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Art Deco Painting on Canvas — $50
Brand new. See Pix.
Art Deco Painting on Canvas $50
Brand new. See Pix. Sa VaBien.Asking $50
CASH ONLY.
Must be able to pick up.
I’m no art snob, but I know what I like, and I love this. There’s a sophisticated interplay between light and shadow. The metal elements provide a postmodernist commentary on the relationship of mankind to the development of industrial society. The splash of color in the lower right hand corner reminds us of the human element. The ambiguity of the direction of the flow of the tubing causes the viewer to pause and reflect; is this an intake, limiting our access to the outside world, or is this expelling our waste, and thus our existence, and causing the further collapse of the boundaries between in and out, right and wrong, animal and mineral?
The labeling of this as an Art Deco work is a masterful stroke of irony on the part of the creator of this clearly photorealistic work; it conjures up images of the ostentatious and gilded era of design and defeats them via its linearity and simplicity. Mechanism wins over opulence; machine wins over mankind.
Or maybe it’s just the wrong picture.
Thanks, Andrea!
First! Bah, I hate that fad.
What a masterful post. Breaking down all barriers of sarcasm and irony,couched in language that a fresh-out-of-college art snob would let fly over their head. Good stuff!
Ahem. We don’t do that fad here. But if we did, I would have to point out that you only beat me by a millisecond. If that. 8p
Agreed, masterful and incisive commentary, though I’m surprised you didn’t mention the obvious influence of Canaletto, Veronese, et al – the blind Venetian school.
Blind Venetian… nice.
drmk – somehow I get the impression that spending a few hours with you in a museum would be a great time. Sign me up!
…or in a construction and plumbing supplies shop.
Anywhere, really. Especially if alcohol is involved. Pity I can’t make the YS@C holiday get together. I’ll be on the right coast, for once, but still way too far north.
agreed, this is one of your best drmk.
by the way oh Llamanun, why I am getting a message saying “slow down you posted too quickly on my FIRST post of the day?
Not a clue! But I’ll look into it.
thanks, Lola was getting the same thing yesterday, and it seems she still is.
I cleared the cache and everything. *shrugs* Don’t worry about it too much, though – if you can’t figure it out/fix it, I’ll deal.
This might be one of those masterpieces you have to appreciate in person. It’s just not saying anything to me this way. Even if I close one eye and hold my breath. Nope, nothing.
I prefer a brand new painting. I bought a used one once and had nothing but trouble. The frame cracked, the hanging wire frayed; it was in the shop all the time. I finally just put it out on the street in a bad neighborhood and let it get stolen so I could collect the insurance.
You have just beaten me at my own game. I tip my hat to you.
There is but one line of this post that truely puzzles me:
“Brand new”
Since when has this been a selling point of paintings?
Is Sa VaBien the artist? I hear he/she is very good, but likes to fake French masterpieces.
Ah, I love that song. Brings back such memories:
Ca (Sa) Va Bien as sung by Maurice Chevalier
Ca Va Bien
Ca Va Bien
When they ask me how I am
Ca Va Bien
My art’s brand new
Art Deco too
Looks like a vent
How’s my accent?
Ca Va Bien
Ca Va Bien
Ca Va Bien
(do do do do)
It does have a certain something. I can’t quite put my finger on it, but it does remind me some other artist… maybe Jean Nesaisquoi.
I think the splash of red at the bottom is a homage to Ennui’s Scarlet Period. It has that same burning angst against the industrialization of society.
“Scarlet period”
Gross! Intriguing band name, though.
I think you mean “Scarlet Other Seven Dwarves,” Ed.
“A certain something”
The French call that Juhnuh say kwa.
Wasn’t there a scandal a few years go with Sa VaBien’s paintings “murky buckup” and “seafood plate”? All of the first year French students thought they were great, but the natives gave them nothing but side-eye.
This is a perfect opportunity for you to practice making cedille(s).
I found a box of them in my desk and I’m willing to share.
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Ed, that would work were I at home. I can’t remember the PC/non-Mac instructions.
Alt 135 for lower case, 128 for upper case
Personally, I love it that this seller requires not only $50 but some housework.
Must be able to pick up. Go pick up the living room!
Maybe the other end of the hose is attached to a Shop-Vac which exhausts outside of the window. Periodically, the owner is required to go outside and pick up all the crap outside his home.
That would explain some yards I’ve seen …
Oh yeah, something about monkeys, too.
In Soviet Russia, Monkeys something about you!
Okay, getting beyond the ad and what it is supposed to be, can someone tell me what exactly that IS a picture of? Dryer vent? Part of an HVAC system? And why would you have a picture of it at all?
Because it’s totally AWESOME, that’s why!
I think it’s a portable air conditioner that vents to the outside via a window. Slightly less probably, it could be an environmentalist trying to vaccuum the air of his city to purify it with the HEPA filtration of his Hoover.
*giggle* You said Hoover!
