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Thomas Kinkade was probably the most influential and significant artist in the last 100 years.. - nm

Posted by prayformojo (aka mayhem) Apr 7 '12, 16:36

there, I said it

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in the art world, barely a drop in the bucket. as a low rent pop icon, maybe. -- nm - loosi Apr 7, 17:40
who? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 7, 17:36
Yeah, but how many coins did he have in Draw Something? -- nm - Dano Apr 7, 17:16
yet, he never drew Batman :( -- nm - peglegpete Apr 7, 17:05 1
- my brutha -- nm - Iron Spawn Apr 7, 17:05
as long as you count reverse influence. -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 16:58 1
- i think that batteries on everyone's sarcasm detectors went belly up this weekend -- nm - prayformojo Apr 7, 17:00
Uh... no. -- nm - Iron Spawn Apr 7, 16:56
we beg to differ -- nm - Picasso & Rockwell Apr 7, 16:46 5
- Monet, Dali, Matisse and Kahlo might also disagree. -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 17:10 4
  - Matisse and Picasso mostly. -- nm - loosi Apr 7, 17:41
  - McFarlane! -- nm - Iron Spawn Apr 7, 17:12 2
    - Heh. :-) Jack Kirby. -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 17:16 1
      - those dudes could draw. -- nm - loosi Apr 7, 17:44
How does a 54 y/o pass away from natural causes? -- nm - Epiphany Apr 7, 16:41 5
- many people (usually men) have heart attacks young. My good friend Fran lost her husband when he was 35. -- nm - loosi Apr 7, 17:41 1
  - plus Kinkade was reputedly a raging alcoholic. -- nm - loosi Apr 7, 17:42
- People still have heart attacks. -- nm - Ender Apr 7, 16:48
- *makes drinky-drinky motion* -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 16:47 1
  - *raises a Shiner Bock to this statement* -- nm - JD Apr 7, 16:58
I think the thing he is most hated for, is the thing I admire the most about him. - Stephen Apr 7, 16:38 8
- he pandered to childlike desires for comfort. -- nm - loosi Apr 7, 17:43
- There's *tons* of representational art out there that isn't the equivalent of a diabetic shock. -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 17:39 1
  - this. TONS of it. there are so many incredible realist painters. -- nm - loosi Apr 7, 17:45
- I'm not familiar with his work, but "His art has no deeper meaning, That's what I like about it." isn't exactly selling it. - Roger More Apr 7, 17:32
- What is so jerkish about him is, all those 'paintings' were basically large xmas cards inkjet printed on canvas with a few blots of paint so they ... - zeitgeist Apr 7, 17:03 3
  - and this. He charged a fortune for cheaply produce crap. -- nm - loosi Apr 7, 17:43 2
    - Its no joke that people have spent fortunes on collections, one client even built a wing on to his (I so want to say trailer but sorry) house. He had - zeitgeist Apr 7, 17:50 1
      - see, that's what I mean. The man could paint, but he ripped off poor people with cheap shit. - loosi Apr 7, 17:52

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