On a limb with Claudia

I’ve recently become a bit addicted to Vulture, the entertainment column of the New York Times.

Ok, together now: “You’re suck a geek!” Feel better?

One of my favorite features is the daily art column called Art Candy. The last week has been so funny that I just had to share some of my favorites. A big high five to Rachel Wolff, the reporter for this column. She’s funny.

Thursday Thirteen #19 - My favorite Art Candy

1. This is the last year Julie Rofman will serve on the Prom Committee. (3/4/08)

Left Over by Julie Rofman

I have no idea what this is – it looks like the top of a high school gym but who really knows?

2. Use For That Excess Skin You Have Lying Around (3/3/08)

Epidermis Interactive Pet by Stuart Karten Design

“These grotesque, wrinkly balls of flesh (they’re made of engineered human tissue) come fully customized ? your four-legged creature can be tanned, tattooed, or pierced to your desired specifications”

Ew!

3. Hanging out with some dudes. (2/29/08)

Untitled (Frat Boys #1 and #3)

I have a D.P. who says that his frat days were the “best days of his life”.

Yeah. Now I know why….

4. The world’s laziest swimmer. (2/22/08)

Joel Meyerowitz’s Elements Air:Water

5. Much fabled ugly tree. (2/11/08)

Frank Webster’s Dead Tree

I guess the orange is supposed to reflect the dawn of spring but really, don’t you think it’s the burning apocalypse that killed the tree and every other living thing in this painting.

6. Manhattan at noon? (2/7/08)

Gus Powell’s Putti

“Though it?s always good to have confidence in your work, this shot ? part of Gus Powell?s ?Manhattan Noon? show currently up at the Museum of the City of New York ? makes us a little uneasy.”

And this is art??

7. I shot the Sheriff (10/10/07)

Ralph Steadman & Hunter S. Thompson’s The Sheriff (1995)

Given the fact that Thompson shot himself in the head ten years after it was made, this painting is a little prophetic. Wouldn’t you say?

8. Picasso revisited. (12/18/07)

Julien Friedler’s Les Demoiselles d?Avignon

“Uptown gallery Francis M. Naumann asked a crop of contemporary artists to submit their take on Picasso?s beastly whores. ?The Demoiselles Revisited? will be up at the gallery through Friday.”

I laughed out loud when I saw this picture. Click here to see Picasso‘s work for comparison.

9. Nothing a nice wall hanging wouldn’t fix. (6/27/07)

Yehudit Sasportas’s The Guardians of the Threshold (2007)

Laughed out loud again. Rachel is funny. Wouldn’t you say?

10. My humps, my humps, my luscious lady lumps. (01/28/08)

Lisa Yuskavage?s Wrist Corsage (1996)

Do think this is what they mean by “Yoga butt”??

11. Awwwkward (08/17/07)

Erwin Wurm?s Inspection (2002?2003)

What do you say?

“Excuse me, I need to inspect your breasts.”

Maybe, “Are those things real?”

12. Painting without his glasses. (1/30/08)

Bill Armstrong’s Untitled #1018 (2006)

Hey Bill, How about “Blue Blob by Bill”??

13. Bare Rug (10/27/07)

Mariah Robertson?s Nude With Afghani Export Rug (2007)

When I first saw this, I thought, “nice ass”. Then I took a look at the rug. Art imitating life? Can you see the tanks, AK47s and helicopters?

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