Comments on: Art That Passes the Meemaw Test

By: Wednesday Morning Artistic Inspiration – Shea Hembry “Art That Passes the MeeMaw Test” | Randy Thomas

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:08:30 +0000

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By: Randy

Randy — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:20:32 +0000

Fantastic video. Loved the whole presentation.

By: Miguel

Miguel — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:05:21 +0000

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.

By: Bionicman

Bionicman — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 18:47:41 +0000

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

By: T.B.Root

T.B.Root — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 04:52:40 +0000

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?

By: Miguel

Miguel — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:47:37 +0000

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.

By: Douglas Johnson

Douglas Johnson — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:45:13 +0000

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.

By: Douglas Johnson

Douglas Johnson — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:31:24 +0000

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.

By: David Nickol

David Nickol — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:07:20 +0000

Brilliant and hilarious! I loved “Horse Sense Fence,” the barbed wire fence with a warning label on each and every individual barb.