Comment on Cheeto devouring his nation

• vala@lemmy.world ⁨24⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  Yeah he didn’t even actually name this painting. We really don’t know who the subjects are for sure.

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  • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨20⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    4 feet tall and painted directly onto the wall of his dining room, too. My kinda guy.

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• NielsBohron@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I dunno, I think that’s part of the magic of the Black Paintings. To me, what makes them truly unsettling (in the best way) is the fact that he painted them exclusively for his own desire and that we’re limited to guessing the subject matter (which, although ambiguous, was undoubtedly dark).

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  • oeverbloem@feddit.nl ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    kolpeshtheyardstick made a pretty great video essay about the work and its historical context and cultural impact. (01:04:19)

    I never heard about how it was made before and that really changed how I view the work.

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    • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Thanks, I’ll listen to this on the commute home.

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  • whoisearth@lemmy.ca ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Insanity created some of the most definitely gothic images ever. Goya is so slept on. I’m especially partial to his etchings

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    • NielsBohron@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      The political prints about Spain and Spanish politics are particularly interesting to me

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  • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    True, I just always want to know the facts about everything, no matter how insignificant, for historical posterity and my own curiosity.

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    • vala@lemmy.world ⁨26⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      Part of this art is that there really are no “facts”. It was painted on the wall of his home some time before his death but wasn’t found before he died. He never gave it a name or said anything about it.

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      • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨12⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

        There are facts, they just went with him to his grave.

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