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News & ArtsFriday, February 8, 2013
Arts The Origin of the World Has a Head?
Posted by Charles Mudede on Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 4:29 PM
An art collector is claiming he/she has the head for this famous painting by Courbet...
Apparently, according to the collector, whose name has not been disclosed, the portrait of the woman which formed the top half of the complete painting lay unrecognised for many years in an antique shop.
In 2010, the portrait was discovered and since then has been subjected to a series of tests to authenticate it.
Jean-Jacques Fernier, a top expert in Courbet’s work, has confirmed that the portrait belongs to the famous painter.
This, the unknown collector claims, is the head of the Origin. It's something to think about: There just might be a mind at the beginning of the world.
The Origin of the World is after the jump for all you NSFW pussies...
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Thank you, Charles.
For a second or so I was the middle-aged guy in an office full of women with a big picture of a beaver on his monitor.
Nice though the beaver is, I do try not to be that guy.
For a second or so I was the middle-aged guy in an office full of women with a big picture of a beaver on his monitor.
Nice though the beaver is, I do try not to be that guy.
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Jesus, even at my office full of layabouts, rascals, and perverts I got shit for having that one pop up on my screen.
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Christ, Charles, you do--nevermind.
Dan and Tim, you do understand that if your readers get fired, they won't have any money to spend on your advertisers, right?
Dan and Tim, you do understand that if your readers get fired, they won't have any money to spend on your advertisers, right?
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Most of your lucrative clickety-clicks come from people at their work stations, aka "NSFW pussies", ya know....
That said - this is fascinating. It's almost like the painting was edited for strength, and the head tossed. right. out.
Hhmmmm....
That said - this is fascinating. It's almost like the painting was edited for strength, and the head tossed. right. out.
Hhmmmm....
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I was an art history TA at UW, and one of the host hilarious things I ever witnessed was the reaction of 300 undergrads when this painting was put up on a massive projection screen in Kane Hall. Talk about realism...
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C'mon, Charles! I know you like a good prank, but really.
By the way, how is this not pornography? I'm not getting down on pornography (heh heh). I'm just asking.
"Hey!! What's that thing on your computer! No, go back! Don't try to click away from it!"
"It's ART!!"
If it was a photograph instead of a painting, would your answer be different? Or if it was trimmed or shaved instead of "natural," would your answer be different?
Let me drill right down to it: Is it only porn if it's meant to turn you on? Because you know some folks like some bush.
My verdict: Call it "art" all you want, but it's (also?) porn... and it's NSFW.
@8 I can just imagine that.
By the way, how is this not pornography? I'm not getting down on pornography (heh heh). I'm just asking.
"Hey!! What's that thing on your computer! No, go back! Don't try to click away from it!"
"It's ART!!"
If it was a photograph instead of a painting, would your answer be different? Or if it was trimmed or shaved instead of "natural," would your answer be different?
Let me drill right down to it: Is it only porn if it's meant to turn you on? Because you know some folks like some bush.
My verdict: Call it "art" all you want, but it's (also?) porn... and it's NSFW.
@8 I can just imagine that.
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Funny, I would never think about looking at Slog on my work computer, because the vast majority of posts have something NSFW, whether language or other content.....
I guess I'm just weird.
I guess I'm just weird.
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Words, even in 75 points, are OK at my work, but genitals probably are not. I thought my Stranger challenge was limited to the red cock dildo ad on Dan's pages. (And the occasional too-too stripper ad.)
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Not everyone works in progressive libertine heaven, for fuck's sake. In fact, MOST people don't.
Though I do appreciate the irony of being called a pussy, here.
Though I do appreciate the irony of being called a pussy, here.
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