Mr. Coffee Nerves: Should I be bleeding from all my head holes? Because I am.

Your head if you're lucky.

I don't mind Thomas Kinkade, I just wouldn't want him in my house.

You know, like Republicans and black people.

Ghastly: I kind of put him in the same camp of artists as Robert Bateman. Wickedly skilled, but doesn't really paint anything beyond really neat looking illustrations that are turned into money by selling photocopies of the originals.

At the risk of sounding more hipster than thou, the best artists tend to be the mentally ill people the world will likely never hear about.

That' and people who draw hentai, of course.

Please, I'm not that good. Strictly amateur, in all honesty.

Just when you think Republican butthurt can't get any more laughable, BOOM HEADSHOTS.

his art was dismissed by critics because it simply wasn't very good but the real dislike came from his shady business practices. the irony about this guys rant is that the coastal elites disliked him in a large part because they thought he was screwing those fly-over people with promises of growing value and limited edition print nonsense.

Aarontology: Yet.

OBAMA!
WHERE NORMAN ROCKWELL?
WHERE?
\o/
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/dunno why, but that's the first thing i thought of.

Normal Rockwell's art was actually much more relevant and, in terms of message, controversial than Kinkade ever hoped to be. It became pablum because of oversaturation of the wholesome image, but if you look into what his paintings actually meant, they're pretty amazing stories with much more heart and soul than any Kinkade painting.

Eh, I wouldn't say I hate him. He's technically proficient, but his art doesn't really say anything. It's all rather bland.

My mom eats his stuff up with a spoon, though, and she's nearly as liberal as I am. TBH, I think that's what it really is, more than a political gap; a generation gap.

Why get so bent out of shape about what someone does (ex. what art they enjoy) in the privacy of their own living room?

/amidoingitright?

So the same reason people hate reality tv.

Bloody William: Aarontology: Yet.

OBAMA!
WHERE NORMAN ROCKWELL?
WHERE?
\o/
l
/\


/dunno why, but that's the first thing i thought of.

Normal Rockwell's art was actually much more relevant and, in terms of message, controversial than Kinkade ever hoped to be. It became pablum because of oversaturation of the wholesome image, but if you look into what his paintings actually meant, they're pretty amazing stories with much more heart and soul than any Kinkade painting.

Case in point

moos: Why get so bent out of shape about what someone does (ex. what art they enjoy) in the privacy of their own living room?

/amidoingitright?

Hey, if you want to put up Thomas Kinkade prints in your house, that's your business. I just don't think you should be able to marry or adopt.

Oh, and I think author needs some of this. I know he needs a lot, so I got him a big one; he should try not to use it all at once.

DarnoKonrad: Yes, his paintings were white bread. But white bread isn't shiat because of who eats it, it's shiat because it lacks character, flavor, texture, or anything else that might distinguish it from foam rubber.

Likewise, once you've seen one Thomas Kinkade painting, you've seen them all -- and in 20 years, like so much kitsch, no one is going to know the fark he was.

Bingo. This.

I went to college for art, and I saw a lot of different stuff and heard many perspectives about what art should be, but it always came down to personal taste in the end. Nobody can dictate to anybody what art is or is supposed to be. That's why Duchampe put a urinal in an exhibit. He was giving a big "F*ck you," to the art world. Thomas Kinkade was a highly successful commercial artist who knew what a lot of people wanted to see, and he developed a style which could meet a demand. Yeah, it's grandma art. Big deal. There are literally millions of other artists you can spend your time collecting if you don't like Kinkade's stuff.

/Feels this same way about books, movies, music and the rest.
//Don't like it? Not your problem. Go find something you do like.

Kinkade? Meh, he was a dimestore Rockwell wannabe without the benefit of a late-in-life epiphany.

"Hate" is bit strong as it implies actually caring about the guy one way or another.

Kinkade's death affected me about as much as the death of guy who did those dogs playing poker.

That noted, RIP.

/How rtards are managing to turn the death of Kinkade into a pity party for themselves here is lulztastic!
//Also "Kinkade" sounds like something you reach for after a particularly energetic BDSM party.
///Slashieeeees are a kind of art.

Bloody William: Normal Rockwell's art was actually much more relevant and, in terms of message, controversial than Kinkade ever hoped to be. It became pablum because of oversaturation of the wholesome image, but if you look into what his paintings actually meant, they're pretty amazing stories with much more heart and soul than any Kinkade painting.

Not to mention technically superior in just about every way. Even if you don't think Rockwell is "art" you can't deny he was one hell of a draftsman.

