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63. Mona Lisa is a popular subject for art parody, so that's probably not a 'best' example...

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Alexander Calder's grandson dismayed as another artist uses sculpture for his own art [View all] UrbScotty Sep 2013 OP

It looks like the artist who put the flowers on there punked the stodgy, pretentious art world. Skinner Sep 2013 #1

Hear, hear. Daemonaquila Sep 2013 #3

Well it's clear you've never seen it Skinner, nor are you aware of MichiganVote Sep 2013 #6

Hunh? Hissyspit Sep 2013 #7

Next time you visit an art installation, spose' MichiganVote Sep 2013 #13

Except this isn't a case of someone slapping stickers on a work of art without permission. Skinner Sep 2013 #19

And it is bad Art. If the guy wanted to make a flower child MichiganVote Sep 2013 #27

I'm not incensed by the letter. Skinner Sep 2013 #30

:) Yes, good discussion. But no, Alexander Calder will never be part of MichiganVote Sep 2013 #39

You can be thrown out of some museums for pulling out a little bottle of water... CTyankee Sep 2013 #22

My son is an archivist, he could tell you stories. MichiganVote Sep 2013 #40

I always like to talk to the guards, too. I often ask them if they have many people who break down CTyankee Sep 2013 #43

Ah! That is interesting. Sometimes the stories about art or artists surpass MichiganVote Sep 2013 #45

Oh, I'm retired. I'm just obsessed with art. CTyankee Sep 2013 #46

That's awesome. If money were no object, I would visit as many great museums as I could. MichiganVote Sep 2013 #48

I live pretty modestly, drive an old car, stick to a budget, don't buy many clothes... CTyankee Sep 2013 #49

Someday Europe...I have been to Boston and NY. MichiganVote Sep 2013 #52

Try www.roadscholar.org if you are 45 or older... CTyankee Sep 2013 #53

Thanks! n/t MichiganVote Sep 2013 #54

To be clear, I wasn't suggesting that this temporary installation was an improvement... Skinner Sep 2013 #8

Protecting Art is not as simple as it sounds. Given the MichiganVote Sep 2013 #15

I dunno, Skinner...I kinda think once a work has left the hands of an artist, it has its own CTyankee Sep 2013 #20

I agree about the word "provincial". Skinner Sep 2013 #31

Actually, you'd be surprised how petty sounding some of the sniping in the art world gets... CTyankee Sep 2013 #32

I once learned that in the 17th century, the last act of Shakespeare's "King Lear" was rewritten CTyankee Sep 2013 #21

And the Bible has been re written how many times? Never thought about MichiganVote Sep 2013 #29

I really don't know what the folks in Grand Rapids were thinking...maybe they were of the CTyankee Sep 2013 #33

Somebody's idea of a way to call attention to Art Prize. MichiganVote Sep 2013 #38

Well, I wondered that, too. But that seems like a pretty crass thing to do. CTyankee Sep 2013 #41

I don't know how many years ago it was, but I recall that there MichiganVote Sep 2013 #47

That is an interesting piece. I loved it. CTyankee Sep 2013 #50

Glad you liked it. I used to call it Bland Rapids. It was impossible MichiganVote Sep 2013 #51

Mona Lisa is a popular subject for art parody, so that's probably not a 'best' example... MADem Sep 2013 #63

And so has the Calder. But not the original work of art. That's just wrong. MichiganVote Oct 2013 #71

Well, the statues in Trafalgar square were dressed up for the Olympics, MADem Oct 2013 #72

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Absolutely correct. But of course he wouldn't be stodgy about it. Right? MichiganVote Sep 2013 #16

+1 Octafish Sep 2013 #36

Wow--- this provincial happenstance!!!!!!!!! MADem Sep 2013 #42

Looks pretty ugly with or without flowers. nt valerief Sep 2013 #2

To hear the guy talk, those flower stickers JoeyT Sep 2013 #4

If somebody calls it an abomination, it must be great art. tclambert Sep 2013 #5

yes. mopinko Sep 2013 #25

well, then, the art world has always sucked. CTyankee Sep 2013 #34

it has become a bit of a joke that mopinko Sep 2013 #35

color is so important to the human palate (just as it is to the artist's palette). CTyankee Sep 2013 #37

LOL WCLinolVir Sep 2013 #56

I miss reading Royko almost as much as Terkel. IrishAyes Sep 2013 #58

and to replace him with john cass- mopinko Sep 2013 #61

I think that the flowers are gaudy and ugly. JDPriestly Sep 2013 #9

sounds like most of you... Vestigial_Sister Sep 2013 #10

The flower at the bottom right looks like a penis. Flying Squirrel Sep 2013 #11

Flaccid art! MsInformed Sep 2013 #24

Seems it reached its goal. Mass Sep 2013 #12

Calder�s �La Grande Vitesse� was the first public sculpture funded by the National Endowment Bluenorthwest Sep 2013 #17

+1 MichiganVote Sep 2013 #18

One can do a single good thing, and then do a very stupid thing---nearly forty years later. MADem Sep 2013 #44

The Calder foundation was protecting its "franchise" which it has every right to do... CTyankee Sep 2013 #60

The derivative artist had permission from the city, though, according to the article. MADem Sep 2013 #62

The city did a dumb thing. They should have known better, but, ah, the follies CTyankee Oct 2013 #65

The guy put a few magnetic flowers on an ugly ass sculpture, with permission of the people who MADem Oct 2013 #66

I think that's great! But again, you realized these are Photoshopped, right? CTyankee Oct 2013 #67

But he's using the essential essence of the work--the thing that makes the statue special MADem Oct 2013 #69

these are fun, I agree! CTyankee Oct 2013 #70

I think it's hilarious when they put him in a speedo, or what-have-you.... MADem Oct 2013 #73

Hawaiian shirt Friday? MsInformed Sep 2013 #23

Looks like shit. Iggo Sep 2013 #26

It's not permanent and it was Tien1985 Sep 2013 #28

So bad in so many ways. WCLinolVir Sep 2013 #55

Calder and his pal Duchamp are chuckling. sofa king Sep 2013 #57

I'm with you!!! nt MADem Sep 2013 #64

Can't say I approve altering masterpieces at all. IrishAyes Sep 2013 #59

I had the same experience with Vermeer's View of Delft... CTyankee Oct 2013 #68

I remember some a-hole... sofa king Oct 2013 #74

Well, there was one later alteration by the artist himself that I appreciated on one occasion. IrishAyes Oct 2013 #75