Topic: Now I've seen it all!! (Read 8188 times)

maryas · « **Reply #53 on:** May 31, 2008, 06:11:50 AM »

Aw, you bet me to that punch line Leigh!!

Mary

LeighK · « **Reply #52 on:** May 30, 2008, 16:10:29 PM »

And if Suzie doesn't like the biscuits I can always use it to keep my marbles in, I've been loosing them for years

maryas · « **Reply #51 on:** May 30, 2008, 15:52:45 PM »

Nice tin - now you've got a ginger puddy cat too.

Mary

LeighK · « **Reply #50 on:** May 30, 2008, 15:39:13 PM »

Hiya,

I got Suzie another 12 pouches of the Royal Canin "Sensitivity" wet food and a bag of the same in dry food which came with a free pouch of the wet food and a free storage tin which looks rather nice.

There's a picture of the tin on this page http://www.petplanet.co.uk/product.asp?pf_id=5697&dept_id=354&co=tiscali

TTFN

LAFS

maryas · « **Reply #49 on:** May 30, 2008, 14:17:43 PM »

You get worse!! I thought you couldn't........but you can!

Mary

LeighK · « **Reply #48 on:** May 30, 2008, 11:32:43 AM »

I'd need more than my eyes shut!, I'd need some of

These

But maybe not for the shark-infested ocean scenario as they're absorbancy might drag me under

Leigh

maryas · « **Reply #47 on:** May 30, 2008, 11:16:52 AM »

i have every confidence in you to do anything, I am sure you could do any of them with your eyes shut if you really tried!

Perhaps you should just stick to being a great dad to your puddies.

Mary

LeighK · « **Reply #46 on:** May 30, 2008, 11:04:21 AM »

Quote from: maryas on May 30, 2008, 10:26:24 AM

You don't need much encouragement do you Leigh?

That depends on what you're refering to Mary, I'd need an awful lot of encouragement to get me into an Olympic bobsleigh, a motorcycle "Wall of Death" or a shark-infested ocean for example

Cheers

Leigh

maryas · « **Reply #45 on:** May 30, 2008, 10:26:24 AM »

Oh dear, dear, dear me............... You don't need much encouragement do you Leigh?

Nice one chuck.

Mary

LeighK · « **Reply #44 on:** May 30, 2008, 09:58:03 AM »

LOL

, I've got a "Blue Leigh" T.Shirt

Blue Leigh Theme

Leigh

maryas · « **Reply #43 on:** May 29, 2008, 18:57:37 PM »

Nice one!!! Maybe I need a few glasses of Chianti so that I know what I'm doing!!

Mary

Christine (Blip) · « **Reply #42 on:** May 29, 2008, 18:54:40 PM »

Quote from: maryas on May 29, 2008, 18:27:57 PM

OH, and I think YOU deserve the Turner prize OR at least a Blue Peter badge.

Mary

No, no, no - a Blue Leigh badge, Mary, pay attention!

maryas · « **Reply #41 on:** May 29, 2008, 18:27:57 PM »

Almost lost for words AGAIN....... all I can say is I love trifle and I love the black cat in the pics.

OH, and I think YOU deserve the Turner prize OR at least a Blue Peter badge.

Mary

LeighK · « **Reply #40 on:** May 29, 2008, 08:59:13 AM »

Hi Mary,

Well all I can say is.................

Cheers

Leigh

maryas · « **Reply #39 on:** May 28, 2008, 21:01:19 PM »

How can any of this be taken seriously especially with that stupid Mr Bean at the end of all Leigh's replies!!

I still think the red Chianti in a glass is the best!!

Mary

LeighK · « **Reply #38 on:** May 28, 2008, 19:10:20 PM »

Agreed, Borolo's early works were enthused with a burning passion but, sadly, his later works are lacking this fire and, IMO, he has grown into a bulbous bon viveur. I like Chianti's more immediate, direct, current approach it is obvious to me that he considers his art a conduit for expressing his feelings alternating currently between frivolously light and sombre dark emotions.

It's all light-hearted Teresa

Teresa Pawcats · « **Reply #37 on:** May 28, 2008, 18:44:38 PM »

I must admit this thread has become much to High Brow for me, think I need to seek out my crayons and dunces cap

Christine (Blip) · « **Reply #36 on:** May 28, 2008, 18:27:02 PM »

OHMyword, no! The power of the piece is magnetic...

