Pages

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Confusing Art

At the National Art Gallery in Dublin , a husband and wife were staring at a portrait that had them completely confused. 
 
The painting depicted 3 black men totally naked, sitting on a bench.  Two of the figures had black penises, but the one in the middle had a pink penis. 
 
 
The curator of the gallery realized that they were having trouble interpreting the painting and offered his personal assessment. 
 
He went on for over half an hour explaining how it depicted the sexual emasculation of African Americans in a predominately white, patriarchal society. 
 
'In fact', he pointed out, 'some serious critics believe that the pink penis also reflects the cultural and sociological oppression experienced by gay men in contemporary  society'. 
 
 
After the curator left, an Irishman approached the couple and said, 'Would you like to know what the painting is really about?'
 
'Now why would you claim to be more of an expert than the curator of the gallery, asked the couple?
 
'Because I am the artist, who painted the picture,' he replied.  'In fact, there are no African Americans depicted at all.  They're just three Irish coal miners.  The guy in the middle went home for lunch.’


ROFLMBO!!


18 comments:

  1. I'm right with you ROFLMAO!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Happy you enjoyed it Anon. ;) BTW...since I seem to have several Anons commenting since I removed the restriction, you might want to consider signing a name (not necessarily your own) if you intend to keep commenting.

      Blessings...
      Cat

      Delete
  2. You have to love the way pretentious curators and critics try to explain artistic works and then the artist comes along with a very simple explanation. LOL Thanks for sharing, Dayla

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. LOL Dayla...I agree with you...can't speak for all artists but for me, it's usually a much simpler explanation. :)

      Blessings...
      Cat

      Delete
  3. Replies
    1. Welcome back C! So happy you enjoyed it! :D

      Hugs and Blessings...
      Cat

      Delete
  4. Replies
    1. Happy you enjoyed it Jan! ;)

      Hugs and Blessings...
      Cat

      Delete
  5. You have a way of starting my day off with a chuckle...thanks!
    hugs abby

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. You're very welcome Abby! Happy to be of service! :D

      Hugs and Blessings...
      Cat

      Delete
  6. LoL Cat, seen different versions of this before. Always makes me giggle.

    Hugs
    Roz

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Happy to give you a giggle Roz...this is the first and only version I've seen. Will have to keep my eyes open for other version. ;)

      Hugs and Blessings...
      Cat

      Delete
  7. Cat,

    Good one, thanks.

    Love,
    Ronnie
    xx

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Happy you enjoyed it Ronnie. ;)

      Hugs and Blessings...
      Cat

      Delete
  8. You find some of the greatest jokes. Good on you.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thank you Sunny...happy you enjoyed it. ;)

      Hugs and Blessings...
      Cat

      Delete
  9. :-) always go directly to the artist for a simple answer thanks for sharing

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. LOL Terps...can't speak for other artists but I'm of the KISS it frame of mind. ;)

      Hugs and Blessings...
      Cat

      Delete

Thanks for stopping by. Respectful comments are always welcome.