Chicagoist: Guard Slashes Art Institute Painting

UTV

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:11:43 -0600

Well, by "Thomas Kinkade Gallery," I meant "Place next to the Orange Julius stand," so that's what I was thinking as well. I am given pause, however, by the mentioned wrath of Midwestern housewives. I wouldn't want to take a printed ceramic mug to the head.

lamgray

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:04:18 -0600

One loophole with destroying a Thomas Kinkade (sic?) I'm pretty sure you won't find his paintings in a reputable museum. Perhaps a slashing of a TK can occur at this man's next job, as a security guard at the mall?

Margaret

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:48:00 -0600

Spook, I am actually friends with Ian Punnet, not that you know who he is, you know, because you don't listen to Coast to Coast...

stoic

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:49:20 -0600

One point two million (facepalm).

ljpljpljp

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:40:29 -0600

1.2 million huh? So NASA should be able to finance itself via the Hubble itself.

Spook

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:35:41 -0600

Hummmm I'm sure Art Bell talked about the movie Scanners (my Mom wouldn't let me see it cause I was "too young) where you could telepathically blow up some ones brain. Of course not that I know any thing about Art Bell or "Coast to Coast AM",

Shannon

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:34:30 -0600

muahaha.. i made spook's brain bleed! :D

Spook

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:59:15 -0600

Thanks Shannon! Now I can't focus! YOU need to STOP listening to "Coast to Coast AM", on WLS! Of course I'm too intellectual and high brow to listen to such garbage! For Real! This means I have no idea if Art Bell was a much much better host than George Noory! And of course I don't believe in the three dimensional spacetime continuum or the fourth dimension and beyound. I also don't belive in things that go bump in the night, like Shadow Creatures!

matty

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:36:29 -0600

I think the slashed painting should be worth more.

dopplerd

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:21:27 -0600

UTV: Imagine the wrath all of the Midwestern housewives who adore ol' TK. They'd tear him to shreads!

Shannon

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:11:34 -0600

so will this slashing coincide with unforseen tears in space-time? did this asshat guard unwittingly create hundreds of wormholes throughout the universe? sigh.. one can dream.

L. Stolpman

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:07:41 -0600

UTV - HA!! Love it.

UTV

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:04:26 -0600

Why couldn't this guy have been guarding a Thomas Kinkade gallery when he got an attack of the stabbies? People probably have given him a damn medal for it.

literati

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:48:51 -0600

There's creation, and there's re-creation. I'm pretty sure I could redo most of the Beatles catalog, if I tried. That doesn't make me John Lennon. Being an innovator is a lot harder than it looks. Being an imitator is pretty easy.

matilda

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:43:35 -0600

I could probably create something like that for about $100. Modern art, come up with a BS description and sell for an absurd amount of money. Then why in the hell aren't you? Get off your butt and make some easy money. If you have so much confidence in your abilities, I don't understand what is holding you back.

Navin

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:39:45 -0600

He should have told them the slashing was his performance piece.

Toby von Meistersinger

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:39:30 -0600

I could probably create something like that for about $100. Modern art, come up with a BS description and sell for an absurd amount of money. It reminds me of Barnett Newman's "Voice of Fire" which the National Gallery of Canada paid C$1.76 million for. The painting was a red stripe surrounded by blue stripes. Being in Canada at the time, I remember seeing on the news some enterprising (and stereotypical) guy from the Maritimes recreate the thing for about $50 with supplies from his local hardware store. As they say, a fool and their money are soon parted.

L. Stolpman

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:33:39 -0600

Agghhhh, why in the world do people do these things? *sigh* Sucks.