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Tulsa Needs Naked Art!

Started by PonderInc, January 10, 2007, 10:13:06 AM

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PonderInc

January 10, 2007, 10:13:06 AM
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#1
January 10, 2007, 11:30:36 AM
One might think this topic was a coy jab at the fellow in Brady Heights.. He had Councilman Henderson convinced yesterday that the V2025 Neighborhood funds were  going to be used for a "Naked" statue at the traffic circle......

But I know this would never cross your mind..[}:)]

http://www.tulsaworld.com/NewsStory.asp?ID=070110_Ne_A9_Nonud50258

shadows

#3
January 10, 2007, 01:35:45 PM
Culture makes a difference in cities that are centuries old.  Tulsa believes only in abstract displays rather than works of art.  If one of the city displayed were of offer their statue to Tulsa the roar of rebellion would be heard throughout the city.  
Today we stand in ecstasy and view that we build today'
Tomorrow we will enter into the plea to have it torn away.

rwarn17588

#4
January 10, 2007, 02:07:12 PM
I guess Henderson was afraid he'd be turned on.

[}:)]

TheArtist

#5
January 10, 2007, 02:42:00 PM
Don't forget we already have a sculpture that was commissioned to be built by the oil barons back in the day.  The "Goddess of Oil" statue.  I am still hoping to get it made someday. Found out it would cost around 2,000 dollars to pay attorneys just to set up an account in order to start raising money for it.  I think it would be a great addition to Tulsa, and its art-deco and oil boom history.





"When you only have two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other."-Chinese proverb. "Arts a staple. Like bread or wine or a warm coat in winter. Those who think it is a luxury have only a fragment of a mind. Mans spirit grows hungry for art in the same way h

waterboy

#6
January 10, 2007, 03:14:24 PM
quote:
Originally posted by TheArtist

Don't forget we already have a sculpture that was commissioned to be built by the oil barons back in the day.  The "Goddess of Oil" statue.  I am still hoping to get it made someday. Found out it would cost around 2,000 dollars to pay attorneys just to set up an account in order to start raising money for it.  I think it would be a great addition to Tulsa, and its art-deco and oil boom history.








I once helped organize an arts market. One of the vendors was a photographer who as part of his collection displayed some wonderful classic photos of what turned out to be his wife. Naked. Coyly covered in sensitive areas. She looked like your sculpture. Since it was only part of his inventory and not pornographic in any way, I saw no problem.

Boy, did I get educated. The most common remark was, "I thought this was a family art market". My response was, "It is. don't you have anyone in your family that looks like this?" The artist laughed it off but eventually moved on. Beware. First its statues, then who knows what...billboards?

Renaissance

#7
January 10, 2007, 03:30:37 PM
quote:
Originally posted by TheArtist

Don't forget we already have a sculpture that was commissioned to be built by the oil barons back in the day.  The "Goddess of Oil" statue.  I am still hoping to get it made someday. Found out it would cost around 2,000 dollars to pay attorneys just to set up an account in order to start raising money for it.  I think it would be a great addition to Tulsa, and its art-deco and oil boom history.



I'm sure there are plenty of art-loving lawyers in town who would take up the legal issues pro bono.

PonderInc

#8
January 10, 2007, 03:30:59 PM
Tulsa: Comfortably cosmopolitan...or ruefully repressed?

Hometown

#9
January 10, 2007, 04:59:07 PM
I think back to the thin lipped protestant ministers and the unhappy wives who were prominent among the founders of Tulsa and I think so that's why we are the way we are.

Anyway, on to art.  

Mr. Artist, if only we had built your goddess back when it would have been an artwork of its era.  I would give anything to have her, instead of the Golden Driller.

The problem with building her now is that art of "our" era looks quite different.  To make your goddess now would be like creating a forgery.  

If there is any sculpture being commissioned in Tulsa we should follow in the footsteps of the oil barons and support great art of our times.  We are already into the preservation stage with our grandparent's art.

Double A

#10
January 10, 2007, 05:49:01 PM
Spencer Tunick came through Tulsa during the making of  Naked States and took some nudes shots out at ORU! Gotta love that!

Speaking of nakedness, anybody checking out Naked Trucker & T-bones? That thare's good stuff. Git Nekkid & Git R Done!
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TheArtist

#11
January 10, 2007, 06:27:56 PM
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Originally posted by Hometown

I think back to the thin lipped protestant ministers and the unhappy wives who were prominent among the founders of Tulsa and I think so that's why we are the way we are.

Anyway, on to art.  

Mr. Artist, if only we had built your goddess back when it would have been an artwork of its era.  I would give anything to have her, instead of the Golden Driller.

The problem with building her now is that art of "our" era looks quite different.  To make your goddess now would be like creating a forgery.  

If there is any sculpture being commissioned in Tulsa we should follow in the footsteps of the oil barons and support great art of our times.  We are already into the preservation stage with our grandparent's art.




Actually the people who founded this city seemed to be more comfortable with art in all its forms than many who live here now are. Look at the statues and paintings in Philbrook and many of the other old homes.  Also there is a lot of artwork in the buildings downtown that would probably have a hard time getting made in todays environment. Seems the balance of influence has shifted though.  The people who wanted Tulsa to be a cosmopolitan city that was the equal of the greatest cities of the US and Europe, have moved away or passed away.

As for contemporary art and this "classical" art.  I do agree to.  But I like to think there should be a balance.  Even in the beginning Tulsans built Gothic and, the modern of their day, Art-Deco, Tudor and Frank Lloyd.  I think a city just feels better when it has a balance of both.  Nice to keep adding those things that are comfortable, have stood the test of time as liveable while also mixing in a healthy dose of creativity and modern artistry.

People get bored with just one thing.  They also want the things they don't have.  Mostly modern new cities begin to want warm aged buildings of stone and stuccoe.  Mostly old cities want to add towers of glass and steel.

Tulsa still has plenty of room for both styles of art, architecture and spaces. We don't yet have too much of either IMO lol.

After I get this done, I will work on getting something modern going.[;)]
"When you only have two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other."-Chinese proverb. "Arts a staple. Like bread or wine or a warm coat in winter. Those who think it is a luxury have only a fragment of a mind. Mans spirit grows hungry for art in the same way h

sgrizzle

#12
January 10, 2007, 06:29:53 PM
I support this discussion based on title alone.

AMP

#13
January 10, 2007, 06:55:29 PM
Tulsa has the old rusted Phillips 66 Art thing near the Center of the Universe.  

And some abstract geometric shapes in the Civic Center and along Riverside Drive.  

Don't think the "Church Lady" will allow much more than that.

ttownjoe

#14
January 10, 2007, 09:03:19 PM
Been there.  Done dat.  Tulsa needs nekkid art like it needs a BNOER.  GET A BNOER, NOT A BOMB.
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