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Post by Bella on Oct 14, 2006 12:08:40 GMT -5
Sorry. That picture has me so rattled that I'm stuttering! Hahahaha! Billiey, I deleted your repeat post. FUNNY! |
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Post by Bella on Oct 14, 2006 12:16:23 GMT -5
Here you go, Bella. This is Picasso's masterwork, "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907). Many consider it to be the first truly modern painting. Picasso was influenced by African masks when he painted the two faces at the right -- this was unheard of at the time. The painting is part of the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, NYC.  You *do* see the similarities with Annie's photo, don't you?  Yes. I have seen this work before, I just couldn't recall it when you first mentioned it. Picasso was so ground breaking in so many ways. We've seen his paintings and drawings so much that it barely phases us nowadays, but this is an extrodinary work to have done in 1907!! He would have found an amazing subject in Apolo, although he did seem to prefer women as subjects (naturally). |
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Post by billiey36 guest on Oct 14, 2006 12:36:17 GMT -5
Thanks for the deletion, Bella. I thought I had stopped my first post from going 'cause I wanted to fix a typo, but I guess I wasn't fast enough.
I'm certainly not an art expert but I've never been a fan of Picasso or abstract art in general. I'm not judging talent--I can barely paint a wall--it's just a personal preferance.
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Post by epiphaniii on Oct 14, 2006 16:49:54 GMT -5
Christy, thanks for posting that it's a T-shirt around Apolo's head! I wondered if they'd done something like that.  I was going to call the store near me and ask if they actually had bandanas before I went. Well, I'll still go buy something from them, but I sure did want a bandana. |
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Post by Bella on Oct 14, 2006 18:00:36 GMT -5
Thanks for the deletion, Bella. I thought I had stopped my first post from going 'cause I wanted to fix a typo, but I guess I wasn't fast enough. I'm certainly not an art expert but I've never been a fan of Picasso or abstract art in general. I'm not judging talent--I can barely paint a wall--it's just a personal preferance. That's cool. What are you a fan of? |
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Post by Bella on Oct 14, 2006 18:01:21 GMT -5
Christy, thanks for posting that it's a T-shirt around Apolo's head! I wondered if they'd done something like that. I was going to call the store near me and ask if they actually had bandanas before I went. Well, I'll still go buy something from them, but I sure did want a bandana. I would have never guessed that was a t-shirt. Yes, it would have been cool if they had a bandana. |
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Post by tigerlilly on Oct 15, 2006 15:11:33 GMT -5
Hope y'all made it to the GAP this weekend.....I don't know about GAP in your neighborhood, but in mine Apolo's pic was front and center in the store window along w/M.J. and Chris Rock....Not the artsy pic....lol...but the hair blown back one....and oh, baby baby, let me tell you what!!!!  It was a huge poster shot and drop-dead gaw-geous  The mag version does not even do it justice. Get yourself to the GAP, chicas !!!! Women were pausing and staring....LMAO....in front of the front window. Sales of the RED merchandise were also very brisk!!! |
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Post by EnElYaK on Oct 15, 2006 20:26:41 GMT -5
Aw, too bad there's no Gap in my town...I'd have to travel 300 miles to the nearest town with a Gap lmao. Women were pausing and staring?! LOL so would I, actually  Apolo turns heads, alright! |
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Post by susie on Oct 15, 2006 21:49:00 GMT -5
Thanks for the heads up, tigerlilly -- I'll have to go to the Gap to check it out.
Billiey, I can appreciate various styles of art without them being my personal favorites, so I know what you mean. I tend to gravitate toward the impressionists, with Manet, Cezanne, and Monet holding the most interest for me. But I really do like lots of different styles from various eras. In architecture, I have a soft spot for the work of Antonio Gaudi, who made such wonderfully organic, fanciful, beautifully designed buildings.
Hmmm, I think that I'm going to have to start an art/design thread.
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Post by Jay on Oct 16, 2006 2:39:49 GMT -5
that's so cool...like enelyak, i have to travel 400km to go to the one and only Gap store in M'sia....what a loser!
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Post by tabatha on Oct 16, 2006 6:51:50 GMT -5
I think my nearest gap store is either Springfield, or St. Louis. Pretty decent distance, but not too bad...
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Post by peggy on Oct 16, 2006 11:22:00 GMT -5
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Post by billiey36 guest on Oct 16, 2006 11:41:14 GMT -5
I saw that, Margaret. Actually, the whole article is pretty cute, even if you don't know everyone they're talking about.
They've got the name of the Hispanic soap opera right!
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Post by Elle on Oct 16, 2006 22:06:06 GMT -5
That was a sweet article. I love it when they write that he appeared NAKED in the Gap Ads. Which I still have yet to see. Sweet. I love his nakedness. |
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Post by billiey36 guest on Oct 16, 2006 23:24:31 GMT -5
I know what you mean, Elle. I love when the words "naked" and Apolo appear in the same sentence.
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I was going to call the store near me and ask if they actually had bandanas before I went. Well, I'll still go buy something from them, but I sure did want a bandana. 
