Off Topic Hull: City of Culture

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originallambrettaman said:
Ferens Art Gallery‏ @HullFerens
It’s the first time a Rembrandt painting has ever been on display in Hull. See The Shipbuilder and his Wife at the gallery until 28 August.
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Just been this morning, can't say I'm artistic as I can't draw a straight line with a ruler but looking up close at this masterpiece the detail is amazing but its not the only thing that blows the mind.. Someone called Ron Mueck has some sculptures which are so lifelike I had to blink and look again at the detail of his work.
 
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Barchullona said:
More worthy of the word art than a photo of a pile of blue painted bodies.
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Sorry Castro or whatever, I have to disagree, I saw the film as well as saw the pictures, the organisation of this event was a credit to all involved, artistic? I've no idea, no more than the blade I should think, and I think that should have stayed put. Voyeuristic it may have been to some, but the volunteers, which appeared to be of all ages, seemed to have enjoyed the experience, despite all of the innuendo against those very people.
 
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C'mon ref said:
Just been this morning, can't say I'm artistic as I can't draw a straight line with a ruler but looking up close at this masterpiece the detail is amazing but its not the only thing that blows the mind.. Someone called Ron Mueck has some sculptures which are so lifelike I had to blink and look again at the detail of his work.
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I was there last weekend, that big bloke sculpture by Mueck is so life like it's scary.
 
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Barchullona said:
More worthy of the word art than a photo of a pile of blue painted bodies.
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I was amongst the blue folk & it was an interesting & evocative experience, not particularly erotic at all. art is more than just representational nor much to do with the skills of the artist particularly. In this case it had more to do with exploring our vulnerability as human beings, or summat.I know loads of people who copped out & now wish they'd done it. The 'art' was as much in the process as the end results...
 
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C'mon ref said:
Just been this morning, can't say I'm artistic as I can't draw a straight line with a ruler but looking up close at this masterpiece the detail is amazing but its not the only thing that blows the mind.. Someone called Ron Mueck has some sculptures which are so lifelike I had to blink and look again at the detail of his work.
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I'm the same as you Ref.
Not an Art buffs but there's some serious nice stuff in Ferens.
And the detail like you say is splendid.
 
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beyondthetouchline... said:
I was amongst the blue folk & it was an interesting & evocative experience, not particularly erotic at all. art is more than just representational nor much to do with the skills of the artist particularly. In this case it had more to do with exploring our vulnerability as human beings, or summat.I know loads of people who copped out & now wish they'd done it. The 'art' was as much in the process as the end results...
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Anyone considering it art on par with a Rembrandt is deluded. Think what Rembrandt could have done if cameras were about in his time. Would have saved him a lot of time, effort and skill.
 
C'mon ref said:
Sorry Castro or whatever, I have to disagree, I saw the film as well as saw the pictures, the organisation of this event was a credit to all involved, artistic? I've no idea, no more than the blade I should think, and I think that should have stayed put. Voyeuristic it may have been to some, but the volunteers, which appeared to be of all ages, seemed to have enjoyed the experience, despite all of the innuendo against those very people.
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You may equate a photograph with a Rembrandt. I don't. You could replicate the blue bodies photograph. You couldn't replicate the Rembrandt.
 
Barchullona said:
You may equate a photograph with a Rembrandt. I don't. You could replicate the blue bodies photograph. You couldn't replicate the Rembrandt.
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Just don't follow your logic here, just like Julian I wasn't equating anything just looking at what was on show, the Rembrandt was outstanding, as was the Da Vinci stuff I saw at Ferens a while back, but the photographs were just that, what did you expect from Tunic, for him to get an easel and paintbrush out then paint the scene? He was known for what he did, take pictures of many people in the nude, Rembrandt was a tallent amongst the elite artists of the day, and yes Rembrandts art will still stands out, but Tunic's pictures will be lost in history, except for people in Hull. As for the photographs my first thought was of some pictures I saw in Germany many years ago which depicted the scenes of the concentration camps after they had been liberated by the Allies, a mass of naken bodies just laid on the ground, just like Tunic's pictures, but again any equating to the concentration camps photographs would have been obscene.
 
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