Everything Old is NFT Again
Do you like the classics? Yes? Then this might not be for you.
Time for another round of ClownWorld Shakespeare Original NFTs (Nice Freakin’ Tokens)
Today’s theme: Everything Old is NFT Again.
Today’s alternate theme: “When was the last time you remodeled this place? No, linoleum floors and velvet wallpaper are not in style.”
“The Son of Man,” a 1960s painting by Belgian surrealist René Magritte, has been appropriately updated. Confession: I gotta admit, the first time I ever eyeballed “Son of Man,” I was transfixed.
Never saw anything like that before. Before Magritte, my art consumption was mainly fruit bowls and fancy-pants military men and their sidepieces in carefully posed portraits.
I mean, who the hell ever would think to put fruit in front of someone’s face and then paint that? And the antiseptic, quasi-clinical outdoor environment (no ships, no people, glum sky too!) makes for a chilling experience.
Well, chilling intensifies here with “Son of Mask”
“Café Terrace at Night” is a wonderful 1888 oil painting by Dutch-born Vincent van Gogh.
Well, why did you deface it, ClownWorld Shakespeare, if you think it’s so wonderful?
1) I didn’t deface it. It’s been updated. I won’t say improved, but a bit o’ spice has been added and swirled and swirled and yet swirled again into the colorful mix!
2) I write “wonderful” because framed copies of the famed work can be found fairly cheaply anywhere consumer-type art is sold. In short: impress family, dates and intruders with your artistic taste for under 50 bucks.
“Café Coercion at Night”
