Red iceberg causes a stir in Greenland

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An artist utilized 780 gallons of red paint and three fire hoses to create a striking blood-red iceberg off the western coast of Greenland. This artistic endeavor has sparked a lively discussion among forum participants, with varying opinions on the choice of color and the nature of abstract art. Many contributors expressed their personal preferences for alternative colors, such as yellow and white, while others reflected on the deeper meanings behind abstract art, including the concept of a blank canvas as a form of expression.

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark - An artist with 780 gallons of red paint, three fire hoses and a 20-member crew at his disposal went to Greenland in search of a blank canvas large enough to accommodate his creative impulse.

The result is a blood-red iceberg now sitting off the country’s western coast. [continued]

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Looks great!
 
OK, and the "random act of the year" award goes to THAT guy!
 
I woulda painted it yellow
 
I would have painted it white. I'm into abstract art.
 
tribdog said:
I woulda painted it yellow

You really mean blue
 
Who ever heard "don't eat the blue snow?"
I woulda painted it yellow
 
LOL I see what you mean
 
Ivan Seeking said:
I would have painted it white. I'm into abstract art.
Now that is "deep". I can hear people now "it shows change is pointless", "it shows the emptiness of being".

Red is so obvious. :wink:
 
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...you could do a (i think) Jackson Pollock...paint it blue and then blowtorch it...actually, no, you couldnt.
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
I would have painted it white. I'm into abstract art.

LOL. A few months ago my girlfriend and I were browsing an art exhibition that started off nicely with Van Goghs and such, but quickly degenerated into escalating scales of boring 'abstract' art. I said to her "I bet the next one we see will just be a blank canvas." Wouldn't you know it, soon after we came across a piece called "Presence" that was just a white, featureless canvas!

I'm mostly upset that the guy beat me to it. I could have had a piece of art displayed in a public gallery if only I had visited an exhibition a few months earlier!
 
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It takes many years of introspection and contemplative meditation in order to appreciate that blank canvas...and don't you forget it!
 
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hypnagogue said:
LOL. A few months ago my girlfriend and I were browsing an art exhibition that started off nicely with Van Goghs and such, but quickly degenerated into escalating scales of boring 'abstract' art. I said to her "I bet the next one we see will just be a blank canvas." Wouldn't you know it, soon after we came across a piece called "Presence" that was just a white, featureless canvas!

I'm mostly upset that the guy beat me to it. I could have had a piece of art displayed in a public gallery if only I had visited an exhibition a few months earlier!

Actually, The Joker, on the old Batman TV show beat him to it. He was pretending to be reformed, no longer caring about crime, he only cared about art. One of his masterpieces was a blank canvas. POW!

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