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In response to "I don't mind someone ripping people off with bullshit art (Jeff Koons), but Kinkade ripped off poor people. that ticks me off." by loosi

Jeff Koons ripped off poor artists, I mean sure, if he can get people to pay $50k for a sear vaccum cleaner in a plastic cube fine, but he bought a...

Posted by zeitgeist Apr 7 '12, 17:54

postcard from a san fran area photog showing a couple sitting on a bench holding a whole litter of dashound puppies, by some magical kismet, the whole litter of 10 had their noses all perfectly lined up in a long diagonal.

this ahole literally bought the post card, sent it to some bronze foundry in italy and said make this. that's all, he sold them for a million each (iirc) and the local art museum had the audacity to display it, the photogs picketed, the upshot was, the museum refused to allow anyone to photograph it because of 'copyright'

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Sounds like a derivative work. :) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 17:57
Koons doesn't rip off trailer trash, just rich idiots. I don't care about that. -- nm - loosi Apr 7, 17:57 3
- If you're using a term like "trailer trash" to describe the people that Kinkade "ripped off" then I'm betting you don't really care about them either. - Stephen Apr 7, 18:26
- If you're using a term like "trailer trash" to describe the people that Kinkade "ripped off" then I'm betting you don't really care about them either. - Stephen Apr 7, 18:20 1
  - oof. I am getting from this that you love Kinkade. I do respect that. - loosi Apr 7, 18:24

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