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Category Archives: QuestionableArt
Did you know your vehicle has ears?
This is what I call shadow art. All vehicles, whether domestic car, work utility, people mover, bus, taxi, truck, have many facial features. Headlights resemble eyes. The front grille on many vehicles can look like a cheesy grin. Your car … Continue reading
Advanticious weed
I call this advanticious weed. It’s just a weed growing out of a building but it has a certain appeal does it not? As Questionable art I have three categories, ‘The Good’, ‘The Bad’ and ‘The Ugly’ (Ugly it is) … Continue reading
Gnome Gnapping
Another questionable observation was this particular placement of a gnome. Gnome-gnapping has been happening for many years, and when I went down a quiet city lane looking for street art, I didn’t expect to see Happy, Grumpy or whoever he … Continue reading
Laminex tabletops – Remember eating off these?
Website | About | Facebook | Twitter “Is It Art?” Room for movement here! I can cover a lot of ground from fabrics, linoleum, wallpaper, cloth, etc. Here’s one example from the ‘archives’ – laminex. I remember we had a … Continue reading
Posted in QuestionableArt, TheGood
Tagged #Kitsch, 1950s, kitchen furniture, Laminex, laminex tables
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Feral Tagging
In the ’80s a lot of tagging wasn’t as artistic or ‘considered’ as it is today. Basically you just got a spray cannon and went for it. Here is the female toilet area at my local station. Hard to work … Continue reading
Conundrum
Here’s one of those conundrums – like which came first, the chicken or the egg? What I’m looking at is an empty can of tomatoes nestling in a brick wall. My conundrum is: (a) is it art? (b) if not, … Continue reading
Posted in QuestionableArt, TheUgly
Tagged #ArtInstallation, Art, brickwork, is it art? can of tomatoes, tin can, tomatoes
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Yarn bombing
Yarn bombing is becoming very popular. Anything from knitted, crocheted, woolly, cotton, lace, all stitched and attached to street furniture and other novelty ideas. Website | About | Facebook | Twitter “Is It Art?”
Posted in QuestionableArt, TheBad
Tagged #GuerillaKnitting, #StreetArt, #UrbanArt, #YarnBombing
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Where’s Edward Scissorhands when you want him?
Topiary is considered an art form and I guess they are living sculptures. To some people, this would be a topiarist’s delight. Somewhere in the UK I found this topiary zoo. I’m thinking…whoever created these has way too much time … Continue reading
If a stone gathers no moss, how come bricks can? And if stones can look really ordinary and boring, how come moss-covered bricks can look and smell so cool? You’ll find more questionable art under “The Bad” Questionable art. Website … Continue reading
From 101 uses for a rubber glove
I guess this comes from the file ‘101 uses for a rubber glove’. For more examples see “Questionable Art – The Bad” Website | About | Facebook | Twitter “Is It Art?”