Comments on: Painting of Bedouin wearing Louis Vuitton http://boingboing.net/2013/01/02/painting-of-bedouin-wearing-lo.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 01:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: willionaire http://boingboing.net/2013/01/02/painting-of-bedouin-wearing-lo.html#comment-1620097 willionaire Thu, 03 Jan 2013 23:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203713#comment-1620097 Sincere apologies, to Nishat Kurwa and Antinous! I should have scrutinized the high-res images on Nishat Kurwa's site before jumping to conclusions. This really looked like a faux digital oil-painting to me; now that I see it on a bigger screen, I absolutely believe it is real (and am thoroughly impressed by the others in the series and the concept). I'm left with egg on my face. That'll teach me.  Again, apologies. Sincere apologies, to Nishat Kurwa and Antinous! I should have scrutinized the high-res images on Nishat Kurwa’s site before jumping to conclusions. This really looked like a faux digital oil-painting to me; now that I see it on a bigger screen, I absolutely believe it is real (and am thoroughly impressed by the others in the series and the concept). I’m left with egg on my face. That’ll teach me.  Again, apologies.

]]> By: willionaire http://boingboing.net/2013/01/02/painting-of-bedouin-wearing-lo.html#comment-1620080 willionaire Thu, 03 Jan 2013 23:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203713#comment-1620080 There's nothing "Neo" here. If he had painted anything, I might agree with you. Running a couple of Photoshop filters over found art and adding a simple overlay....no. Fairey changes the pieces he uses enough that his work can at least be discussed as genuine art. Even Bob Dylan's recent copying of old photos and claiming them as his own paintings required more effort than this.  There’s nothing “Neo” here. If he had painted anything, I might agree with you. Running a couple of Photoshop filters over found art and adding a simple overlay….no. Fairey changes the pieces he uses enough that his work can at least be discussed as genuine art. Even Bob Dylan’s recent copying of old photos and claiming them as his own paintings required more effort than this. 

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/01/02/painting-of-bedouin-wearing-lo.html#comment-1620067 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 03 Jan 2013 23:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203713#comment-1620067 Why do you think it's called <i>Neo Orientalist</i> ? Why do you think it’s called Neo Orientalist ?

]]> By: willionaire http://boingboing.net/2013/01/02/painting-of-bedouin-wearing-lo.html#comment-1620025 willionaire Thu, 03 Jan 2013 22:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203713#comment-1620025 Judge for yourself: http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/john-singer-sargent/a-bedouin-arab Judge for yourself: http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/john-singer-sargent/a-bedouin-arab

]]> By: willionaire http://boingboing.net/2013/01/02/painting-of-bedouin-wearing-lo.html#comment-1620023 willionaire Thu, 03 Jan 2013 22:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203713#comment-1620023 This is not art, it's simply plagiarized...There's no significant alteration to the original- no substantive or dramatic change through any meaningful addition....it's just Sargent's 1891 painting of an Arab Bedouin with an overlay. This is not art, it’s simply plagiarized…There’s no significant alteration to the original- no substantive or dramatic change through any meaningful addition….it’s just Sargent’s 1891 painting of an Arab Bedouin with an overlay.

]]> By: LydiRae http://boingboing.net/2013/01/02/painting-of-bedouin-wearing-lo.html#comment-1619319 LydiRae Wed, 02 Jan 2013 23:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203713#comment-1619319 If the gallery isn't prone to knee-jerk reactions, they'd easily win against a Louis Vuitton suit. ..mmm, Louis Vuitton suit.. If the gallery isn’t prone to knee-jerk reactions, they’d easily win against a Louis Vuitton suit.

..mmm, Louis Vuitton suit..

]]> By: That_Anonymous_Coward http://boingboing.net/2013/01/02/painting-of-bedouin-wearing-lo.html#comment-1619293 That_Anonymous_Coward Wed, 02 Jan 2013 22:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203713#comment-1619293 And insane takedown demands by LV in 3...2...1... And insane takedown demands by LV in 3…2…1…

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