DID YOU KNOW? Pablo Picasso was a hard core Communist?

[sofia]

If you ever wondered why the incomprehensible crap of Pablo Picasso was so hyped by the media, and is now worth so much money.....this will explain alot...

Subject: Rockefeller Family / Modern Art / Picasso the Communist
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[Noob]

I made this, I am not really sure if you can call it art, but I like it..

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/2741/newron2050.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/7/newron2050.jpg/)

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[sofia]

I made this, I am not really sure if you can call it art, but I like it..

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/2741/newron2050.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/7/newron2050.jpg/)

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Thats still 100 times better than Picasso.

[pcosmar]

DID YOU KNOW?

Did you know that I never cared? Or that I could care less now?

[sofia]

DID YOU KNOW?

Did you know that I never cared? Or that I could care less now?

You dont care about the deliberate corruption of your culture?......

Oh. thats right, as "libertarians" we're only supposed to care about money, money, money.......

[Acala]

Picasso's early work is very good. His later work thrills me not. But in any event, he was an artist, not an economist. I don't care that Steinbeck was probably a commie also. I still like his writing.

[pcosmar]

You dont care about the deliberate corruption of your culture?......



My culture??

First, what makes you think I have any?
Secondly, what makes you think you know anything about my culture?
Third, what would a dead artists political view have to do with it anyway?

[sofia]

U guys miss the significance of this. A society that can be conned into accepting SHIT as "art" loses its capacity for objective, critical thought.

A nation of intellectually and morally degradaded people are easily manipulated into accepting ANYTHING that the elites tell us is true.

Acceptance of Keynesian economics and Picasso art are related....Both make no sense....yet both are embraced because our minds and spirits have been corrupted.....Cultural Marxism and Economic Marxism walk hand in hand.

[Krugerrand]

My culture??

First, what makes you think I have any?
Secondly, what makes you think you know anything about my culture?
Third, what would a dead artists political view have to do with it anyway?

Watch it, Pete. You're getting dangerously close to the 'caring' line.

[aGameOfThrones]

U guys miss the significance of this. A society that can be conned into accepting SHIT as "art" loses its capacity for objective, critical thought.

A nation of intellectually and morally degradaded people are easily manipulated into accepting ANYTHING that the elites tell us is true.

Acceptance of Keynesian economics and Picasso art are related....Both make no sense....yet both are embraced because our minds and spirits have been corrupted.....Cultural Marxism and Economic Marxism walk hand in hand.

A society that can be conned into accepting Social Security(a True Tax) as an insurance policy just loses!

[Rothbardian Girl]

U guys miss the significance of this. A society that can be conned into accepting SHIT as "art" loses its capacity for objective, critical thought.

A nation of intellectually and morally degradaded people are easily manipulated into accepting ANYTHING that the elites tell us is true.

Acceptance of Keynesian economics and Picasso art are related....Both make no sense....yet both are embraced because our minds and spirits have been corrupted.....Cultural Marxism and Economic Marxism walk hand in hand.

I think you're comparing apples and oranges. While faulty economic philosophies can and do destroy lives, art as far as I know doesn't lead to peoples' suffering and dying. I personally couldn't care less if Picasso were a Marxist. I've never considered appreciating his art, and I wouldn't even if he were the most ardent supporter of free-market capitalism. Is there any empirical evidence that suggests Picasso's art doesn't "make any sense", or is it based on your assumptions and observations of his work? I can think of plenty of evidence of this kind showing the faults in Keynesianism, which is where your point has some merit.

But something as purely subjective as art appreciation shouldn't be made out to be evil, or "culturally Marxist" (I don't know any "serious" Marxist, by the way, who even accepts cultural Marxism as valid, or sees it as any sort of goal). There are a lot bigger fish to fry, in other words.

[Warrior_of_Freedom]

Back in that day you were either a Fascist or Communist, what's the big deal here? lol

[Anti Federalist]

Meh, Mozart was a royalist and mostly on the public dole his whole life.

He still composed some of the most inspiring music mankind had ever heard.

[amy31416]

James Brown was a sexist jerk who occasionally slapped his woman around. But he has some wicked funky tunes.

[Acala]

James Brown was a sexist jerk who occasionally slapped his woman around. But he has some wicked funky tunes.

You're doing it wrong. You're supposed to say something BAD about the artist and then something good. :D

[erowe1]

Sofia, why are you picking on Picasso? He wasn't Jewish.

[amy31416]

You're doing it wrong. You're supposed to say something BAD about the artist and then something good. :D

I'm telling your mom/wife/girlfriend (or all of the above) what you just said. Punk.

[AGRP]

http://www.thenorthwestreport.com/the-doom-of-modern-art/

[Acala]

I'm telling your mom/wife/girlfriend (or all of the above) what you just said. Punk.

Lol.

