what kind of art do you like to collect?

[steve...]

I have framed art from people I know and photographs of places and/or people that have a special meaning to me. I've also got quite a bit of my own work on the walls.

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"Now, the first one here is called Venus of Urbino, and it was painted in 1538 by a guy in Venice. And, this is for real, his name is spelled T-I-T-I-A-N. Titty-un! Honest to God! He's a very famous respected artist, and this is a bona fide art treasure. And I don't think anybody could disagree that this is a really nice painting of a broad on a couch!"

--E. Buzz Miller

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[decay]

Titian rhymes with Grecian.

(i'm sure you knew that)

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decay wrote:
Titian rhymes with Grecian.

(i'm sure you knew that)

You've never seen the SNL skit, have you?

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"Look at Jesus standing over there by himself, you think those bulldogs would invite him to their card game."

—Stewie

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[voodoopenguin]

What is art?

It was a few weeks ago that we were thinking about what we have around the house and realised that in the room we were in, the living room, we have sixteen 'works' on the wall and that eleven of them are original paintings, two are signed limited edition prints and the rest are photos. The mixture is what I believe is called eclectic, ranging from 150 year old oil paintings through to recent years. The same varied mixture is around the house. Is old Chinese porcelain art? How about 130 year old Japanese silk embroideries or 300 year old framed needlework samplers? Difficult to know what is considered art or not.

Paul

[$tevie]

decay wrote:
i have a velvet Elvis, got it for free.

i like paintings on black velvet... trying to collect some but they are not often found where i frequent (or rather, infreqeunt).

We were given a Priscilla on velvet many years ago by an odd man who was doing maintenance work for our landlord. He didn't want his ex-wife to get it so he gave it to us instead. 8-) He promised us an Elvis to go with it but Elvis never materialized before the guy wandered out of our lives for his next adventure.

[Surfrider]

I've refinished a living room full of six band pretzel rattan furniture, all from the 30's and 40's, mahogany tops on the tables...the real deal.

I collect hula girl bobble head/dashboard dolls...various old surf and hawaiiana...and surfboards I've ridden, cleaned up and hung around...

[3d]

I used to collect sketches from comic book artists i meet at shows and conventions. Not expensive published original art. Just little random sketches and doodles. Whatever the artist feels like drawing at the moment. Alot of them are 5 second self portrait doodles which they then autograph for me. It made me happy when I was a kid

It's funny how although I collected these sketches 20 years ago I still to this day vividly remember who the nice guys were who chatted with me even though I was only a 12 year old kid and there were 100 people behind me waiting in line...

....And who the rude ones were. A few refused to autograph my sketchbook even after i stood in line for over an hour to meet them. I understand that sometimes it's too busy to draw a full sketch. But refuse to even sign an autograph for a kid who stood patiently in line?!!

Moebius, Art Spiegelman, Michael Zeck, Mike Kaluta, Jim Lee and a ton of others were so gracious and friendly to meet.

On the other hand,,, Howard Chaykin, John Byrne and Bernie Wrightson are some guys who come to mind at the moment who were rude to me (20 years ago).

[MacArtist]

I collect the drawings my kids have made over the years.

There isn't money in the budget for any other type of art.