The Alberta Art Hop was this weekend and in true Suz/Roommate form, we completed our paintings Thursday and Friday morning respectively. Oh, and the paintings had to be turned in Friday, FYI. Typical.So the theme of the art show, if you will recall, was The Art of Surprise/The Surprise of Art and my piece (see above) was titled "You dropped the bomb on me, baby" and featured a small nuclear explosion mushroom cloud on it. My logic being that getting a atom bomb dropped on your ass is the ultimate surprise. It is a smallish painting (8 X 10) but considering that was the only size canvases I had, it's what I got.
The Roommate's painting is much larger and much more graphic. If Rob is reading this right now I know he's laughing; just about every photo of Rob has him making this sign with his hand. I'm sure some feel it is a gang related sign. Not so, this is simply "two in the pink, one in the stink" and the uplifted thumb is the added extra "sneak attack". And the ever clever Roommate called the painting "Sneak Attack".
When I went to pick up the paintings yesterday evening the curator told me that she didn't get the meaning of the Roommate's painting at first but when a group of young people were looking at it and cracking up she knew it had to be something sexual. A friend of hers came in and started laughing when he saw this canvas so she asked him what it meant. You know, of course, that the Roommate LOVED that story. Once again he's grabbing the spotlight. I was proud of him for doing the painting and even more proud for making a scene with it. Can't wait till Rob sees it.PS: Sarahbeth, this is your painting. Not sure when I'll get it to you since you aren't coming down for Wine-o Tour '06. And Leigh, I did one for you too, same theme, different painting, so no bitching. I'll give it to you next time I see you (since you weren't at Michelle's birthday party. Party pooper). And I know, Michelle, you need one too. I have to finish The Roommate's tripytic first. It's soooo hard to have soooo many fans.
3 comments:
We talked about going to the Art Hop yesterday, but we already spent a lot of money on art, on Saturday.
We decided to see The Da Vinci Code instead. That's art appreciation, right?
Well, I'm an old fart. I wouldn't have know what it meant.
Cool though.
BTW. You da' bomb!
(Yes, even I know that's outdated.)
i like how you put a nuclear explosion/mushroom cloud (something so huge in real life) on a small canvas.
even if it was't intentional.
it's like you're belittling/snubbing the topic of nuclear war...it's not worth it, etc.
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