"W/ Extra Duck"
July 1, 2008 9:11 AM Subscribe
My 3-year old has a series of UK kids books called Usborne Family Tales, in which the artist embeds a duck somewhere on each page. Is there some kind of underground trend starting here? If so, sounds delicious.
posted by adamms222 at 9:29 AM on July 1, 2008
posted by adamms222 at 9:29 AM on July 1, 2008
Rubber ducky
You're the one
You make Art History
So much fun
posted by BitterOldPunk at 9:35 AM on July 1, 2008 [4 favorites]
You're the one
You make Art History
So much fun
posted by BitterOldPunk at 9:35 AM on July 1, 2008 [4 favorites]
At first, I thought, "What the duck?" Then I quacked up.
posted by not_on_display at 9:45 AM on July 1, 2008
posted by not_on_display at 9:45 AM on July 1, 2008
This is not best of the web. Not even best of the webbed foot.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 9:49 AM on July 1, 2008
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 9:49 AM on July 1, 2008
From the main view I though the Bosch was an Ernie Barnes and I was fully prepared to laugh my ass off. Alas no, but sometimes you're forced to take matters into your own hands.
posted by cashman at 9:49 AM on July 1, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by cashman at 9:49 AM on July 1, 2008 [1 favorite]
Such a simple idea, yet so delightful. I'm not even sure why I like these so much.
posted by Slack-a-gogo at 9:56 AM on July 1, 2008
posted by Slack-a-gogo at 9:56 AM on July 1, 2008
I like these. Though with the some of the religious ones, I think I would have opted to add a devil duckie instead.
And for the record, I find that almost anything "...with ducks added" will be better as a result.
This is because ducks are made out of pure awesome.
posted by quin at 10:05 AM on July 1, 2008
And for the record, I find that almost anything "...with ducks added" will be better as a result.
This is because ducks are made out of pure awesome.
posted by quin at 10:05 AM on July 1, 2008
Hooray!
posted by soundofsuburbia at 10:08 AM on July 1, 2008
posted by soundofsuburbia at 10:08 AM on July 1, 2008
With the state of post-millennial art in its current, tattered form, simultaneously supremely vigorous and dull as dishwater, it's not unusual for viewers, critics, and artists alike to look to the past for recontextualization. This collection of items from a broad swath of art history is a fine primer, as it includes a selection that's tailor-made to provide a data point (or ur-impression as it were) that can allow even the most amateur critic to look at today's works in a new light. Also, there are duckies. little yellow duckies.
posted by beaucoupkevin at 10:24 AM on July 1, 2008
posted by beaucoupkevin at 10:24 AM on July 1, 2008
So... Alan Moore was right after all?
If they weren't doing anything wrong, we wouldn't be shooting them.
posted by louche mustachio at 10:28 AM on July 1, 2008
Every time they put three ducks into a painting... they should add a goose.
posted by miss lynnster at 10:58 AM on July 1, 2008 [2 favorites]
posted by miss lynnster at 10:58 AM on July 1, 2008 [2 favorites]
Dammit... TWO ducks, not three. My poor math skills fucked up my own stupid joke!
posted by miss lynnster at 10:59 AM on July 1, 2008 [2 favorites]
posted by miss lynnster at 10:59 AM on July 1, 2008 [2 favorites]
Every time they put three ducks into a painting... they should add a goose.
Or maybe a Gray Duck.
posted by Floydd at 11:09 AM on July 1, 2008
Or maybe a Gray Duck.
posted by Floydd at 11:09 AM on July 1, 2008
Samsara, Ze Frank was my first thought as well. Oh, how I miss his vidcast.
posted by monocultured at 12:16 PM on July 1, 2008
posted by monocultured at 12:16 PM on July 1, 2008
Dammit... TWO ducks, not three.
You're not alone.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 12:39 PM on July 1, 2008
You're not alone.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 12:39 PM on July 1, 2008
Floydd may not have won this thread, but he's in the lead. (Hint: think Marx Bros.)
posted by JHarris at 1:19 PM on July 1, 2008
posted by JHarris at 1:19 PM on July 1, 2008
Why a duck?
Why a no chicken?
I don't know why a chicken, I'm a stranger here myself. You try crossing over there with a chicken, and you'll find out viaduct.
posted by Seekerofsplendor at 1:29 PM on July 1, 2008
Why a no chicken?
I don't know why a chicken, I'm a stranger here myself. You try crossing over there with a chicken, and you'll find out viaduct.
posted by Seekerofsplendor at 1:29 PM on July 1, 2008
I'd like to see the same thing but with dildoes and classic baseball photographs rather than stupid-ass old paintings.
posted by zzazazz at 3:24 PM on July 1, 2008
posted by zzazazz at 3:24 PM on July 1, 2008
Who likes the little little duckies in the pond? I do, I do, I do, a-chicka quack quack!
posted by danb at 3:25 PM on July 1, 2008
posted by danb at 3:25 PM on July 1, 2008
More ducks: the art of Kaj Stenvall.
Saw some of those in an exhibition: amazing.
posted by _dario at 6:03 PM on July 1, 2008
Saw some of those in an exhibition: amazing.
posted by _dario at 6:03 PM on July 1, 2008
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