Off the Mark by Mark Parisi for June 09, 2011

  1. Avatar tmp 56884 thumb
    orinoco womble  over 13 years ago

    @Nabu, that’s what is known as “negative utility” (aka “totally useless.”) In my city they got some nursery school kids to scribble and dabble all over a canvas and then hung it in a big art show that is held here annually. They gave it some obscure name like “Etude Number Four” and the critics went crazy for it. They talked about the artist’s sexual repressions seeking expression, how it was an exercise in angst catharsis, and several political motifs that obviously weren’t there. The news team of a TV channel interviewed several people at the art show and got all kinds of pompous interpretations. In the end all was revealed and many faces were covered with egg.

     •  Reply
  2. Peter cooke   hood
    Ottodesu  over 13 years ago

    Number 6: This Rembrandt is thinking outside the box. The actual outside of the box. That he wants the mime to be inside of.

     •  Reply
  3. Frog4
    Digital Frog  over 13 years ago

    I’m with you on that one Nab.

     •  Reply
  4. Img 0813
    GoodQuestion Premium Member over 13 years ago

    I hear Nick Cage is doning a movie on it.. Called “Con Art”………☻

     •  Reply
  5. Drivel1
    Drivel  over 13 years ago

    I’ve never been a fan of cubism.

     •  Reply
  6. Lightning over knoxville1ipad 635x250 1406605626.gif
    Mike H  over 13 years ago

    Maybe he could paint the strip after he is done?

     •  Reply
Sign in to comment

More From Off the Mark