Windrose, whenever you do one of your *giggle* comments, for some reason I imagine that it’s your avatar bird saying it. No, I don’t know why, but it’s even funnier that way. 🙂
Yes, I should probably get out more …
I can see it, she does look like she’s giggling. Unfortunately she only barks and says bye-bye when I pick up the phone. Our visiting lorikeet (related, apparently to the Chattering Lorys) does giggle. She is something else.
Maybe it’s just a very photorealistic painting. I mean, come on. How does that not remind you of the Chrysler Building?
Missed the “Chuck Close” reference. Lovely, drmk.
So glad someone got that. I was very proud of that one.
Very well done 🙂
It could only be more beautiful if it was painted on black velvet by Thomas Kinkade.
But it’s definitely not art deco.
Sa VaBien’s later “Industrial Waste” period of still lifes were much better for rounding out the Post Modern Cubism that many new age art Deco projects tend to favor. Particularly the pre-apocalyptic fall of modern society angle that tends to pervade the neo-impressionistic buildings we see everywhere* today.
*Septic treatment fascilities.
Art Deco? More like Part Duct-o.
nice one Princess, I’d +1 it if I could be it wont let me again.
and yes drmk I’ve cleared my cache, it made no difference. I’m also getting that annoying “posting to fast” on every post today, just like Lola was or perhaps still is.
I’m having that problem [the inability to +1] as well. It started yesterday. Very random as only a few posts are like that.
I will +1 for everyone. Consider it my Christmas gift to YSaC.
Because I am cheap like that.
Cheap? I prefer “economically minded.”
No no, it’s “recession chic” and it’s sooo May 09. Though come 2010, it’ll be retro, or at least ironic, and thus back in fashion.
Jen, no matter what screen I am on or how close or far I peer, I can’t, for the life of me, figure out what your avatar is. I’ve begun to suspect it’s one of those pictures that looks one thing viewed one way, and something else another. Or it’s a Rohrsach-like psych test.
thanks heavens for that Lola, I thought it was just me needing new glasses.
Is it burning man? I mean “Burning Man”, not “Hey, is it burning, man?”
I thought that could be it, or a picture from Burning Man, the festival. Or the part in “The Wizard of Oz” when the witch sets the Scarecrow on fire.
Or it could be puppies and kittens dressed up for Halloween, and the murk from my mind’s recesses has me permanently seeing things that are dark, disturbing, and only in my head.
Oooh, I love it when the Scarecrow catches on fire!!! Doesn’t the Cowardly Tiger put him out?
Naw, never been to Burning Man on account of it’s in a different hemisphere to me…
It’s from a winter solstice festival I went to – they had all these ‘fire sculptures’ (average looking constructions designed to be seen through FLAMES and DESTRUCTION) and the one in the pic was three people climbing a staircase-like structure, which, when set on fire, looked very “Heironymus Bosch takes acid, curls up into fetal position”. I liked, I shot, I avatar’d.
Huh, wiki-ing to verify spelling of Heironymus Bosch reveals that there is a band by that name in my fair country, and that I know one of the members. Tiny country win!!
OK, that’s cool. It is a burning, man-type figure, if not “Burning Man” (either sort, take your pick). That’s what I thought I was seeing, but not sure.
Sounds like a really interesting event!
Propping genuine art-deco artwork atop the exhaust port to his HEPA-filtration system, the art aficianado/OCD germophobe attempts to capture the perfect light to showcase the amazing painting.
Just as the shutter clicks, our poor hero’s art-deco masterpiece falls to the floor, glass and frame shattering in a million little pieces; shredding his masterpiece in the process.
Holding his head in his hands, he rocks back and forth on his heels and cries – “Oh the tragedy, the humanity! Why? In God’s name, why??”
Thinking quickly, because he does still need that $50, he decides to go ahead and post whatever picture he got on craig’s, and hopes no one will notice his listing is missing its most important element.
Or, maybe, the dog was playing with the camera and this is what we got.
Waitaminut, I figured it out! It’s Bender implementing one of his classic burglary techniques.
I guess the painting was pending for a bending!
There must be a beer attached to the other end of that arm.
I used to watch Futurama all the time with my 3-year-old until he told some girl at the park to “bite my shiny metal ass.” Now we don’t watch it anymore. Sad, really.
I’m sad for you. It’s a terrific show, I’ve got everything (shows and movies) on DVD and never fail to laugh even though I know almost every show by heart.
That sounds like the most awesome 3 year old ever.
This is probably why I don’t have children…..
I have no children, and, as a single-adult only child, no nieces or nephews. I have two godchildren, who are brother and sister to each other, and while their parents are pretty cool in some ways (I can totally see them letting the kids watch Futurama until they are old enough to quote it) I still have to restrain myself from getting them certain presents. E.g., the kids’ shirt from Glarkware that reads “Dingo Snack.” (The Clash and Ramones onesies were fine, though.)
LMAO… well maybe when he’s older…
I don’t understand. What girl wouldn’t love an invitation like that?
