If anyone can assist me in what the first painting is that Rienne is inspecting, please email me post haste! It is of concern whether or not I have seen the work before, and if it is in fact ‘rubbish’.
The second panel, of course, is in reference to Da Vinci’s “Last Supper” which has been the subject of some debate with popular pot-boiler The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. The “Supper” work is brilliant, of course, so conclude that the “cliche” reference is in fact to the subpar novel mentioned.
The third panel contains Seurat’s “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte”, which is a prime example of Post-Impressionism and the pointillism technique. The Rienne character demands where the real art is kept! This is strange, and I hope an ironic comment by the artist, or ‘cartoonist’ as strip makers are known.
The comic takes a devilish twist as the main character finds himself in the men’s washroom and declares the urinal as ‘exquisite’, the better of the previous named works hanging in the gallery. The last panel works in the comic form (as well as in the first ‘strip’ and the later strips) as the ‘punchline’. It also works as a triple front attack on the contemporary art world! A literal trident of Poseidon!
How you say? Well first of all, the urinal is representative of the artist Duchamp ‘Fountain’ which changed the face of the art world! A committed Surrealist, Marcel Duchamp found himself in the inexplicable position of the man who changed Art itself by rendering all objects as Art (even if there was no intent behind it!!). This notion is still strong to this day as this theme is found in this very comic.
The second prong of the final panel attack is that on the institution of feminism as we know it! Notice that Rienne, of all places, finds himself in the Man’s washroom, where he finds the urinal/Fountain proxy! This is by no accident, I assure you. It stresses the superiority of men’s ability of creating great and singular works of art over women. Has a female yet produced a truly noteworthy piece of art? And hasn’t Art more or less gone downhill since the allowance of women in the field? I dare say so yes!
The third prong is of the French character himself, and perhaps all of Frenchdom. Their ability to offend and enjoy the worst of things in this world never fails to horrify me. Jerry Lewis? Haw! There is a growing animosity between the United States and the French that I cannot wait to see be further explored in this very work! It will be interesting what position the cartoonist Wong takes in the matters.
Rienne has taste, I give him that.
— McTrowe Nov 15, 23:06 #If anyone can assist me in what the first painting is that Rienne is inspecting, please email me post haste! It is of concern whether or not I have seen the work before, and if it is in fact ‘rubbish’.
The second panel, of course, is in reference to Da Vinci’s “Last Supper” which has been the subject of some debate with popular pot-boiler The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. The “Supper” work is brilliant, of course, so conclude that the “cliche” reference is in fact to the subpar novel mentioned.
The third panel contains Seurat’s “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte”, which is a prime example of Post-Impressionism and the pointillism technique. The Rienne character demands where the real art is kept! This is strange, and I hope an ironic comment by the artist, or ‘cartoonist’ as strip makers are known.
The comic takes a devilish twist as the main character finds himself in the men’s washroom and declares the urinal as ‘exquisite’, the better of the previous named works hanging in the gallery. The last panel works in the comic form (as well as in the first ‘strip’ and the later strips) as the ‘punchline’. It also works as a triple front attack on the contemporary art world! A literal trident of Poseidon!
How you say? Well first of all, the urinal is representative of the artist Duchamp ‘Fountain’ which changed the face of the art world! A committed Surrealist, Marcel Duchamp found himself in the inexplicable position of the man who changed Art itself by rendering all objects as Art (even if there was no intent behind it!!). This notion is still strong to this day as this theme is found in this very comic.
The second prong of the final panel attack is that on the institution of feminism as we know it! Notice that Rienne, of all places, finds himself in the Man’s washroom, where he finds the urinal/Fountain proxy! This is by no accident, I assure you. It stresses the superiority of men’s ability of creating great and singular works of art over women. Has a female yet produced a truly noteworthy piece of art? And hasn’t Art more or less gone downhill since the allowance of women in the field? I dare say so yes!
The third prong is of the French character himself, and perhaps all of Frenchdom. Their ability to offend and enjoy the worst of things in this world never fails to horrify me. Jerry Lewis? Haw! There is a growing animosity between the United States and the French that I cannot wait to see be further explored in this very work! It will be interesting what position the cartoonist Wong takes in the matters.
— Olaf Demeanor Dec 17, 17:04 #