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In reply to the discussion: The pile-on on Thomas Kinkaide - it's not about the art - [View all]grantcart
(53,061 posts)74. Apparently he was.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Kinkade
People criticized him for his plastic approach to art but in real life he was something of a naturalist;
The Los Angeles Times has reported that some of Kinkade's former colleagues, employees, and even collectors of his work say that he has a long history of cursing and heckling other artists and performers. The Times further reported that he openly groped a woman's breasts at a South Bend, Indiana sales event, and mentioned his proclivity for ritual territory marking through urination, once relieving himself on a Winnie the Pooh figure at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim while saying "This one's for you, Walt."[32][33]
Former gallery dealers also charged that Kinkade uses Christianity as a tool to take advantage of people. "They really knew how to bait the hook," said one ex-dealer who spoke on condition of anonymity. "They certainly used the Christian hook."[27] One former dealer's lawyer stated "Most of my clients got involved with Kinkade because it was presented as a religious opportunity. Being defrauded is awful enough, but doing it in the name of God is really despicable."[28] On June 2, 2010, Pacific Metro, the artist's production company, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, one day after defaulting on a $1 million court imposed payment to the aforementioned Karen Hazlewood and Jeffrey Spinello.[24] A $500,000 payment had previously been disbursed.
People criticized him for his plastic approach to art but in real life he was something of a naturalist;
The Los Angeles Times has reported that some of Kinkade's former colleagues, employees, and even collectors of his work say that he has a long history of cursing and heckling other artists and performers. The Times further reported that he openly groped a woman's breasts at a South Bend, Indiana sales event, and mentioned his proclivity for ritual territory marking through urination, once relieving himself on a Winnie the Pooh figure at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim while saying "This one's for you, Walt."[32][33]
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I'm more into steampunk. Never really liked many paintings except for Monet regardless of the
Snake Alchemist
Apr 2012
#14
Well, you can compare Monet's treatment of the little footbridge in his Giverny garden painting
CTyankee
Apr 2012
#24
I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be realizing from their treatment of footbridges. nt
Snake Alchemist
Apr 2012
#29
I don't think there is anything you are "supposed" to be realizing, except what
CTyankee
Apr 2012
#62
Of course. You are right about Christina. But I do think that Wyeth was aware of Eakins works.
CTyankee
Apr 2012
#52
I have never been intellectual enough to tell people what qualifies as art and what does not. nt
Snake Alchemist
Apr 2012
#73
Now art is a science? Reminds me of parents telling their kids "that's not real music" througout
Snake Alchemist
Apr 2012
#93
And besides, Picasso was, with his Analytic Cubism, carrying Cezanne's vision (see his Bibemus
CTyankee
Apr 2012
#60
Skill doesn't make something art. Viewers liking something doesn't make it art, either.
Demit
Apr 2012
#66
What makes it "art" is being collected by rich people. That's the sum & total of it.
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#82
He stood there next to a stack of printed canvases, dabbed on a highlight, signed the canvas, and
Demit
Apr 2012
#77
Of course you were addressing me. You hit Reply to my post, and you were quoting my words.
Demit
Apr 2012
#107
Seems, he was somewhat of a vicious hypocrite with socoipathic tendencies....wow.
Ecumenist
Apr 2012
#3
YES! No time to go into details, but he was unethical and treated people badly.
TalkingDog
Apr 2012
#7
Thank you. That's exactly what I keep saying. Hell, I even "like" Bob Ross on my facebook page.
TalkingDog
Apr 2012
#6
People like warhol aren't hard to understand. They like cash, they like to be around people with
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#101
Do you think we'll see Kinkade's stuff at MoMA, on the same floor with the Jasper Johns and
CTyankee
Apr 2012
#27
As I have said, this "high art/low art" discussion is timeworn. It goes on and on. And there is
CTyankee
Apr 2012
#58
Except that the people doing the pile-on seemed to make it about his art.
Tommy_Carcetti
Apr 2012
#28
He should have just done a "Piss Christ" and others would have loved him
The Straight Story
Apr 2012
#59
it's outrageous that Kinkaide was rewarded with million$ for his unoriginal appeals
librechik
Apr 2012
#72
lots of hypocrisy out there; this guy's hypocrisy seems to have spawned threads all out of
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#113