LeighK · « **Reply #35 on:** May 28, 2008, 18:07:35 PM »

Indeed Chris, IMO Borolo's "Supermarket Trolley with one Wonkey Wheel at Dusk - A study in solitude" can't hold a candle to this truely enlightening mastepiece by Chianti.

Christine (Blip) · « **Reply #34 on:** May 28, 2008, 18:00:15 PM »

How wonderful, Leigh, that we can conduct such a lively and energetic exchange on this hot topic, sparking ideas on elements of Chianti's output.

LeighK · « **Reply #33 on:** May 28, 2008, 17:01:50 PM »

Hi Chris,

I agree totally, you are obviously switched on to his work, the artist does indeed make light-work of such a complicated subject to me this work is positively illuminating it possesses a radiance and incandescence of its own.

Christine (Blip) · « **Reply #32 on:** May 28, 2008, 16:50:40 PM »

Quote from: LeighK on May 28, 2008, 13:07:27 PM

I personally think (slipping into best Melvin Bragg accent) that "The artist is shown here in frivolous mood, evoking in the viewer a subtle juxtaposition of light and dark emotions".

For me, this work shines as an electrifying response to Chianti's critics. It fuses ample evidence of his current concerns with a lightness of touch and a switch of mood. There are those who see it as a volte face but watt a mistake they are making!

Hope this is not seen as too shameless a plug for Chianti.

LeighK · « **Reply #31 on:** May 28, 2008, 13:07:27 PM »

Hi folks,

Christine I found another vintage Chianti simply entitled "Lightheaded". I think this was from his impressionist period.

I personally think (slipping into best Melvin Bragg accent) that "The artist is shown here in frivolous mood, evoking in the viewer a subtle juxtaposition of light and dark emotions".

Cheers

Leigh

maryas · « **Reply #30 on:** May 27, 2008, 20:42:48 PM »

Sounds like there might be a drunken story behind that!!

Mary

Christine (Blip) · « **Reply #29 on:** May 27, 2008, 20:30:22 PM »

Quote from: maryas on May 27, 2008, 20:27:40 PM

Oh no, not to me - I'll be having plenty on the 12th of June in Italy - can't wait - always tastes better there - my friends know a guy that has a vineyard and it's fantastico.

Mary

we stayed on a vineyard in San Donato (Black Cockeral country and no mistake

) a few years back and certainly enjoyed the produce!

maryas · « **Reply #28 on:** May 27, 2008, 20:27:40 PM »

Oh no, not to me - I'll be having plenty on the 12th of June in Italy - can't wait - always tastes better there - my friends know a guy that has a vineyard and it's fantastico.

Mary

Christine (Blip) · « **Reply #27 on:** May 27, 2008, 20:24:21 PM »

Quote from: maryas on May 27, 2008, 20:22:47 PM

I think I'd prefer a case of attached pic rather than a case of sour grapes

Mary

To some of us, that is sour grapes

maryas · « **Reply #26 on:** May 27, 2008, 20:22:47 PM »

I think I'd prefer a case of attached pic rather than a case of sour grapes

Mary

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Christine (Blip) · « **Reply #25 on:** May 27, 2008, 17:34:06 PM »

Quote from: LeighK on May 27, 2008, 16:23:18 PM

his outraged comments which, at the time, earned him the title amongst the paparazzi as "The King of Whines" surely a most delicious play on words.

Then again, there were those of us who thought it was simply a case of sour grapes

Catjane · « **Reply #24 on:** May 27, 2008, 17:21:51 PM »

Quote from: LeighK on May 27, 2008, 16:23:18 PM

I'm with you there Christine, I don't think that one can readily compare Chianti and his contempories from the Tuscan school with Barolo and others of the Cuneo school. Although of course we both remember the bitter sobriquette surrounding his most controversial work (translated as) "Supermarket trolley with one wonkey wheel at dusk - A study in solitude" and his outraged comments which, at the time, earned him the title amongst the paparazzi as "The King of Whines" surely a most delicious play on words.

