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That painting is fucking butt-ugly. Maybe the people who keep trying to throw it away have more taste than you do.

Posted by Everybody's a Critic | April 23, 2008 11:04 AM
2

it's pretty bad.

Posted by jeffg166 | April 23, 2008 11:10 AM
3

Set it on fire.

Posted by Mr. Poe | April 23, 2008 11:11 AM
4

Yes, how about a compromise? A photo of this painting on fire on the cover?

Posted by Levislade | April 23, 2008 11:12 AM
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Wow, I can smell the clove cigarettes, mini thins and the damp basement apartment that this was done in from here.
There are so many things wrong with this painting... I can't stop looking at it.

It reminds me of every chunky goth girl I ever saw at Cafe Paradiso.

Please destroy...

Posted by Scott Dow | April 23, 2008 11:14 AM
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Wait—what? It's ugly?

Posted by Dan Savage | April 23, 2008 11:14 AM
7

I vote for a cover photo of a Stranger staffer's kid painting over it.

Posted by Christin | April 23, 2008 11:15 AM
8

Jesus fucking mary! I hope for the cover article will be about doctors who do not know what they are doing! or how the army will accept pretty much all retarded people these days.

Posted by LaDeeLa | April 23, 2008 11:19 AM
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I think it should be destroyed, but still have a chance. If Dan wants to see it on the cover so bad, he can re-paint it. That version will be better, and will have aesthetic value. Actually it won't, but what the hell.

Posted by Mr. Poe | April 23, 2008 11:21 AM
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Lone voice in the woods here. I think it's got that kind of "plugged in to a matrix" look about it. I think it might be an appropriate illustration for a story on food shortages, or food engineering, or thought control, or something of that nature.

Posted by PopTart | April 23, 2008 11:22 AM
11

What were you doing in the alley?

Posted by brad | April 23, 2008 11:23 AM
12

It would seem tragedy and spite follows this painting wherever it goes- so I hope someday you get to see it on the cover Dan.

Posted by UNPAID BLOGGER | April 23, 2008 11:23 AM
13

This looks a lot like the type of art that dude who delivers the Stranger creates. (The one with the dead hair.) Give it to him.

Posted by Mr. Poe | April 23, 2008 11:27 AM
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*makes mental note to strategically place my paintings around the Stranger's office building...

Posted by Wes | April 23, 2008 11:31 AM
15

That thing is motherfucking disturbing.

But then, so are quite a few of the Stranger covers over the years. So I guess it would fit right in.

*shudder*

Posted by Reverse Polarity | April 23, 2008 11:35 AM
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@11 Walking to work.

Posted by Dan Savage | April 23, 2008 11:38 AM
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Ick. Isn't seeing it here on Slog reward/punishment enough?

Posted by Explorer | April 23, 2008 11:39 AM
18

I like it.

If no one else wants it, send it to me.

Posted by Ayden | April 23, 2008 11:49 AM
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It's not a very good painting, but it's better than a lot of the covers have been.

I think the story behind it alone justifies it getting a cover. It would be great if Vanessa is around and sees it. She might not want to admit it's hers though...

Posted by genevieve | April 23, 2008 11:50 AM
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I like it, it's interesting. It's not beautiful or anything, but it's certainly not any worse than a lot of the things I've seen on the cover.
And it beats the scary, scary faces on the second floor.

Posted by Nay | April 23, 2008 11:51 AM
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You should put this on the cover only if you're willing to allow your staff the same liberty.

One cover per year, guaranteed, for each staff member who has completed a certain term of service.

No vetoes, no matter how ugly...

Posted by n8 | April 23, 2008 11:53 AM
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It reminds me of that Star Trek movie with Mr. Fantasy Island as Khan and those alien ear wigs. And I smell Nag Champa from here.

Posted by orangekrush | April 23, 2008 11:56 AM
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Thanks for rescuing the painting, Dan, and for sharing the story.

