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Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Currently Hanging

posted by on March 11 at 10:30 AM

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Anne Appleby’s Maple Grove (2007), oil and wax on canvas over wood panel, 60 by 106 inches overall

At Greg Kucera Gallery.

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1

I love this. Thanks for posting it.

Posted by Suz | March 11, 2008 10:47 AM
2

This is so great and beautiful.

Posted by Dumb&Retarded | March 11, 2008 10:53 AM
3

not green enough.

Posted by bing | March 11, 2008 10:57 AM
4

Too green.

Posted by PJ | March 11, 2008 11:26 AM
5

Someone forgot to paint something on those green canvases.

Posted by Banna | March 11, 2008 11:45 AM
6

Oh look. Giant paint swatches.

I confess I've never understood this genre of art. At all. For about $40 and a trip to Home Depot, I could paint my kitchen like that.

Posted by Reverse Polarity | March 11, 2008 11:49 AM
7

FUCK ANNE APPLEBY!

Boring boring boring. I've always hated her art.

"I am an artist. I can apply color in layers. Yay."

Posted by it's booger flavored | March 11, 2008 11:51 AM
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Wait, it gets better. Follow the link and observe the stark contrast between HIGHLINE COTTONWOODSMAPLE GROVE and ONTARIO SPRING.

Posted by Banna | March 11, 2008 12:05 PM
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For the record, I saw this painting the other night. The price was $20,000.

Posted by art kritik | March 11, 2008 12:38 PM
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I don't get it. It looks like she stole paint samples from the Benjamin Moore paint store.

Posted by duh | March 11, 2008 1:01 PM
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The emotional response to this is nil. I feel neither affected by it's minimalism nor intrigued by the irony of it being considered art. If there were something to grasp attention in these canvases then it might be on to something. the repetition of the theme though diminishes any impact that these could have relative to other work though.

Posted by Bellevue Ave | March 11, 2008 1:12 PM
12

You know, they have lots of this kind of art at Home Depot. Look in the paint department.

Posted by Greg | March 11, 2008 1:40 PM
13

Only the one on the left has any artistic merit.

The others are hack-work.

Posted by NapoleonXIV | March 11, 2008 2:06 PM
14

holy shit, that's the best work i've ever seen!

Posted by kinkos | March 11, 2008 3:22 PM
15

"The others are hack-work."
Brilliant. LOL.

Posted by doritoArtiste | March 11, 2008 5:46 PM
16

You don't even need to go to Home Depot to get these awesome snarky comments.

Posted by nevertireofsnark | March 11, 2008 5:51 PM
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This type of art never translates well to a photograph like this. You need to see it in person. (I haven't seen this particular piece yet.) Of course it looks like a paint swatch in this reproduction. But I'm going to guess it does not when you see the actual work.

Posted by litlnemo | March 11, 2008 6:37 PM
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by clicking on the link I can now see the artistic merit of the piece, but I would bet it's different in real life.

Posted by Milleribsen | March 11, 2008 10:08 PM
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Yes, you could have gone to Home Depot and made art like that.

But you didn't.

That's why it's called art.

Posted by Steve | March 13, 2008 1:01 PM
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selling them again with a profit. The capital employed in this manner yields time of peace, to accumulate gold and silver, that when occasion

Posted by Heldyten | March 14, 2008 5:41 PM

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