Creepy art
#1
Posted 04 August 2009 - 10:01 PM
#2
Posted 05 August 2009 - 08:29 AM
#3
Posted 05 August 2009 - 08:35 AM
http://unknownvictor...transition.html
Consider the "Victoria Panorama" mural in the parking lot across from the public library. Why doesn't someone paint over that ? I'm not the only one who finds it appalling. Several years ago, when Canuck humourist Will Ferguson was in town, I showed him the mural. This was his assessment, in his Beauty Tips From Moose Jaw : "This isn’t simply the worst mural in Victoria. It may very well be the worst mural in Canada, perhaps even the world. I have walked by it several times earlier without really noticing it, but now that I do – man, oh man. This mural, an ode to “the perfect Eden,” has everything crammed into it: angelic children, wise Indians, a sunset on the beach, city domes, a totem pole, frolicking animals. It is schmaltz. And not even adept schmaltz. The arms of the Indian princess are too short, giving her a weirdly disproportionate appearance. The Thunderbird atop the totem pole looks like Woody the Woodpecker in war paint, and the female fiddle player has impossibly HUGE hands. The crowning glory is the cherubic little boy in the lower corner. Holding a maple leaf. With a teddy bear. In his pocket."
#4
Posted 05 August 2009 - 09:34 AM
Does anyone know who this prolific Victoria artist is who seems to get a lot of gigs doing commercial art in the city doing mostly supermarkets? The market on yates, that market out towards Mt. Doug, the little harbour-ferries trailer, and many other in town all have this same distinctive and incredibly creepy art style. Who is doing all this scary art and why is it so popular with supermarkets?
This guy.
Creepy Caledonia Scooter Guy, as posted here previously by Walter Moar:
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#5
Posted 05 August 2009 - 10:05 AM
#6
Posted 05 August 2009 - 10:21 AM
Their non-face art appears to be aesthetically appealing. But check out their Luv-a-Rug mascots and bowling pin guy. They are stoned-off-your-ass-on-mushrooms-in-Wonderland 3D creepy.
#7
Posted 11 August 2009 - 06:40 PM
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#8
Posted 03 December 2022 - 08:03 PM
Crowder is planning to work out of the studio from 12-5pm every week from Wednesdays to Sunday, weather permitting. The building, while insulated, has no heating. Rugs, curtains, and electric blankets are in the plans to make the space more welcoming during the winter months.
“Nobody has to feel shy about coming by and talking to me,” Crowder said. “That’s what I’m here to do.”
There will be a felting class at some point during his residency, where—true to his Monster Boy name—participants will be making little felt monsters.
Edited by Victoria Watcher, 03 December 2022 - 08:04 PM.
#9
Posted 03 December 2022 - 08:16 PM
Meanwhile, the potholes on my block are only getting worse.
#10
Posted 19 January 2023 - 06:39 PM
The permit needed for the immersive art show has been approved, pending a public hearing
https://www.capitald...ter-rocky-start
#11
Posted 19 January 2023 - 06:52 PM
Public hearings are necessary to allow a 5 month art show, but they won't be required for the permanent and wholesale reimagining of Victoria's long established residential neighbourhoods.
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#12
Posted 19 January 2023 - 07:12 PM
I've been to that show, it's ok.
#14
Posted 22 January 2023 - 01:47 PM
Art is subjective.
#15
Posted 22 January 2023 - 08:33 PM
Slightly off topic, but I like how Verrinder Ave is so steep it enables you to look down toward the Sound Hounds building. Are there any other places in Victoria where there's a steep street overlooking an old commercial building? Gordon Street is steep between the Belmont Building and the Union Club but it looks toward the greenery out front of the Empress Hotel.
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#16
Posted 23 January 2023 - 06:23 AM
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#17
Posted 23 January 2023 - 10:52 AM
Not sure about old commercial necessarily
That's specifically what I was talking about, yes. Next time I'll try to be more clear about it.
#18
Posted 23 January 2023 - 12:39 PM
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#19
Posted 30 January 2023 - 05:45 PM
The National Arts Centre (NAC) has given up on its plan to hold a racially-segregated show restricted for black people on February 17.
“A new press release, issued today, indicates a new policy by which people of all races are ‘welcome at all our shows,’” said Quillette associate editor Jonathan Kay in a Monday tweet.
https://www.westerns...068d3b2103.html
Kay pointed out on January 23 the NAC was hosting a racially-segregated play restricted to black people on February 17.
“But I'm sure other races will get their turn,” said Kay.
Edited by Victoria Watcher, 30 January 2023 - 05:46 PM.
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