That's One Billion Less People Who See This Blog

Apparently the Chinese government is blocking my blog. Damn commies. You can see if your website is blocked by going to www.greatfirewallofchina.org. My guess is that all blogger blogs are blocked. Unless they are pissed about that recent post about a Chinese restaurant.

Gong Hey Fat Choi

Happy Year of the Pig.

Lousy Art Puns

Sure, I sometimes make puns, the previous blog entry is an example of that. Everyone does for a quick smirk. But then again I think it's pretty well established that a pun is the lowest form of joke that you can find. This is why when I see puns in fine arts it is particularly irksome. I was checking out galleries in Chelsea and I ran across this art pun. A fictional drug called Havidol. Apparently the art part of this idea is basically a big 2 foot diameter thing that looks like a pill with an H on it. There is even a website to further beat to death the pun. By taking this fictional drug you can "have-it-all". Oh yuk yuk yuk. What a card! Oh, you're killing me. I'm sure there is more to this art piece than that. Probably some statement about how drugs are becoming part of culture to fix every possible problem etc. Not a particularly original thought either but yeah whatever. Anyway it's the pun that gets me bent out of shape. When art gets reduced to a string of puns it's time to revolutionize art. Are people so devoid of ideas that puns are now high art? I was looking through the current (Feb 2007) NYC gallery guide.


Lets see what other pun art is also featured in this month's guide.

"Conch Scious She Sell" (page 24)
Oh, you're killing me again... conch shells as boobs.... she's selling her big boobs ... she's consciously accentuating it .... oh I'm rolling on the floor.



"Dick Head" (page 54)
Oh, it's a painting of a head with plastic penises glued on. Hmmm.... Subtle.

Maybe it's me but I think that a piece of art created by a person with an advanced art degree, specially featured in a gallery guide and costing thousands of dollars might be a little more sophisicated than a stupid pun.

But then again, what do I know about art and creativity?

Wang Enlargment in Chinatown

Forget about the Old Small Wang, it's time to come see the New Big Wang.

Drawing of the Week (skull profile)

Was looking at the "Structure of Man" blog and drawing lessons and completed lesson 14. This is the drawing from that with a little shading added. I really need to practice this stuff more but I haven't made the time for it.

The Sesame Street Slave Ship Playset

Now your kids can be the captain of their very own slave ship. The ship features an easy access cargo hold and two slaves. Bathtime fun for the whole family.

A Modern Art Masterpiece

I was down in a modern art gallery in Chelsea and thought this was the greatest piece of modern art in the whole gallery ........ oh ..... wait a minute.