Wall of Fame -- aka the condom wall

[calapine]

[tgr]

That's just creepy.

[Rasix]

Must smell wonderful. 

[01101010]

That's just creepy.

x 4

Just notch the bed post like everyone else.

[Pennilenko]

Nothing is funny about that picture.

[Lakov_Sanite]

Likely NSFW and also does not belong in the funny thread, perhaps a sad and depressing thread. That said, guess some people just like saving for a rainy day 

[Ironwood]

Political Point is Political.

I can see why someone might find it funny, but nah.  Not for me.  Especially as it's a Bloodworth from elsewhere in my brain.

[01101010]

It has a shock factor funny to it... I get it, especially with my morbid sense of darkened humor. But yeah... gives off a creepy horror movie vibe.

[Merusk]

I laughed at the twist. Then I laughed louder as my brain began noticing the length some of them had been unrolled.  Poor chaps on the top row, back wall, fifth from the corner and first on the end.

[Threash]

What am i missing? twist?

[rk47]

it's a shitty art exhibition - where the artist just fucked every men and saved up every pic and every used condom.
she won an award for it.

disgusting creature, i avoid them whenever i can. 

[calapine]

disgusting creature, i avoid them whenever i can. 

What, women? 

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Also yes, it's an art-thingy, not the bedroom of some random teenager. Which lessened the shock value for me considerably.

[Ratman_tf]

She shoulda made balloon animals out of them!

[Bzalthek]

Or glazed donughts.

[Merusk]

What am i missing? twist?

You evidently knew better men than I in college.  Plenty kept these sort of "scorecards." Panties, photos, earrings.. whatever they could collect off the women they'd bedded.  Lots of accolades from other guys for it.

Now it's a woman doing it so it's inappropriate and she's a slut.

[Ratman_tf]

What am i missing? twist?

You evidently knew better men than I in college.  Plenty kept these sort of "scorecards." Panties, photos, earrings.. whatever they could collect off the women they'd bedded.  Lots of accolades from other guys for it.

Now it's a woman doing it so it's inappropriate and she's a slut.

Men's briefs might be more analagous, but less shocking. Keeping used condoms is icky because, y'know, they're full of semen.

[Merusk]

Which dries up and is no more or less gross than hide glue when it's done so. It's meant to be shocking and make you think a little. Boxers wouldn't have the same impact.  Just another part of the current movement in Art.

[Evildrider]

Likely NSFW and also does not belong in the funny thread, perhaps a sad and depressing thread. That said, guess some people just like saving for a rainy day 

At least it wasn't put in the snacktastic thread.

[angry.bob]

Which dries up and is no more or less gross than hide glue when it's done so.

I disagree, it's still a lot more gross. It's also really crap art.

[Nebu]

It's also really crap art.

I don't know about that.  I think a photo of the display is pretty powerful with the woman in the pose that she's in.  I found it interesting.

[Ingmar]

Yeah, I thought it was really striking, myself. Uncomfortable, but good art often is.

[Hawkbit]

The type A in me had to count, I think it's around 124 or so.  That's a lot of dicks.

[Abagadro]

In a row?

[Furiously]

Maybe a couple could have been at the same time...

[Cyrrex]

Yeah, I thought it was really striking, myself. Uncomfortable, but good art often is.

Same.  The girl's positioning and body language are what make it stand out for me. 

[Ironwood]

I liked it and, frankly, like what it said to me.

I'm also confused since the perspective makes some of them look like the female condom, which would add a more interesting element, I think.

[Yegolev]

Again I'm forced to examine my own lack of artistic understanding.  Let's discuss the spaghetti-o thing next, I never got that one either.

[Paelos]

I'm pretty much unimpressed by the "disturbing image as art" thing. It's simply not that hard to creep people the fuck out.

I like this kind of art. Things done by people that I could never replicate in a million years:

[01101010]

In a row?

 

[Merusk]

Again I'm forced to examine my own lack of artistic understanding.  Let's discuss the spaghetti-o thing next, I never got that one either.

I'm no art scholar but let's see if this helps:

Understand that modern art is divorced from the centuries prior.  The ability to capture perfect images of a moment in time changed things radically. Why spend decades learning to paint a perfect scene when a guy with a half-hour of instruction can use a device to capture a scene in better detail than you ever could.   So art began to shift to what the scene felt like. What emotions and reactions  it could evoke from you, what it says about your preconceptions and how it can shake your personal "truths" about the world.

So we come to the modern pieces like this, piss christ, etc.  Some call it trolling, some call it honest critique, some call it taking suckers for a ride.

[Sky]

I blame guys like Andy Warhol and Jackson Pollack for making artists into cunts.

[Paelos]

My interpretation of what is art, and what is bullshit, is defined by my belief the artist exhibited any particular talent beyond the normal populace.

If not, bullshit. In this case, I call bullshit.

[Tebonas]

So the idea doesn't count for anything? (Not in this case, but generally).

[Paelos]

So the idea doesn't count for anything? (Not in this case, but generally).

It's part of it. But the execution of the idea is the difference to me. I can think of a story, but I may not have the talent to write it. I can have the idea for a video, but I may lack the expertise to shoot or direct it.

To me, photography has spawned a generation of vapid people who think they are artists. However, there are obvious examples of photography where you see greatness. The execution of those photos is beyond what any normal person would do.

[Ironwood]

My interpretation of what is art, and what is bullshit, is defined by my belief the artist exhibited any particular talent beyond the normal populace.

If not, bullshit. In this case, I call bullshit.

That's...interesting.