Ash's Art Appreciation, Lecture #1

[names-ash.livejournal.com]

::Ash sits, his feet propped up on his desk,awaiting his coffee::

Alright, sign the attendance sheet, sit down, and shut up! There will be time for discussion after the presentation.

::dims the lights, and starts up the slide projector::

Alright, we're gonna start with the most basic of concepts, knuckleheads.

::He clicks to the first slide. It merely reads "WHAT IS ART?" in big blue letters::

That's right, what is art? I'm sure you could find a definition in one of them dictionary thingies, but I'm just gonna show you, got it?

::Clicks to the next slide, "The Mona Lisa"::

Art!

::Clicks to the next slide, Warhol's "Campbell's Soup Can"::

Not art!

::Next slide, "The Birth of Venus"::

Art!

::this continues for a good hour, of Ash simply declaring famous paintings Art or Not Art::

Alright, that's the lecture for today. Now, talk amongst your pretty little selves, and don't be afraid to ask any questions.

Comments

ATTENDANCE SHEET

[names-ash.livejournal.com]

Sign here to be counted as present, knuckleheads

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

((*loves Ash, OMG*))

Re: ATTENDANCE SHEET

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

*Callisto is quite obviously there, as evidenced by the slide-projector and the steaming cup of coffee straight from the Fandom High cafeteria on Ash's desk, but she signs in just to be on the safe side.*

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[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

*signs in, splints no longer in evidence, but face still colorful.*

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[names-ash.livejournal.com]

::nods to Callisto when he sees her::

Good work, baby. Treat yourself to that donut? ::laugh::

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[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

*signs in*

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

Jake takes in the presentation, eyebrows arching higher for each Not Art declaration. "So..." she says, once Ash is done. "PopArt isn't actual art? And neither is impressionism, or cubism? No, I lie. That was Guernica in there, wasn't there?"

[names-ash.livejournal.com]

You can't paint a soup can and call it art. Or a square.

Melting clocks, naked women, that's art, kid.

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

"Ah, but what about Marilyn Monroe times many?"

[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

*Signs in*

"Coach? Why isn't Andy Warhol's soup can not considered Art? Are you saying that images of popular culture and consumerism are merely manufactured images of our times and not worthy or appreciation? And is art only painting of women?"

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[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

*Knucklehead present and accounted for*

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[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

*grins fakely at Ash*

*starts sketching on her notepad*

*while crude, the sketches clearly show a big-chinned man undergoing Hieronymus Bosch inspired tortures*

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[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

*whispers*

Nice work. Needs some of those weird bird things he says aren't art

[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I mean we get the representationalist stuff, and some of the surreal, but why aren't the blurry flowers (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v204/valarltd/waterlilyjpg.jpg) art?

And then there are things like David (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v204/valarltd/michelangelo12.jpg) which are naked but most assuredly aren't women. Very representational.

[names-ash.livejournal.com]

::pulls out his clipboard and starts writing::

Hadn't hear of that one, baby. Thanks for the tip. We might look at it next week.

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

Jake looks taken aback. Did he just call me baby?

[names-ash.livejournal.com]

::blinks::

Consumerism? I'm just saying it's a soup can, kid. If I want to look at a soup can, I'll look at a soup can. I don't need anyone to paint it and call it art.

Hey, those melty clock things are art too. And ::flips back to the slide of Dogs playing Poker:: Them too!

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[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

Signs in as well.

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[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

*winks and adds in bizarre bird-like creatures pecking at the big-chinned man's feet*

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

*leans over and whispers*

[deirdreofamber.livejournal.com]

*signs in*

*watches slideshow*

*is only slightly confused about what might be the criteria for art/not art, decides it is a rather opinion based idea and that perhaps there were some people in this Shadow that had more money than brains when the Jackson Pollock goes by.*

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

"I think I hate men," Jake whispers back, smiling wryly.

[names-ash.livejournal.com]

[ooc: and Pollock would've been a very insistent "Not Art!", too. ::chuckle::]

[names-ash.livejournal.com]

::sees the two girls whispering::

Yo, you two got something to share with the class? Maybe your private discussions could help enlighten some of the others...

[deirdreofamber.livejournal.com]

((I was guessing so, sorry if that was overstepping. :) ))