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Yet critics value his work hugely. You may feel differently if you saw it presented in a gallery rather than online.


So many would disagree. Then again, there are people who say that Last Year in Marienbad is just people walking around slowly or that Tracy Emin's bed is just a mucky bed.

Do you like Yves Klein?

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The same thing; art can be engaging and challenging. It can also be very obviously unpleasant as much even most german expressionism is meant to be,


If you need to ask, it's not for you. Why not just look at it in the gallery. If it moves you, fine; if it doesn't, move yourself to the next painting.


Yet it appeals to some, even many. And goes over the head of others.

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Exactly, there's no comparison. What works in a large gallery doesn't necessarily work on a living room wall or a wikipedia page and isn't of course meant to.


That's pretty well the opposite of what it is; his work, especially the Lepanto Cycle is rich in context, even the bleaker images in the series. It does help to know the literary and historical illusions he's making, and of course it works on the emotions as it's meant to.


By that logic, you could only have art, literature, music, film that is accessible to the least educated. There is mass market output, even a huge amount of it, and there is more challenging output. Life would be poorer if all film was Netflix pap and no Alain Resnais or Terence Davies at all.

Those who find challenging cultural output "repulsive" can always look at Maxfield Parrish or watch M jak Milosc They are both good in their own way.

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They have very few if any standards. And absolutely loathe it when things don't go their way.

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News / Polish vodka as a mean of protest [49]


That sounds vile.

It's also hard to know why people in some places put coke in whisky. I've seen Italians do that, and sometimes Poles too. It just seems crude and a waste of both drinks.

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Remember that Twombly is gallery art; something intended to be viewed in a large dedicated space. I like some of his stuff, the more richly coloured rather than the monochrome art. It has a a unique visual language that invites personal interpretation. It captures feelings through texture and use of colour. It does work better if the viewer gets his references to mythology and literature.

Think about Pollock's splatter paintings (at the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, you can see them how he intended them to be displayed. I went there to see their Fernand Leger paintings but spent much of the time just staring at the Pollock works. They have a special effect when you observe them. Interestingly, it's almost impossible to make a painting in that style and pass it off as his.

From his Lepanto cycle:

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They make hoovers and so of course do many companies.

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Or parts of Istanbul, basically the bit of Beyoğlu over the other side of Tarlabaşı Bulvarı from Taksim Square. The streets are packed with them, and their admirers. He'd probably really enjoy himself.

There seems to be a lot of conspiracy theory from trumpists including that nutty Greene person about the recent storm. Utterly bizarre ones as usual. They seem to like conspiracy theories.

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This should certainly be stopped and stopped right away.

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A lot just stay at home and relax, however pubs are traditionally the heart of the community, especially in industrial areas.

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I use g&t as a way to put a smile on my face before dinner or in an airport lounge.

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That's where I see and hear about these creatures.


Pine Marten as I recall.

There's also wydra and chadra. They probably have names in other languages.

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Northern is always nicer.

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Normal enough. Church attendance is plummet anyway.


It shouldn't.

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Like sick building syndrome. It can make your life miserable.


The Korean kind is easier to do and works well

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News / Polish vodka as a mean of protest [49]

A geriatric wittering on about health and illnesses.

People like a drink. If you're a teetotaller, you might get a couple of years more however they're the worst years.

News / Polish vodka as a mean of protest [49]

Some things just need it. Roast beef is one of them. And anything French.


Very much so. Old wine glasses were always smaller.

Then again, we've all started cooking, had a few drinks in the kitchen and not got round to serving the whole dinner that night.

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A nice big gin and tonic after work and before dinner goes down nicely.

The French who drink wine with meals live long as well.