Slog - Comments on Re: Submitted for Jen's Approval http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval Why hello, Dan Savage. I couldn't be more excited about your latest assignment. Discussing dreck daily from afar is the cherished dream of every critic. And with that, I begin. You ask me to mull over “Big Temptation,” one of the "medium-sized-sculpture-garden sculptures" you are encountering on your family vacation in Saugatuck, Michigan. You tell me it is made in enamel on aluminum and by someone named Romero Britto. I believe that what we have here is a serious case of whimsy. Whimsy is a disease whose major symptom is Lilliputianization. Original sin? No! A segmented princess earthworm pointing with... Copyright 2008 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:19:42 -0800 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:50:17 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Fnarf I hereby resolve to work the phrase "perky cherry" into as many conversations as possible. Cover your children's ears.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval#c1073160 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval#c1073160 Visual Art Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:22:13 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball Goddammit, I would PAY for more posts like this. This is the kind of thoughtful and incisive art criticism I have been begging Jen to bring forth for months.

MORE!!! GIVE ME MORE!!!

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval#c1073164 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval#c1073164 Visual Art Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:23:33 -0800 Comment by lostboy Speaking of whimsy, I like the bonus first-paragraph critique of Dan.

]]> lostboy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval#c1073173 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval#c1073173 Visual Art Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:42:09 -0800 Comment by giantladysquirrels Who is it trying to tempt? Lowly Worm?

]]> giantladysquirrels http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval#c1073174 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval#c1073174 Visual Art Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:42:31 -0800 Comment by Abby The server is robust, clearly. My comments are disappearing.

Anyway, this will be a fun week.

]]> Abby http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval#c1073177 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval#c1073177 Visual Art Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:43:48 -0800 Comment by tiffany what does lilliputianization mean?

]]> tiffany http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval#c1073191 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval#c1073191 Visual Art Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:58:43 -0800 Comment by Dee in SF I love love love love love love love BRITTO.

I have quite a few prints in my tiny SF apartment.

]]> Dee in SF http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval#c1073205 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval#c1073205 Visual Art Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:08:45 -0800 Comment by Reverse Polarity Dee in SF, are you by chance a 13 year old girl? Because that looks like the intended audience of this silly sculpture.

]]> Reverse Polarity http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval#c1073208 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval#c1073208 Visual Art Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:12:49 -0800 Comment by awesome That was hilarious Jen, thanks for the laugh.

]]> awesome http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval#c1073218 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval#c1073218 Visual Art Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:19:46 -0800 Comment by dick police Hey, 7.

]]> dick police http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval#c1073229 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval#c1073229 Visual Art Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:32:48 -0800 Comment by dick sergeant dp is on probation, clearly @10 was meant for @8.

]]> dick sergeant http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval#c1073232 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval#c1073232 Visual Art Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:35:07 -0800 Comment by Lexicon Devil (Gimme Gimme This Gimme Gimme That) @2,

That's the most demanding thing I've ever read.

]]> Lexicon Devil (Gimme Gimme This Gimme Gimme That) http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval#c1073248 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval#c1073248 Visual Art Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:46:25 -0800 Comment by Lexicon Devil (Gimme Gimme This Gimme Gimme That) @2,

That's the most demanding thing I've ever read.

]]> Lexicon Devil (Gimme Gimme This Gimme Gimme That) http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval#c1073250 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval#c1073250 Visual Art Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:47:26 -0800 Comment by Catman I don't think it's a perky cherry. It's a jaunty apple on top of the snake from the Garden of Eden. That's where the "temptation" part comes in.

]]> Catman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval#c1073259 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval#c1073259 Visual Art Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:53:19 -0800 Comment by Eric F This looks like art Fnarf would love. Highly competent finishes, none of that gloppy glazing he despises so.

This guy Britto is huge, just ask him. "A modern day pop culture icon, Romero Britto is one of the premiere artists of our time," says his website. "His original artwork, dubbed the art of healing..." etc. I got a glossy packet in the mail some weeks ago. He did the costumes for the preshow for a Super Bowl, or something. Most pictures of his work had him posed with it, which is the sign of a great artist.

]]> Eric F http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval#c1073260 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval#c1073260 Visual Art Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:54:19 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Glad to see you know my tastes so well, Eric F. Alas, you're mistaken; I don't like this one tiny little bit. Highly competent finishes? I don't think so.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval#c1073298 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval#c1073298 Visual Art Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:24:39 -0800 Comment by PopTart I like the knowing look in the EarthwormSnake's eye, "c'mere big boy and pop my cherry, I dare ya."

]]> PopTart http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval#c1073333 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval#c1073333 Visual Art Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:35:28 -0800 Comment by Eve Earthworm? when was the last time you saw an earthworm with bedroom eyes? (or any eyes at all)

Mona Cat kawaii!!
I would have linked to Britto's site, but it is one of those lame Flash sites.

]]> Eve http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval#c1073341 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval#c1073341 Visual Art Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:44:25 -0800 Comment by Eve Um, maybe </a> would have been better than a second <a>

]]> Eve http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval#c1073346 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval#c1073346 Visual Art Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:50:17 -0800