2009

THE PURSUIT OF UGLY:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 4:51 PM

May 7, 2009

NO JOHN HENRY'S THEY:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:06 AM

April 26, 2009

WHO CARES ABOUT THE INTENT OF THE AUTHOR...:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 10:48 AM

April 4, 2009

CONSERVATISM'S LESSON NUMBER ONE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:11 AM

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW IS THAT IF BEAUTY EXISTS THEN MODERNISM IS WRONG:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:02 AM

March 17, 2009

HERE'S A PRETTY SIMPLE QUESTION...:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 11:51 AM

March 8, 2009

VERMEER AND VAN MEEGEREN HAD DIFFERENT INTENTIONS:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 11:21 AM

WERE LEMONS NATIVE TO THE SAVANNAH?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:45 AM

March 6, 2009

NOW THAT'S A LANDSCAPE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 10:19 PM

March 1, 2009

OOPS, SO LANDSCAPES AREN'T A DARWINIAN IMPERATIVE?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:07 AM

February 27, 2009

DITCH THE DARWINISM AND IT'S A GREAT BOOK? SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT :

Posted by Orrin Judd at 5:52 PM

February 8, 2009

BAD ART, BAD MAN:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 10:19 AM

January 29, 2009

SOME FOLKS ROOT FOR RAZ AL GUL:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:18 PM

January 23, 2009

SUMMATION:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 10:32 PM

January 19, 2009

BEING AMERICAN, WE NEVER ACTUALLY "GREW" INTO IT IN THE FIRST PLACE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:25 AM

January 16, 2009

GOETHE'S DEAD:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:25 PM

December 28, 2008

SURE. ONE WOULD RATHER ALL MODERN ART WEREN'T CRAP...:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:53 AM

December 27, 2008

EASIER TO QUIT THAN TO STRIVE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:41 AM

June 11, 2008

HARDLY FAIR...:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:22 PM

March 9, 2008

THE AESTHETIC IS NOT SUBJECTIVE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:40 PM

February 7, 2008

EVEN THE BOLSHEVIKS WEREN'T ALL BAD:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:00 AM

January 30, 2008

BECAUSE BEAUTY IS OBJECTIVE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:00 AM

January 29, 2008

NO HARMONY? NOT ART:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:23 AM

January 14, 2008

THE PERSONAL AND UGLY ISN'T ART:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:00 AM

November 30, 2007

THERE'S NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A "REAL" ONE AND A "FAKE" ONE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:43 AM

September 14, 2007

IF YOU CAN PRETEND THERE'S DARK MATTER, I CAN PRETEND TO LIKE CUBISM:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:00 AM

May 15, 2007

SO, AT LEAST HE HAS AN EXCUSE FOR PRODUCING CRAP:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:00 AM

March 16, 2007

LEARN YE BASHFULNESS:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:36 AM

November 5, 2006

HOW ABOUT EVERY ONE OVER THREE STORIES?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 10:48 PM

October 18, 2006

BURNING IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:06 AM

August 19, 2006

IF HE HUGGED A PIG THEY'D BE WORTH MILLIONS:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 11:13 AM

July 5, 2006

SIMPSPEARE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:50 AM

June 16, 2006

PAGING DAVID HOCKNEY (via Rick Turley):

Posted by Orrin Judd at 2:59 PM

June 14, 2006

IF ONLY CHICAGO HAD DONE THE SAME WITH THEIR PICASSO:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:10 PM

April 30, 2006

HEY, ART DOESN'T HAVE TO SUCK! (via Mike Daley):

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:00 AM

April 11, 2006

SO INSTEAD THEY'RE DOING "THE UNSINKABLE GIULIANA SGRENA":

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:17 AM

March 10, 2006

IDIOTS GIVE US ART WHILE GENIUSES GIVE US CRAP:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:27 PM

February 19, 2006

DOESN'T THE MONETARY ASPECT CHEAPEN IT?

Posted by Orrin Judd at 10:01 AM

February 14, 2006

THAT ONE'LL NEVER WIN A TONY:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:00 AM

February 9, 2006

DRIP/DROP/DRIP, NOT DROP/DRIP/DRIP:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:01 AM

December 17, 2005

WORTH MORE MOLTEN (via Bryan Francoeur):

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:48 PM

October 5, 2005

DESIGNING NIHILISTS:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:07 AM

March 14, 2005

LEGGO YOUR EGO:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 5:01 PM

February 20, 2005

TOTALITARIAN ART (via Jim Siegel):

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:31 PM

February 19, 2005

MODERNISM WAS A MISTAKE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:38 AM

February 16, 2005

REAL ART (via Bryan Francoeur):

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:24 AM

February 14, 2005

IS IT SAFE? (via David Hill, The Bronx):

Posted by Orrin Judd at 11:54 AM

January 31, 2005

WHAT'S MORE FASCIST THAN A SKYSCRAPER?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:22 AM