[purplechoe]

Personally I think Picasso is way overrated. Although my avatar is a Picasso drawing (I use it because "Don Quixote" is my favorite book) and I like his early stuff but the more famous of his works I think are just downright ugly. I prefer Monet personally...

http://www.artquotes.net/masters/monet/la-prominade-75.jpg

[RP Supporter]

One of my biggest problems when I was in highschool. We were fed drek from Richard Wright, Jack London, and so forth, all of whom were admitted members of the communist or socialist parties and wrote lovingly about the cause of the revolution. Now, I don't really mind this, so long as you are exposed to several different views. That never happened with us. We never once read something extolling the virtues of Capitalism.

The worst came when we were studying Ezra Pound, a Fascist. I noticed the book denounced him pretty heavily for being a Fascist, even though they had glowingly wrote about Wright's communist membership and his desire to make the world a better place. So I asked the teacher why was fascism being demonized and communism lauded? She looked at me like I grew another head, and never really gave me an answer.

That's my biggest annoyance with education today, and it happens in college as well. There's this desire to always find something wrong with our society. We're too racist, sexist, genocidal, whatever. But the solution to this is always reading these leftists screeds and never hearing a libertarian message. The educational system in this country is the highest evil in polluting people's minds IMHO.

[heavenlyboy34]

The OP is pretty silly, IMO. Picasso's work is a good study in graphic design. Besides, Picasso did some rather tame pen and ink stuff aside from the paintings(see below). Modern art and music are actually quite liberating, even if you don't like them. Most people think atonal music sounds like shit (and I tend to agree), but it was a step toward freedom of expression rather than backward towards elitist art.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K-HabnlOHBU/TJgfwdw8MgI/AAAAAAAABQc/IrbAdXqQXsA/s1600/04picasso-1.jpg

[heavenlyboy34]

Meh, Mozart was a royalist and mostly on the public dole his whole life.

He still composed some of the most inspiring music mankind had ever heard.
So were most of the most popular composers, btw., such as Haydn.

[Romulus]

U guys miss the significance of this. A society that can be conned into accepting SHIT as "art" loses its capacity for objective, critical thought.

A nation of intellectually and morally degradaded people are easily manipulated into accepting ANYTHING that the elites tell us is true.

Acceptance of Keynesian economics and Picasso art are related....Both make no sense....yet both are embraced because our minds and spirits have been corrupted.....Cultural Marxism and Economic Marxism walk hand in hand.

Art does not have to make sense... Acceptance of it is a pop culture/free market thing.

Picasso was a genuine talent despite any of his political views. Some of his work was very anti-war even. see Guernica.

As as mentioned.. during the times having those views weren't too radical.

[heavenlyboy34]

Art does not have to make sense...

Picasso was a genuine talent despite any of his political views. Some of his work was very anti-war even. see Guernica.

This^^ btw, chance music is great proof that art doesn't have to make sense. ;)

[Sam I am]

If you ever wondered why the incomprehensible crap of Pablo Picasso was so hyped by the media, and is now worth so much money.....this will explain alot...

Subject: Rockefeller Family / Modern Art / Picasso the Communist
http://www.TomatoBubble.com/id122.html

And here I thought that Picasso's art was valuable because he was one of the pioneers of Cubism, which was a rather significant movement in art history

[dannno]

Personally I think Picasso is way overrated. Although my avatar is a Picasso drawing (I use it because "Don Quixote" is my favorite book) and I like his early stuff but the more famous of his works I think are just downright ugly. I prefer Monet personally...

http://www.artquotes.net/masters/monet/la-prominade-75.jpg

Monet was shrooomin for sure.

[heavenlyboy34]

Monet was shrooomin for sure.
IIRC, Monet was riding the wave of French Impressionism's popularity. :cool:

[purplechoe]

Monet was shrooomin for sure.

well he was going blind later in his life...

[Romulus]

Goya was no Christian... or an insane one

This one is called Saturn Devouring His Children

A lot of these artists were commissioned by Kings for years and years... the were artistic portrait slaves to royalty... until they cracked...

http://www.michaelarnoldart.com/Goya%20painting.gif

[Anti Federalist]

I have this in my office at home:

"One More Step Mr. Hands"
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2235/2274246135_f3ae469a96.jpg

[Anti Federalist]

Also a big fan of this man's work, I have a bunch of his stuff including an orginal:

http://www.ludlowthorston.com/large_images/anothe12.jpg

http://www.ludlowthorston.com/

[pcosmar]

I have a few originals by Monkey Tom. Was a good friend.

http://www.monkeytom.org/

[Anti Federalist]

I have a few originals by Monkey Tom. Was a good friend.

http://www.monkeytom.org/

That some neat work there.

Liked this one:

http://www.caymanwildlife.org/tom/images/galleryimages/td-hgr/w-td-hgr1-5238.jpg

[pcosmar]

That some neat work there.

Liked this one:



Yup I have one piece he gave me, but most was acquired in bidding at local bars.

He never put a price on them, but once the bidding started,,,,

I never went over $30 on the ones I got, But price depended on the Bar, the day and the piece.

You will find his work on walls an in businesses all through the Keys.