December 25, 2007
December 14, 2007
I Could Understand If She’d Said Dipstick…
I could also understand it if she were buying a toy made in China. Actually, that would have been pretty funny.
November 22, 2007
October 18, 2007
October 11, 2007
August 22, 2007
July 28, 2007
Objects May Be Less Lost Than They Appear
Dave Van Domelen: “Found objects” is a style of art that incorporates stuff the artist found lying around, to greatly simplify. The joke is that the old lady either:
a) is claiming her real umbrella, which the artist “found” somewhere and put in the art, or
b) thinks it’s the Lost & Found, rather than an exhibit.
Once everybody started explaining this to me, I remembered I did know what “found objects” art was: Some years back my sister-in-law, an artist, invited us to a found art show. She managed to briefly convince me that a janitor’s mop and pail lying on the floor was actually part of the exhibition. She took some pride in being able to fool me; but the way I see it, she just demonstrated how silly the whole concept is.