Monday, March 14, 2011

But is it art?

I like going to the Georgetown Flea Market because it's a good place to find nice artwork for surprisingly affordable prices.

It's also a place where you can find some truly horrific artwork. (Prices vary.)



I mean, it's not bad in a technical sense. It's competently done and all. But why is he wearing a man-thong?



I'd actually appreciate it more if the dude in the painting was completely naked. I obviously wouldn't want it hanging on my wall, but at least I'd recognize the intrinsic artistic properties of a nude figure painting.

But this is even more revolting than showing the guy's junk. If you're the artist and you're painting a dude in a pose that's...well, I'm not really sure how to describe that pose. But why suddenly get shy when it comes to the actual goods?

Surely the good people of Georgetown deserve full frontal nudity in their artwork.

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