Should we care about this chair?

[ufkacbln]

and you've got to hand it to this guy

Too expensive

Cannot afford to foot the bill

 

[Aperitif]

Too expensive

Cannot afford to foot the bill

Nothing a backhander couldn't sort out.

 

[dellzeqq]

The problem with art is that it isn't just about the intentions of the artist, however high-minded they might be. Ingres' 'The Turkish Bath' and Courbet's 'Origin of the World' are, each, in their own very different ways, great works of art, albeit works of art that you'd google with care. I've no idea what was on Ingres' mind, but Courbet was definitely making a statement about realism and the history of painting.

The problem is that both works were commissioned by the same man. So……whatever Allen Jones was on, the work becomes what it means to the people who look at it, and, not least, what it means to the people who buy it.

 

[asterix]

Typical high-street melange from the chattering classes... Let's have a bit of Benjamin Robert Haydon and restore some decorum to the art section of CycleChat!

You do realise the Punch & Judy espouses (!) domestic violence?

 

[Aperitif]

You do realise the Punch & Judy espouses (!) domestic violence?

The guy has a nice white coat though...very posh.

 

[ufkacbln]

I would have thought Hogarth more appropriate for this forum

 

[Cubist]

Nothing a backhander couldn't sort out.

I'm not all that comfortable with casual recommendations of domestic violence.

 

[Cubist]

I would have thought Hogarth more appropriate for this forum

...or child nudity.

 

[Fnaar]

Courbet's 'Origin of the World'

Lordy! Fair put me off my candy floss, that did!

 

[Beebo]

Lordy! Fair put me off my candy floss, that did!

Have a fish supper instead.

 

[Cubist]

That Turkish bath one is a real eye opener. Who would have thought her banjo would stay in tune?

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I'm not all that comfortable with casual recommendations of domestic violence.

I think backhander in this case is a payment innit.

 

[Cubist]

I think backhander in this case is a payment innit.

That's yorkshire men for you.

 

[Smurfy]

Is that black strap around her thighs and back to keep her in position? Or is the black strap to hold the cushion in place?

Anyway, I think it's rather silly. Reminds me a little of this rather weird project, which involves someone using naked ladies as a scarf! Not Safe for Work Link.

 

[RedRider]

I would have thought Hogarth more appropriate for this forum

The front wheel's come off that fella's recumbent but the nice lady's feeding him revivifying medicines. Restores my faith in humanity.