Thérèse Dreaming by Balthus at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
A work in the old New York Met
Is making some people upset
The spokesman Ken Weinne
Thinks the painting is fine
The petition though causes regret
John Moynes
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I just went to have a look at his other works and, jaysus, Balthus definitely has a penchant for the young wans in skirts.
as nature intended:)
Jaysus, that’s not how I learnt to play the guitar
the kerfuffle is more a reflection of ignorance and picking an easy target to make a point I’d say…far as I know paintings like these aren’t meant to be taken literally, it’s not a photo, it’s reflecting and representing something topical or existential
(I know nothing about art btw)
FFS! They’ll have a conniption when they see the nudes!
probably some hard-core Christian resistance group
had to report some BPOOP post on arsebook telling us jezebels what it is acceptable to wear least poor carnel men cannot control themselves
offensive to both sexes
I’m offended that you think I’d be offended by this!
1938? How come it took them over 40 years to come forward?
they were probably jackin off
As my mother would say, it’s their own dirty minds.
Your mother’s a fine one to talk, the aul perv
Your mother is a great woman.
That she is.
Thing is: though I attributed that to her, I now think like that too.
Sigh.
That comes to us all in time.
I sounded remarkably like my nana the other day, the mad, hoover-wielding one, much to my faint embarrassment.
I referred to those beard decos as costing tuppence ha’penny today. That’s my Granny talking too.
Heh.
One of the girls from college said to me on Monday,
“I saw you in town on Saturday.
Was that your wife, she’s gorgeous.
And your grandson, he’s so cute.”
It’s my SON.
Gutted.
Would have been worse if she’d thought it was your carer, not your wife
OUCH.
Oooh, FATALITY.
Birrova sickener alright :)
These painters were lucky there was no twitter in their day. Look at the painting Balthus did of one of his peers, reminds you of yer man from the Stalin movie… https://www.google.ie/search?q=Balthasar+Klossowski%2C&client=ms-android-h3g-ie&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#mie=e,,Andre%20Derain,H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgFuLUz9U3MM4pS69S4gIzC4uMqvK0-B2LSjKLS0LygXR5flE2AP54cvsqAAAA
https://uploads4.wikiart.org/images/balthus/andre-derain-1936.jpg
I don’t even remember posing for that….
I’d say some of these people fly into a rage if, after sitting around all day, they don’t find anything to fly into a rage about. Raging and raging. Twould be a great name for a band.
Did you read the intro to Balthus’ Wikipedia entry? Maybe it isn’t something that should be celebrated