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Thomas Kinkade is Satan
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StephenHero
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Thomas Kinkade hate is so old, it's practically Byzantine. Like Michael Bay and Creed before him, there have been few easier targets of hate from boring and unremarkable people searching for critical credibility with intelligentsia. I'm almost at the point where I want to purchase his most grotesque canvas imaginable to hang in my living room to spite his detractors.
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Thomas Kinkade hate is so old, it's practically Byzantine. Like Michael Bay and Creed before him, there have been few easier targets of hate from boring and unremarkable people searching for critical credibility with intelligentsia. I'm almost at the point where I want to purchase his most grotesque canvas imaginable to hang in my living room to spite his detractors.Originally Posted by StephenHero
Oh my, youre so ironical.
Sure its garish but the geezerlites like it and they have money in numbers. Reminds me of corporate commissioned art installations in how offensive they become by trying to elude that exact end.
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There is so much that is done for selfish profit.Originally Posted by pocketsquareguy
Let's be realistic. You really think Jews/Hindus/Muslims/atheists are any less greedy?
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Oh my, youre so ironical.Originally Posted by r...
I was educated at Labelking's School of Ironic Critical Dissent. Don't pass judgment. But I can tell you with certainty that the people that barf at Thomas Kinkade are equally boring as those who tell me Van Gogh or Picasso are their favorite artists.
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I was educated at Labelking's School of Ironic Critical Dissent. Don't pass judgment. But I can tell you with certainty that the people that barf at Thomas Kinkade are equally boring as those who tell me Van Gogh or Picasso are their favorite artists.Originally Posted by StephenHero
Possibly. But who is to say what is boring and what isn't? Isn't that about as subjective as what is 'good' art?
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Its not that subjective, good art for example at least has a narrative.Originally Posted by r...
You wouldnt be at fault for liking Kinkade or any other artist but you would be at fault for calling this good art.
Ah. Fair point.
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I think people fear the depth imbued within his works. One only needs to turn the canvas upside down to unmask the Judith and Holofernes subpaint.
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'Good art' is whatever you can make a convincing argument for.Originally Posted by milosz
You could probably whip up a defense of Kinkade as important populist art, 'bringing painting back into the middle class home' etc..
Only if you can confound Kinkade with something like Rockwell. That sounds like an interesting proposition. Try me.
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