I believe this is called “steampunk” art.
Maybe “See Pix” does not refer to the picture at the bottom of the post but to someone named Pix whom you must see in order to see the Art Deco painting. Or maybe the poster is an idiot who can’t tell the difference between a picture of a window with a portable air conditioning unit and a a picture of an Art Deco painting. Personally, I believe it is the latter.
Darn it all to heck, I have an extra a in that post and I didn’t notice until it was far too late to edit. I guess that is my punishment for trying to post here while simultaneously eating breakfast and flirting by e-mail.
I didn’t notice until you pointed it out. Then I went back and looked closely and found it.
Sometimes owning up to your mistakes is good, saves you being teased.
But sometimes, it just makes things worse. ; )
Careful with that flirting by email stuff. That’s how I met my wife.
I met one of my exes that way; at the same time, he was resultantly becoming someone else’s ex.
I don’t flirt by email any more.
That’s funny, that’s how I met your wife, too.
I met my stalker that way, actually. Nice gal too, always sends me a fresh pig heart for Christmas.
Since I think everything there is to be said about the picture has been said (and I don’t know enough about art to come w/ any good BS anyway), I’m going to comment on the text of the ad.
Especially the fact that it is repeated.
This is obviously one of those people who believes that if someone can’t understand him the first time, repeating himself more slowly and loudly will obviously solve the problem.
ART DECO PAINTING ON CANVAS!!!!
Clearly, a recent customer of ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER!!!!
I’m not nearly art savvy/snobby enough to post intelligently on this one. And one of my clients just gave me some Lindor Truffles and I’m on too much of a chocolate high to even be snarky (’tis a pitty.) So I’ll just sit here and hum Christmas Carols until tomorrow’s post and hope it brings the snark back.
I recommend Clonodine to suppress the inevitable Lindor withdrawal symptoms.
Only if I can use the Catapres-TTS patch to get my dose of Clonidine*. I don’t think I could stuff anything more down my gullet at the moment. *pats fat belly*
*May 7 years of pharmacy tech experience would NOT let me avoid pointing out the spelling correction.
I’m gonna claim typo since the “o” and “i” are adjacent. I’ll leave it to the reader to decide if I’m lying.
ooh spelling nazi fail on my part >.< That should read My* instead of May. You are totally off the hook Ed.
You could just go without caffeine for a few days. You’ll even walk sarcastically. Of course, you do run the risk of murdering a bunch of people, too….
What a horrifying thought Stephanie. I’m not a coffee drinker, but when I go more than about 18 hours without a pop (or coke, or soda, or cola or whatever you call it where you are) I become unbearable to be around. Just as you feared, I think I would shoot way past the Land of Snarkiness and end up in the Kingdom of Homicidal Tendencies.
[matt] It’s soda pop. SODA POP! [/matt]
How about a nice mug of Clonidine?
Laced with Lindors?
Liquid Clonidine in a Depressy the Clown mug… Now that is an interesting idea. Either it would totally cure me of all addictions and I’d never need to take a drug* again for the rest of my life, or I would spiral into the Abyss of Despair and have waking nightmares of sad-faced clown mugs chase me ’til the end of time.
*Caffeine is my only addiction, thank goodness.
I’d prefer if I could find my bottle of Thorazine* instead. Maybe I could find some snarky post inspiration.
*Just for you Lola.
Thorazine! Though I’m more of a Darvon girl, myself. (Not for ages, but it did the job when needed.)
Just left office xmas lunch party!!11 Yeah, drunk postingQ!Q!! I love YSAC, sniff sniff, so snarky, so smarty so so so I just love you gusy, mery merry xmas to all!
and next comes the hamburgers, right?
Yeah, but will you still respect us all in the morning.
well, it COULD be just you because that sure looks like the chrysler bldg, on its side and disguised as a dryer vent. but i could be wrong. where are my glasses?
Isaac and Sarajean, please come to the office to have your cards punched. One at a time!
Can I also get a retroactive punch for my first comment-of-the-day, a couple of months back?
If you can get a confirmation from The Ostrimu or the Lamanun.
Sure, why not?
Thanks Windrose 🙂
We be spammin’!
Hey, even though this claims to be a Canadian site, when it tried to set a cookie on my FF, it was a .ru site. That’s troll spam on a bed of maple leaves with a side of borscht!
… fail …
In Soviet Russia, messageboard spam posts phishing scammers!
No songs or poems today. I am feeling unfulfilled in a vague, Art Deco way.
If I post a bunch of short sentences, will I get that message about slowing down?
Will you all start subtracting points from my comments?
Will I be banned and never punch another card again?
You are posting comments too quickly. Slow down. Hooray! It worked!
“change the mind, the multithousand army of your readers will not understand you, it will not forgive!”
Wow, international spam!
Can I have “WTF” for $300, Alex?
plumbing supplies should always come from reputable suppliers so always check their backgrounds “~.