You know what's super gross? Nudes. As in, nude art. I have no problem with the human form, but I do have a problem displaying it in your living room. I mean, seriously people, would you hang up a Penthouse centerfold in the dining room? No. Just because it's painted doesn't mean it's worthy of being on your wall. It's super awkward if you go into someone's house, and there's a nude hanging up there, because I always just CAN'T LOOK AWAY, but try to avoid it, but then I get caught looking at it, and then I feel the need to comment on it and sound arty, but of course I know nothing about art and always end up saying, "Man those are some realistic nipples."
Okay, confession time, I really have never been in that situation, because I don't think I'm grown-up enough to really have friends who hang REAL art in their homes. I have a theory on art in your home and it goes like this....as a kid, you hang up pictures of things you draw. It's usually messy (unless I drew it, because I was a fucking brilliant artist. Ask my parents.) As a teen, it's photos and movie posters. After college, it's framed posters. Then it's framed cool looking photos of like, a black and white shot of 1935 San Francisco and those French modern posters that say like, CHOCOLAT with a cat on it, until you realize all your friends have the same thing. Then it's starving artist art that you buy at a convention in a hotel. Then real art. I can only guess on the last two steps because I'm not there yet, but I always see the commercials late at night for like, $15 paintings of a country house sold at the Marriot.
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Most nude paintings do have more realistic nipples than you'd be able to find in Hustler. That's the difference.
i totes have real art in my living room. granted, i painted most of it, but there's at least one pretty expensive framed sydney opera house that fits under the category of real art.
then again, i said "totes", so i'm clearly not an adult.
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