DarnoKonrad: and in 20 years, like so much kitsch, no one is going to know the fark he was.

au contraire, his shiat will be on every hipster's wall

That's funny, because I do think it's in poor taste to be a Republican.

huh, i never knew i disliked hummel figurines and commemorative plates from the franklin mint because republicans.

all this time i just thought it was kitschy crap.

Dead for Tax Reasons: He was no bob ross, that's for sure

"And then, we'll put a happy little tree right here."

Coco LaFemme: That's funny, because I do think it's in poor taste to be a Republican.

too early 80s chic

stpauler: From a different blog, here's an interview where he pretty much is saying that he'd rather create for others than himself. It's a smug, condescending attitude

His attitude in that quote is the opposite of smug and condescending. he's saying that art should be about the communication between the artist and the viewer, not solely about the artist.

DarnoKonrad: Bloody William: Normal Rockwell's art was actually much more relevant and, in terms of message, controversial than Kinkade ever hoped to be. It became pablum because of oversaturation of the wholesome image, but if you look into what his paintings actually meant, they're pretty amazing stories with much more heart and soul than any Kinkade painting.

Not to mention technically superior in just about every way. Even if you don't think Rockwell is "art" you can't deny he was one hell of a draftsman.

Rockwell described himself as an illustrator, and he did so with pride.

There was a great deal of soul in his work, and anyone who can't see it has a problem.

Also, mutherfark Thomas Kincade. That is all.

GAT_00: I think Lumpenproletariat needs to be an actual word.

Ask and ye shall receive

lumpenproletariat noun ( sometimes initial capital letter ) (esp. in Marxist theory)
the lowest level of the proletariat comprising unskilled workers, vagrants, and criminals and characterized by a lack of class identification and solidarity.

I'm supposed to have feelings about this? I've seen the guy's paintings. He was definitely a competent draftsman and painter. I wasn't aware they were political. Is it because they're bucolic scenes of simple places? I can see how that could have a certain sort of meaning: a longing for simplicity or somesuch. But I really don't care. Is this somehow a reaction to what some view as aggression by modern art for having something to say about institution of power and for daring to be hard to parse? I dunno. All I know is I didn't give a f*ck about him when he was alive and I care even less now. Buy his paintings if they make you happy. But don't ask me to hate him so you can feel persecuted. I've got sh*t to do today.

The New Yorker had a great profile on him some time back, but I think it's archived behind a paywall. Turning the dislike of him into some sort of political rant is bullsh*t. But if you want to claim that liberals hate him and conservatives love him, fine. He's a fine example of a conservative, what with his ripping people off and the securities fraud charges he avoided by dying.

The only problem I have with him is that during someone's rant against him they compared his bland, recycled images to those of Bob Ross and then proceeded to trash them both. Fark you disgruntled art snob, Bob Ross was the happiest, fro'iest white man there ever was. If you don't like him you can shove a happy little pine cone up your happy little arse.

Kincaide was hated?

Hmm, guess I missed the memo.

Duke Phillips' Singing Bears: He was definitely a competent draftsman and painter.

You know who else was a competent draftsman and painter?

Didn't he start selling his name to a ton of christian projects later in his life?

No, he was hated because he brought absolutely nothing new to the art world and one moment with any of his works was long enough to determine this.

I hear Tim Tebow has several pieces of Mr. Kinkade's work.

Good lord! I don't know the first thing about painting but I can smell political hackery from a mile away.

Really, Conservatives? This is where you're planning your next big fight? To protect the memory of some inconsequential kitsch painter? You know, you don't have to breathlessly defend everything just because it has mass appeal. You can just let things...be. Wal-Mart, Thomas Kinkade, what's next? "Eat all your meals at Arby's to stick it to those fancy-pants thinks-food-should-be-made-out-of-food Liberals"?

Thomas Kinkade = the modern equivalent of this:

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I want that painting.

He painted cabins on fire.If you like cabins on fire, you should like his work.

When I was growing up, I had a friend whose Italian immigrant dad had 'art taste' that they would not have allowed in a mafia movie because it would've been too awful of a stereotype. Think of landscapes of Rome where the streetlights light up, and the water moves with "genuine light effects" and lots of those coated rainbow crystals hanging off of every light source. The house was done in pinks and blues....and it was gross. Sort of like a bad Chinese restaurant, only Italian.

Last time I spoke to a friend of the family, I was told the house is now done in yellows, and the light-up pictures are Kinkade...and I don't need to see it to know it is gross.

If that's hate, I guess I'm a hater. Just not my taste, bro.

All of his little cottages, fully lit as to look like there's a raging grease fire within on a sunny day confuse me.

Isn't this some farker's blog?

Seriously why was this shait greenlit?