Over the past couple of years I’ve been quick to denounce modern art that is overpriced, ready-made, non-visible, or simply by Thomas Kinkade. What I haven’t done (at all, now that I think about it) is highlight contemporary art that is worthy of praise. In a modest attempt at balance, I’d like to introduce you to the insanely talented and creative Shea Hembrey.
I won’t ruin the surprises in his charming presentation (which both skewers and humanizes modern art) by explaining what he’s up to. Instead, I’ll just encourage you to watch this video:
November 15th, 2011 | 7:07 pm
Brilliant and hilarious! I loved “Horse Sense Fence,” the barbed wire fence with a warning label on each and every individual barb.
November 16th, 2011 | 9:31 am
He reminds me of this, and an hour ago I thought of something much, much better that he reminded me of but now after twenty minutes of racking my brain trying to remember it was, I can’t and so I’m just reminded of this.
November 16th, 2011 | 9:45 am
Actually in that previous comment I linked to Workshop, but really, this is more apropos (‘apropos,’ I like that).
I heard Billy Collins read Litany once while sitting beside a fellow who bugged me because he made certain to react audibly to various lines of each poem Collins read with a “hmmmmm” or “oh!” He listened to the first few lines of Litany and let out a big “oooh!” And then as the poem rolled on I never felt so smug in all my life.
November 16th, 2011 | 11:47 am
Actually, a lot of it doesn’t pass the Meemaw test, and a lot of it is unimpressive in terms of technique. Its a good video, but did you notice how much of it relied on its effect on just having a pun or some other play on words in its title? I’m for art that doesn’t require a pun to be good.
November 16th, 2011 | 11:52 pm
I would imagine that it’s quite a bit easier to impersonate a hundred pretend artists than to actually become one really good one. If this guy is so talented, why doesn’t he try it? What’s he waiting for?
November 19th, 2011 | 1:47 pm
Dear Joe, If that art is “worthy to be praised” I
will keep enjoying Thomas Kinkade’s art!
It seems that you have denounced a Christian
American Master Artist without doing your
research! Thomas paints many different
styles like beautiful Plein Air Impressionism,
French Impressionism and very detailed
Romantic Realism in the Studio. Some
originals take 600 hours! The paintings all
have stories about “Faith and Family”.
God bless, Bionicman
November 22nd, 2011 | 5:05 pm
I’ve said this before, but I’ll repeat it: growing up, and I mean as a kid with no hint of snobbery in me, it *truly* never occurred to me that those images that popped up so often where the work of an “artist,” much less a famous one. I always imagined they were images created on a computer for Hallmark and outfits of that sort. When I moved to the US and discovered that there was actually a named behind them, I was baffled. I was (and still am) even more baffled when I saw people actually came to their defense. Honestly, I can understand how Kincaid’s kitsch is even worth attacking. To me, it is exactly as if a group of people gathered to debate whether Hello Kitty drawings were high art.
Which, by the way, seems like a good rule of thumb for me: Kincaid’s name (whether to defend or criticize him) should appear about as often on this blog as Hello Kitty currently does.
November 23rd, 2011 | 10:20 am
Fantastic video. Loved the whole presentation.
November 25th, 2011 | 4:08 pm
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