8/17/2004: Traditional Afghan rugs now display war - Page 3

wolf · 12-04-2004, 02:56 PM

More importantly, will you (Skateboard) be back at Valley Forge Gun Collectors Show weekend after next? (12/18-19)?

xoxoxoBruce · 12-04-2004, 10:27 PM

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(I created a web page illustrating this point with photos, but I dont want to get banned on my first post- somebody tell me if its okay, and I will post it)

Do it.

skateboard · 12-05-2004, 06:08 AM

Here it is:
www.artisthero.com/hales.htm
It shows the approach to figuration and how it has changed.
Thanks,
Kevin

Undertoad · 12-05-2004, 10:03 AM

Outstanding. Good work by you.

jaguar · 12-05-2004, 10:42 AM

skateboard, where does your interest in the rugs stem from?

xoxoxoBruce · 12-05-2004, 01:49 PM

Every picture (rug) tells a story. It makes me wonder if the pre-soviet era rugs told of births, deaths, weddings, droughts, storms, anything that had a significant impact on their lives? Kind of like crib notes to their oral history.

skateboard · 12-07-2004, 12:10 AM

Thank you all for your support. I am open to any/all suggestions as well.

Wolf, I enjoyed the Valley Forge Show very much in September. I camped at French Creek and it rained like crazy. I sold at Allentown the week before, and the assualt weapons ban expired between the two shows. What a difference a week makes. But I found that guns are like tools, and car mechanics are not so interested in drawings of Craftsmen wrenches. So, I regret, I will not be back next week.

Jaguar, I first saw a war rug a dinner party and thought it was cool. I like art , and contemporary art, throughout time, combines something of the moment with something traditional. Like Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? or Cold Mountain being the The Odyssey retold, or Rennaissance musical motifs being incorperated by the Beatles, or Larry Rivers painting the "Dutch Masters". Not to sound to highfalutin, but that combination of the old and new turns my crank.

Bruce, excellent thought. Do you mind if I use "kind of like crib notes to their oral history"? Some rugs tell very old stories such as those of Omar Khayyam, a poet from the 12th century, who liked wine, women and song, and the rugs depict this. <img src="http://www.artisthero.com/images/pictorial.jpg"> Below, is the oldest rug. It was found frozen in a tomb, and is supposedly between 2500 and 4500 years old. It features a sort of hunting scene featuring deer and a man on horseback. 
<img src="http://www.compmore.net/~tntr/pazyryk.jpg">
 Thanks, again,
Kevin

xoxoxoBruce · 12-08-2004, 07:28 PM

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Do you mind if I use "kind of like crib notes to their oral history"?

All words are free to everyone.

And thank you for your input.

12-04-2004, 02:56 PM	#31
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12-05-2004, 10:42 AM	#35
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	skateboard, where does your interest in the rugs stem from? __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

12-05-2004, 01:49 PM	#36
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Every picture (rug) tells a story. It makes me wonder if the pre-soviet era rugs told of births, deaths, weddings, droughts, storms, anything that had a significant impact on their lives? Kind of like crib notes to their oral history. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-07-2004, 12:10 AM	#37
skateboard Alphabetarian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NYC Posts: 12	Thank you all for your support. I am open to any/all suggestions as well. Wolf, I enjoyed the Valley Forge Show very much in September. I camped at French Creek and it rained like crazy. I sold at Allentown the week before, and the assualt weapons ban expired between the two shows. What a difference a week makes. But I found that guns are like tools, and car mechanics are not so interested in drawings of Craftsmen wrenches. So, I regret, I will not be back next week. Jaguar, I first saw a war rug a dinner party and thought it was cool. I like art , and contemporary art, throughout time, combines something of the moment with something traditional. Like <i>Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?</i> or <i>Cold Mountain</i> being the <i>The Odyssey</i> retold, or Rennaissance musical motifs being incorperated by the Beatles, or Larry Rivers painting the "Dutch Masters". Not to sound to highfalutin, but that combination of the old and new turns my crank. Bruce, excellent thought. Do you mind if I use "kind of like crib notes to their oral history"? Some rugs tell very old stories such as those of Omar Khayyam, a poet from the 12th century, who liked wine, women and song, and the rugs depict this. <br><br><img src="http://www.artisthero.com/images/pictorial.jpg"><br><br> Below, is the oldest rug. It was found frozen in a tomb, and is supposedly between 2500 and 4500 years old. It features a sort of hunting scene featuring deer and a man on horseback. <br><br> <img src="http://www.compmore.net/~tntr/pazyryk.jpg"> <br><br>Thanks, again, Kevin

12-05-2004, 06:08 AM	#33
skateboard Alphabetarian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NYC Posts: 12	Here it is: www.artisthero.com/hales.htm It shows the approach to figuration and how it has changed. Thanks, Kevin

12-05-2004, 10:03 AM	#34
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Outstanding. Good work by you.

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