spiderpig: (i have no idea :: house)

It is infinitely better not to know anything about art than to have the kind of half-knowledge which makes for snobbishness. The danger is very real. There are people, for instance, who have picked up the simple points I have tried to make in this chapter, and who understand that there are great works of art which have none of the obvious qualities of beauty of expression or correct draughtsmanship, but who become so proud of their knowledge that they pretend to like only those works which are neither beautiful nor correctly drawn. They are always haunted y the fear that they might be considered uneducated if they confessed to liking a work which seems too obviously pleasant or moving. They end by being snobs who lose their true enjoyment of art and who call everything 'very interesting' which they really find somewhat repulsive.

Gombrich, The Story of Art
spiderpig: (moyashimon rabu)
If you want your neigbhourhood's birds to grow up like little tyrants.



The Mussolini birdhouse is delicious, like a honeycomb. I think hive-like conglomerations when I see it. And Ceausescu's palace reminds me of something avant garde, something bauhaus. It's all very inanimately alive, if that makes sense.


Image gackted from the lovely Pink Tentacle.



And I love Japanese prints like this. This December, I'm thinking of drawing a lot, and drawing stylized Japanese monstrosities like this. Probably not paint them, but draw and sew up stuffed monsters.

STCC Haul

Jun. 30th, 2008 05:37 pm
spiderpig: (achtung baby! :: klavier)
My STCC haul

Plus the full photoset for the STCC is here.

Oh man. I hope they come back again next year. Esp Mori Chax and DEVILROBOTS.

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