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thenewgreen  ·  2946 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: March 30, 2016

    I suppose both will be historical curiosities in time.
That would make for an interesting show -- all paintings of every day scenes that will one day be historical curiosities.

    who wants a fender bender on their wall?
I would if it was painted in a way that made it seem calm and non-violent. An occurrence, a moment, perhaps a tease of a narrative.




mk  ·  2946 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    That would make for an interesting show -- all paintings of every day scenes that will one day be historical curiosities.

But what wouldn't qualify? I think the only exclusion might be nudes, and even there, probably not.

thenewgreen  ·  2946 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Good point. Still, maybe one could dedicate it to scenes that will be antiquated in 20 years time.

oyster  ·  2946 days ago  ·  link  ·  

There are many historical paintings of nude people. In fact there are entire Instagram accounts dedicated to the oddest of the paintings. I think they are very interesting because they show a different side of our ancestors from the narrative we are normally fed.

mk  ·  2946 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yes, that's what I was getting at. Only our form has stayed more or less constant over time, everything else around us has changed. I expect that will change as well before too long.