That's Not Art.

July 13, 2009 12:32 PM

That's Not Art. People post ridiculous "art" to Tumblr which often consists of a photo with "meaningful" text overlaid. These pieces frequently make it into Popular. We reblog them here and call them out for being stupid.
posted by chunking express (11 comments total)

Um, two posts? That's it? Is there something I'm missing here?
posted by nasreddin at 12:34 PM on July 13, 2009

2nding nasreddin.
posted by shmegegge at 12:36 PM on July 13, 2009

If there's only 2 bad pieces of art on Tumblr then they're doin' OK.
posted by GuyZero at 12:36 PM on July 13, 2009

Metafilter: "That's Not A Post"
posted by zarq at 12:37 PM on July 13, 2009

"I Can Haz Cheezburger" does it better.
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 12:37 PM on July 13, 2009

"read the words and realize the person who made this put no subtly into it. "

Yeah.
posted by jbickers at 12:38 PM on July 13, 2009

that's not a well established content heavy blog.

Wow that's wordy compared to "that's not art".
posted by djduckie at 12:38 PM on July 13, 2009

Those are the really bad kind of precious, if only they could be as good as dogs playing poker painted on velvet.
posted by nj_subgenius at 12:39 PM on July 13, 2009

That left me with an icky feeling. They're taking Tumblr far more seriously than the millions of angsty teenagers that whittle away their spare time there.
posted by saturnine at 12:40 PM on July 13, 2009

I mean, I wholeheartedly applaud the blog, but it would have been better to wait until there was some content there.
posted by nasreddin at 12:40 PM on July 13, 2009

I prize succinct dismissals of bad anti-aliasing (but not too many of them at once), so this is perfect for me. Thanks for posting.
posted by sleevener at 12:40 PM on July 13, 2009