Picasso's cave art
Did you read about the 27,000 years old cave art discovered by a French caver in Angoulême last November, news of which was released this week? The caver - Gerard Jourdy - thought he saw a sculpture of a face made from a stalactite. BBC News reported this find objectively, noting that "experts were dubious about his claim". The Observer decided to hand the story to one of its writers who thinks he knows something about art. What a blunder! Jonathan Jones waxes lyrical about modern art and poses the idiotic question "Why did the first artists draw like Picasso?" He comes up with equally daft answers to his own question. Before you click the title link to read his impercipient article, look at the alleged "portrait" and see if you can find a recognizable human face. All I can see is an accident of stalactites that looks vaguely like the skull of a monkey. A human portrait? Pull the other leg, Jonathan. I've seen tree bark that has more human features, admittedly in The Wizard of Oz.
posted by Unknown @ 11.6.06
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4 Comments:
looks like a map of Africa to me.
Yup. I can see that too. You can see anything you like in it. Why not send your comment to the art critic of the Observer and see if we ger an article that asks "Why did the first artists paint maps of Africa?" How do these bullshitters get their jobs? Probably because the Editor knows even less about art than they do.
Answer: "It's the birthplace of humanity."
Let's not encourage them!
I wouldn't want to encourage them, but I can't help taking the Mick. They ask for it.
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