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mips
December 12th, 2006, 11:17 PM
Just went to google and saw this:
http://www.google.co.za/logos/edvard_munch.gif
http://www.google.co.za/

MedivhX
December 12th, 2006, 11:20 PM
Yeah, I saw it too... But on google.com... It's Edvard Munch's birthday (whoever he is...)

finferflu
December 12th, 2006, 11:24 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edvard_Munch

That_Geek
December 12th, 2006, 11:27 PM
for those of you who dont know, he did sceam

that was really cool mips, thanks for the find

~LoKe
December 12th, 2006, 11:28 PM
I can't believe that horrible painting is worth so much that people have stolen it, multiple times.

The concept of horrible art is lost on me.

finferflu
December 12th, 2006, 11:31 PM
Art is not about beauty, but about the ability to communicate... I think...

hardyn
December 12th, 2006, 11:33 PM
the painter... the "scream" its a pretty famous painting.

and its art, horrible is so subjective... just cuz you hate it doesn't mean everybody does.

mips
December 12th, 2006, 11:37 PM
I can't believe that horrible painting is worth so much that people have stolen it, multiple times.

The concept of horrible art is lost on me.

I'm just glad they recovered it. I hope they have better security measures now.

I absolutely love that painting, thats why I have it as my avatar. I love his other works as well.

I'm not artistic myself, can't paint, tone deaf etc but I love art and music. B&W photograhy I love, I try my best with taking b&w portraits of friends, some are ok.

zgornel
December 12th, 2006, 11:41 PM
Art is not about beauty, but about the ability to communicate... I think...
Actually, is both.
P.S Munch is a great painter, maybe the greatest norwegian painter.

Lord Illidan
December 12th, 2006, 11:44 PM
Personally I don't like the style much, but then, we all have different tastes, thank God.

finferflu
December 12th, 2006, 11:46 PM
Actually, is both.

Ok, I'll restate it. Art is beautiful when it's able to communicate, otherwise it's ugly and it's not art.

Any better? :D

dbbolton
December 13th, 2006, 04:13 AM
Just went to google and saw this:
http://www.google.co.za/logos/edvard_munch.gif
http://www.google.co.za/
haha, i pm'ed that to you a couple hours ago :)

meech
December 13th, 2006, 04:17 AM
heh heh... Lord Illidan, very funny signiture.

BarfBag
December 13th, 2006, 06:36 AM
Wow! That's really cool! I heart "The Scream."

steven8
December 13th, 2006, 06:55 AM
There are different kinds of 'art'. Commercial art, is done with the express idea of reaching a certain group or groups of people and swaying there emotions one way or another. Whereas true fine art, such as 'The Scream', comes strictly from the mind and soul of the artist, and either affects people or doesn't. A 'true' fine artist does not really care if their art is liked by others. They produce it for themselves. If they are masters of their craft, then perveyors of fine art will recognize that fact and they will receive attention.

mips
December 13th, 2006, 10:11 AM
I'm not entirely happy with the paintings name though. 'Skrik' imho does not really translate to the english 'Scream'. For me 'skrik' means more something like fright/shriek.

Maybe someone with a better knowledge of germanic languages can enlighten us.

Check out 'the role in popular culture' here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scream

Somenoob
December 13th, 2006, 10:19 AM
Wasn't that painting recently stolen?

matthew
December 13th, 2006, 10:20 AM
I can't believe that horrible painting is worth so much that people have stolen it, multiple times.

The concept of horrible art is lost on me."Good" art from a qualitative standpoint is judged using several factors one of which is how well it communicates the emotion behind the scene depicted--art isn't just about accurate physical representation. Art is man's attempt to communicate deep thoughts, feelings, or meanings in a format that communicates more than words alone are generally capable of doing (or in the case of good prose and poetry, communicating more than the words are expressing by causing the reader to feel/think/see beyond the words).

Anyway, you may not appreciate the representation of the screaming person in Munch's painting, but it does an excellent job of communicating the torment being felt by the person involved and is therefore great art, by this one measure anyway.

mips
December 13th, 2006, 10:57 AM
Wasn't that painting recently stolen?

Yes, one version of it (done in tempera) was stolen in 2004 and recovered just over 2months ago.

See, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scream#Thefts

xyz
December 13th, 2006, 11:03 AM
My own interpretation -Art's also about one's own interpretation of it and the less an artist 'explains' what she/she means by it the better- has always been that she/he's not screaming but simply frightfully afraid of what she/he's looking at!
What this person's looking at could be anything that makes us feel frightfully afraid, for instance.
To each her/his own...

23meg
December 13th, 2006, 11:05 AM
I'd like quote Gilles Deleuze, who wrote:

"The work of art is not an instrument of communication. The work of art has nothing to do with communication. The work of art does not contain any information at all. However, there is a fundamental affinity between the work of art and the act of resistance. In that sense, yes. As an act of resistance, the work of art has something to do with information and communication."

gfg
December 13th, 2006, 03:57 PM
I'm not entirely happy with the paintings name though. 'Skrik' imho does not really translate to the english 'Scream'. For me 'skrik' means more something like fright/shriek.

Maybe someone with a better knowledge of germanic languages can enlighten us.

Check out 'the role in popular culture' here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scream

Actually the direct translation of "skrik" is scream, although it can also be interpeted as shriek as you suggested. I should know since im Norwegian :p

Regarding the theft of the picture, I am glad that they finaly decided to trap up on the security, which really was lousy before. It's a shame that somone could just walk right take the picture down, run away and get away with it. The security should now be sufficent and this is the least we can do for our most important and influential painter.

argie
December 13th, 2006, 04:04 PM
Just went to google and saw this:
http://www.google.co.za/logos/edvard_munch.gif
http://www.google.co.za/

Haha, I saw it too. Considering your avatar. I never found out, did they get the painting back?

gfg
December 13th, 2006, 04:10 PM
Haha, I saw it too. Considering your avatar. I never found out, did they get the painting back?

Yeh it was returned a couple of months ago.