The Art Of Death

If you are willing to go to extremes it means you can be seen! How far would you go?

Perhaps painting with the blood of living people.

Danl,

Just a side note.....not a conversation.....George Harrison's The Art of Dying....acoustic version....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhMB_qXSCeE

back to the topic......yuck.....

Dave

Against my religion.

LOL.....against my agnosticism......but carry on...

not signed

I think art has a lot to say about death just as it does about life, but like in all things what matters is not so much the subject but how it's presented, personally for me, dead people should be respected and it should not be used for shock effect alone. However if there is a real story to tell and it's done in a tasteful way "I know that's subjective" I don't have a problem. These are examples of how I've dealt with this subject in my own work.

I've heard there's sometimes a fine line between genius and madness.

and so easily crossed....

I have been on both sides of that line, I am an artist.

Dave

Right on the spot. You're da man, David. You are an artist who inspires me by your "insane" thought out of the norms (-lol)!



My thought of the day


Art Of the Extreme


hate or love
let
art go
with its own flow

feel free
to call an artist
a genius
an insane man
or whatever you prefer

but
please
leave art be as is

no border line
should
be
drawn
for a creative mind

no limit
should be set
in the infinite universe
for wild imagination

otherwise
the world could only view mass production
commercialized
and created
by
those minds
accurately formed
from the same artistic molding

Thao Chuong
2015-08-02


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Where does he get his supplies?

there had been entire systems of belief based on figuratively painting with the blood of an innocent man.....

Well, let's see, over many years I have seen "art" done in a variety of ways and mediums. I'll recount those I can think of off the top of my head:

Paintings made from crushed butterflies
Art from dryer lint, feces, urine, mentrual blood, tears, blood, hair
Paintings done by elephants, monkeys, small children, blind people, etc.
Squirting paint form bodily orifices. (Always a perennial favorite)
Sex in a gallery
Naked people in the door so one must touch them to get by

I am sure there are many more examples of art that tries to go beyond the pale. Does it succeed? Only time will tell, but nearly all I have listed above have already slid into the bird cage of today, then the garbage pail of tomorrow.

I tend to pay these types of things no mind, they have the lasting nutrious value of cotton candy.

Frankly, the art itself is pretty unremarkable, so I guess the guy needed a gimmick to get it noticed. :P

Have reached the point where the medium in use holds little interest to me. Seems to me to be a "Mama, Mama look at me!" moment. Find that to be dull and uninteresting.

This goes right along with the artist that puts wads of yarn up her vagina and proceeds to knit scarfs and things (on an earlier post). Just looking for a gimmick to gain attention.

"otherwise
the world could only view mass production
commercialized
and created
by
those minds
accurately formed
from the same artistic molding "

So will the world see fine art in mass produced objects?

That process is well under way. Just dont tell me there are more human bodies than cars.

Dave

Sharon, oh yeah, I forgot that one. Thanks.

Kevin...I wish I could forget that, but your post reminded me of it lol

Are you kidding? I want to leave him my body! Dude... paint with me.

Susan,

It is not side by side.

Dave

I think it would make more sense to keep the ashes in an urn, buckled into the passenger seat so you could drive in the HOV lane during rush hour.

Marlene, that comment is a riot. Seriously made me Laugh Out Loud.




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~ Bill
~ US Pictures .com

Thank you, Bill.
I am only here to hone my comedic skills.
I hope you didn't have any food or drink in your mouth. I used to make house calls to clean up keyboards, but no more.

John-

Unclaimed bodies are cremated daily, Wayne collects the ashes before they are tossed in the garbage.

People have asked him to create art using the remains of their loved ones. He refuses. So there there is a market waiting to be tapped...."Portrait Remains"

So, a question that has arisen in my mind since reading this.....

Would you allow someone to make an art piece from your remains

1, Yes
2, No
3, Only if my art page was linked to so people knew I too was an artist
4, Other

I saw one of the BODIES traveling exhibits years ago at the Museum of Science, Boston. Plasticized humans posed in various positions including a take off on dogs playing poker. Can't get anymore shocking that.

People have their pets stuffed and display them in their homes. On my recent trip to Italy I saw a lot of remains of Saints and Popes on display under glass. In Victorian times people made wreaths out of their dead loved ones hair.

If this guy is shocking its only because modern society has tried to distance itself from death more the previous generations.

Abbie-

People have ashes of deceased loved ones in urns in their homes for others to view. People have photos of deceased love ones in their homes for others to view. So why not blend the two into a portrait?

When I'm gone, I won't be needing my ashes. So why not let let others enjoy them?

Monsieur Danl, am I the guilty one for my using the Art of Hand Embroidery to promote my art? For more than twenty years I had sold many of our hand embroideries. I had many customers waiting for a year or two for a piece of this fine art. Eventhough I do not make any money but my sister To-Lan make a decent
living out out of them and I get all the regconitions. Last month I just received a Special Recognition Award from the Art Center Sarasota! Without this special medium, nobody would give me a chance. We even get to do a couple piece for the Ringling Musuem, so is it a gimmick to promo our name? Good or Bad
please give us some advice.

Thank, To-Tam and To-Lan

To-Tam-Gerwe

Your work is exceptionally unique. It sets itself apart from the many images on FAA and other sights. Be proud of it. Embrace your talents.

When you donate your organs which may be used after your death to physically improve the life of someone else, I credit those doctors, nurses, and the donor with much more esteem.

http://patch.com/california/baldwinpark/s/f5dbg/sunday-read-boy-receives-groundbreaking-double-hand-transplant

A friend of mine said i could have his ashes after i told him i would keep him in the trunk of my car and use him for traction if and when i got stuck on an icy road...

Personally, I'm aiming for precious gem status:
http://www.lifegem.com/

Creepy!

If nothing else, death should be personal. I don't want some stranger's
remains in my house.

I know these ashes are unclaimed, but bury the poor person's ashes and let them rest in peace.

My vote is ... gimmick.

It's a conceptual gimmick to hype art whose appearance is otherwise unremarkable (as someone else noted).

As for my ashes being used in some work of art, ... I would never know, ... so it is of zero concern to me. It would NOT be my call.

Janice-

Unclaimed ashes go into the dumpster. So why not dumpster hunt and create art with your findings? Perhaps you don't want someone else's ashes in your home, but there are others that are willing to pay big for a controversial piece of art.

Different. Unique.Shocking. Creative. I credit him for creating "out of the box" art.

His art markets itself . That is what art should do. Artists should not have to push their art onto others.

Robert-

Marketing is a gimmick.

Wayne's art markets itself. This is what all art should do.