Posted by greendyke | April 23, 2008 11:58 AM
24

Wait Dan... don't you own half this whole joint or something?


Your request should sound more like a MAKE IT SO, KTHX

=D

Posted by Non | April 23, 2008 12:01 PM
25

I know a good surgeon who could do something about that growth.

Posted by NapoleonXIV | April 23, 2008 12:06 PM
26

I like it.

Posted by DOUG. | April 23, 2008 12:09 PM
27

Oh, hell, back in my working days, I used to ignore things my boss told me all the time. Passive-aggression, sorta exactly the reaction Dan is getting. Just because you're the boss, it doesn't always mean you're right.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty | April 23, 2008 12:11 PM
28

Forget the haters. I love it!

Posted by boonimusprime | April 23, 2008 12:26 PM
29

Five years for that? Did she paint it using her clitoris?

Posted by kinaidos | April 23, 2008 12:29 PM
30

It's terrible, but there are bits that show some promise. I like the folds on the shirt.

Posted by Fnarf | April 23, 2008 12:30 PM
31

The greatest honor you could give this appalling painting is to donate it to the Museum of Bad Art. The bad art world will thank you.

http://www.museumofbadart.org/

Posted by Katie | April 23, 2008 1:14 PM
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@31: Amen, sister. This is a perfect candidate for MOBA.

Posted by Queen Vidor | April 23, 2008 1:16 PM
33

Obviously, it is a Van Gogh rip-off, which is probably why the artist threw it away. Before it goes on the cover of the Stranger, we should know what Jen thinks of it. And Charles.

Posted by crazycatguy | April 23, 2008 1:22 PM
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It should definitely get a review by Graves and Mudede.

Posted by Greg | April 23, 2008 2:08 PM
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ugly: yes

but still better than most of the Weekly's covers.

Posted by michael strangeways | April 23, 2008 2:14 PM
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Or, you could donate it to the Bellevue Art Museum! (Same thing, really.)

Posted by Reverse Polarity | April 23, 2008 2:20 PM
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Can't you see this painting is a symbiote feeding off your brain? KILL IT WITH FIRE!

Posted by Sirkowski | April 23, 2008 3:04 PM
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Kind of a striking image, but amateurish in execution. Indiscriminate color choices, the shadows are all muddy, the mouth is drawn at a different angle from the rest of the face ... etc. Vanessa should have spent 1990-Fucking-1 to 1990-Fucking-4 in art school and then did the painting in 1990-Fucking-5.

Posted by yuiop | April 23, 2008 3:25 PM
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There's a reason it was at the dumpster in the first place.

Posted by Wolf | April 23, 2008 3:39 PM
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Oh, and when I move out of my condo and back into my and my late other half's house in a few months and have to dispose of some of his canvasses, I *hope* people are good enough to respect the fact that some of his work just isn't worth keeping, even if there won't be any more new coming along, and leave it in the trash to live out its natural life cycle. It would disturb me no end to find my dead guy's work on some magazine cover in ten years.

Just sayin', there may be an emotional reason it was there that you're just running a rake over and re-opening an old wound.

Posted by Wolf | April 23, 2008 3:42 PM
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What? I can't hear you! I've got a gourd in my ear!

Posted by CP | April 23, 2008 6:13 PM
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@ 40 Wolf, I'm sorry you feel that way about your late partner's work. Personally I'd be honored by someone appreciating the personal stylings of those I've loved. Even if it wasn't what they considered to be their best work or the public face they wanted to show... I'd still be honed that someone cared.

Posted by clarity | April 23, 2008 6:38 PM
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honored

Posted by clarity | April 23, 2008 6:40 PM
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HA!
Join the club Dan.

Posted by -B- | April 23, 2008 7:02 PM
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I understand, I just can't move 752 canvasses every time I go somewhere else. I have to choose.

I love all of his work, I just can't take it all with me. It breaks my heart.

Posted by Wolf | April 24, 2008 5:22 PM

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