re: #162 Killgore Trout

Snapped shot is goofing on Charles for suspecting that some of the outrage about Obama’s “forged” art is racially motivated…

I missed Charles’ comments in this regard. Although plausible, I frankly think it’s unlikely. The reason is simple: they were using Thomas’ own exhibition catalog, which clearly states that she was riffing on Matisse’s well-known work when she composed Watusi, as “proof” of “plagiarism.” It was painfully obvious that none of these doofuses bothered, or was able to read the words right in front of their eyes. The idea that they know anything at all about the provenance of any of the works strikes me as a real stretch.

Further proof that they simply aren’t paying attention: they were not at all happy when I pointed out, over at Malkin’s site, that the greatest number of works by a single artist, by a wide margin, were works by George Catlin, early documenter of Western American life and of indigenous America in the pre-photographic age, who is ordinarily immensely popular with pretty much everyone.

I screwed up, however. I should have provided a link to Catlin’s work in response to one of the numerous “Wall, that ain’t art, that’s crap, I no gud art when I sees it and that ain’t it!” posts, and asked if Catlin was more acceptable. I need to work on my dark side some more, I guess.