Eco-activists are at it again in the art museums.\u00a0 Following the tomato soup assault on Van Gogh, this week we have the mashed potato splatter on Monet.\u00a0 I\u2019m at a loss to connect the spud dots on this movement to turn art into a food fight, but I wish the anti-oil crowd would pick something other than museums to demonstrate their rage.\u00a0 Although \u2026 I can understand using mashed potatoes.\u00a0 After all, one of the better stories of Donald Trump as a kid was the one where his brother got sick and tired of Donald bullying him and finally dumped a plate of the stuff on the future president\u2019s head, a humiliation that haunted him throughout his never ending childhood.\u00a0 Let\u2019s just say that Trump was a more appropriate target for the eco-spudsters than the Monet.<\/p>\n
Hard to say what metaphoric point these folks are trying to make.\u00a0 Other than maybe we ought to do something to save the damned planet.\u00a0 Monet painted impressionistic ponds and flowers, nature through the lens of astigmatism, what\u2019s not to like?\u00a0 Maybe throw pies at Francis Bacon\u2019s horror laden paintings instead.\u00a0 Or toss spaghetti at Dali\u2019s surrealistic melting clocks.\u00a0 As if any of that would make sense to a public addicted to violence and social media trolling.<\/p>\n
I mean, what\u2019s next, strangle puppies at the dog pound?\u00a0 C\u2019mon, kidz, dumping on art is best left to the critics.\u00a0 Even the philistine ones\u2026.\u00a0 Go trash an elevator playing Muzak.\u00a0 Superglue yourselves to a sports stadium.\u00a0 Lash out at Hallmark cards or protest car commercials.\u00a0 Go down to Wall Street and sling hash at the bronze bull.\u00a0 Gotta be a hundred better pillars of greed or crappy art to make your statement.\u00a0 Why pick on the best our culture has to offer?\u00a0 You gonna actually kill the fat lady singing in the opera?\u00a0 Piss on the collected works of Shakespeare?\u00a0 Burn some books but only the really great ones?\u00a0\u00a0 Smash a Stradivarius using a leg of lamb?<\/p>\n
I know, it\u2019s hard, but if you want to be taken seriously, you have to pick up your game.\u00a0 It may take a little imagination \u2026 or a lot.\u00a0 Kind of why you might use Monet or Van Gogh or a few others as your muse, not your target.\u00a0 Just saying\u2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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