Moderately less angry of Kingston

LeighK · « **Reply #23 on:** May 27, 2008, 16:23:18 PM »

I'm with you there Christine, I don't think that one can readily compare Chianti and his contempories from the Tuscan school with Barolo and others of the Cuneo school. Although of course we both remember the bitter sobriquette surrounding his most controversial work (translated as) "Supermarket trolley with one wonkey wheel at dusk - A study in solitude" and his outraged comments which, at the time, earned him the title amongst the paparazzi as "The King of Whines" surely a most delicious play on words.

Moderately less angry of Kingston

Christine (Blip) · « **Reply #22 on:** May 27, 2008, 16:11:54 PM »

Quote from: LeighK on May 27, 2008, 15:57:34 PM

Now I for one don't have a problem with Chianti's work.

I quite like some of Chianti's more modern work, Leigh, but in general I am more attracted to his rival Barolo.

LeighK · « **Reply #21 on:** May 27, 2008, 15:57:34 PM »

Hi Chris,

Now I for one don't have a problem with Chianti's work. Although in all honesty I don't count myself amongst the cognoscenti of his work I don't have a problem per se with the creation of art from packaging in fact I'd go so far as to say that it is probably doing the Italian street cleaning profession a service in much the same way as my humble effort with the cat food packaging and in both cases the contents have served some useful purpose and been enjoyably consumed, however, here is where I find myself at odds with Knedlik's work and, dare I say it, with that of Chianti's. In both cases the artist have chosen to use pretentious titles for their work and, in Knedlik's case the fact that no "real" packaging was used remains to me a total anathema.

Still very angry of Kingston.

Christine (Blip) · « **Reply #20 on:** May 27, 2008, 15:25:45 PM »

Quote from: LeighK on May 26, 2008, 17:33:46 PM

I've heard of the leaning tower of Piza but that's something else!

No, Leigh, I think you may be thinking of that influential work 'The Leaning Tower of Pizza' (my emphasis). Created by the bibulous artist from Italy, Rubesco Chianti, this masterpiece, formed from discarded pizza boxes, is thought by many to represent the finest contemporary example of the relationships between consumption, guilt and redemption.

LeighK · « **Reply #19 on:** May 27, 2008, 12:52:24 PM »

That's how I felt when I saw it Mary, I think I shall lobby my MP and write to the Times.

Bah Humbug!!!

Even more angry of Kingston

maryas · « **Reply #18 on:** May 27, 2008, 12:24:05 PM »

Hmmmmm......... I think I'm speechless

Mary

LeighK · « **Reply #17 on:** May 27, 2008, 10:36:18 AM »

Most definitely Mark, I showed the two pictures to my cats and they weren't interested in the sculpture at all but the real cat food boxes got their interest therefore I can only conclude that they are very discerning art critics.

Mark · « **Reply #16 on:** May 27, 2008, 09:30:55 AM »

Quote from: LeighK on May 26, 2008, 17:09:43 PM

Hiya,

I like my version, life imitating art and it cost me a lot less

Cheers

Leigh

And a lot more useful - I'm sure the boys would agree

LeighK · « **Reply #15 on:** May 27, 2008, 08:50:48 AM »

Hi Catjane,

I couldn't agree more!, the artist whose name amusingly translates as "Rosie Dumpling" obviously doesn't understand cats at all. IMHO this is just another terrible case of "art for art's sake, money for heaven's sake". Art Matters magazine goes on to quote the artist as follows "To me the cat's spirit is so intrinsically bound up in the complex inter-relationship between its food and the packaging" (end quote).

What a lot of pretentious twaddle, I'm sorry but I really don't know how these pretentious

get away with it, it makes my blood boil!!!.

Angry of Kingston.

Catjane · « **Reply #14 on:** May 26, 2008, 19:42:25 PM »

Sorry but I can't see it myself! And anyone who thinks the soul of a cat is represented only by food doesn't know cats. I don't like 'art' that is blatantly thrown together and then you're supposed to feel stupid or un-artistic when you can't understand what it's supposed to represent. Like those coloured squares that three-year-olds could paint ... what's that all about? I sometimes have the urge to produce something in 5 minutes and see if I can win the Turner prize! Would be soooo funny if I did

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