A message from Bamoo's Board of Trustees, March, 2010

At their March 2010 Board Meeting, the BAMOO  Trustees voted to officially thank each and everyone of you for your support over the previous month.  As evident in the picture, it brings such joy to them that you, our faithful in Bad Art, get so much from our art.

Eye See You

Eye See You
(Also known as Basket O' Kitty Kat)

Artist: Milano

Acrylic on Artist Board

Keaneism, Faux-Fauvist

2002


One of Milano’s earlier works of the avant-garde Faux-Fauvist style. The subject is Kitty Kat, which floats within the basket on a sea of calm waters.  The heavy lines of the cat basket, and the harsh pink background draw on the early 20th century works of Matisse and Derain. The brilliant blue of Kitty’s plaintive eyes an homage to the works Keane.  More subtle brush work outlining Kitty’s furry body, however, call to mind the Impressionist movement and the lack of cat limbs or defined body perhaps pay homage to Picasso or even Damian Hirst. The oversized head forces not only our perspective but also one over-riding question: What are you lookin’ at?

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The Buck Stops Here

The Buck Stops Here

R. Krause, Artist, 1980s

18" X 24", Acryllic on Artist Board, Framed

Animal Tribute Art

Deer are many things to many people.  Bambi comes to mind.  But deer have issues.  And yes, even deer are needy.  They like to be included in the fun.  They have feelings. It is why men are drawn to them. Its why men draw and paint them.  If its not the saucy flick of their tails, what then is it? In this work artist Krause captures the enigmatic smile, and come hither flirtatiousness that deer naturally have.  It's not an in your face smile, but something more mysterious, on par with the subtle wisp of the Mona Lisa.  The smile encourages you, as if to say "Go ahead.  Make my day," without understanding the ramifications of it eagerness to please you.

Stylistically Krause's painting boldly incorporates mountains which act as a collar to frame the buck.  Its wood-grained ears - one of them spud like in shape -  compliment its double chin.  Oh, deer, indeed.

Bad Art Disclosure & Fine Print: Believe it or not, all of the works featured in this web site are the property of BAMOO, a non-profit, non-asset, non-organization which controls their use, intended or otherwise. As such, any unauthorized use of our works, text or design by any person, organization or entity without the express written permission of BAMOO runs the risk of being contacted by our attorney --who really hates people who take things that aren't theirs or at least given to them. If you would like to use a part of this site, please contact BAMOO via email at obadartg@aol.com and allow us to review your intended use. Accessing any pages, works of bad art (or otherwise contained in this site) constitutes your acceptance of these terms -- something that we will point out to the courts in the unfortunate situation that we have to go after you -- and we will --for using our materials. That being said, copyright 2010, the Bad Art Museum of Ohio.

Edna Saint Sinner Milady

Edna Saint Sinner Milady
Also known as The Errant Lamprey's Suction Disc

Unknown, Artist

16"X20", Acrylic on stretch canvas

Lady Cavalierism


The use of searing color, a concave face dominate this work by Unknown. Is that a hat on melady's head? A disjointed giant red lamprey's suction disc? A large red halo? Could this denote an angelic favor or an evil that resides within, radiating from her brain? Other questions arise: Is she being pelted with snowballs,  white oozing enzymatic frothy foam lubricant, or just being attacked by Tribbles? Her piercing brittle blue eyes dare the viewer to draw his or her own conclusion while deflecting attention from the one attribute that suggests she is not entirely human: at the end of her out-of-line forearm and humerus rests a three-fingered hand.            

~MKS/SJK/BGM

Bad Art Disclosure & Fine Print: Believe it or not, all of the works featured in this web site are the property of BAMOO, a non-profit, non-asset, non-organization which controls their use, intended or otherwise. As such, any unauthorized use of our works, text or design by any person, organization or entity without the express written permission of BAMOO runs the risk of being contacted by our attorney --who really hates people who take things that aren't theirs or at least given to them. If you would like to use a part of this site, please contact BAMOO via email at obadartg@aol.com and allow us to review your intended use. Accessing any pages, works of bad art (or otherwise contained in this site) constitutes your acceptance of these terms -- something that we will point out to the courts in the unfortunate situation that we have to go after you -- and we will --for using our materials. That being said, copyright 2010, the Bad Art Museum of Ohio.

Progress or Chaos?

Edith Chamberlain, 1965

Artist (Acrylic on Art Board 18"X14") , Framed in ash.

Conflictism, Youngstown School of Art

The age old conflict between the power of the bible and Freud's theory of rocket envy are presented in this work by Chamberlain -- attributed to the artists 'wonder' years. It is a global message that asks are our hands meant for prayer, or... are they capable of helping humanity to blast off? All the while a disembodied eye (possibly God, possibly the artist's father) spies through the key hole of contempt and damnation at the bravado of mankind and his misuse of the adage to 'know thyself' .

Progress or Chaos was found by a garbage can in Youngstown Ohio. It joined BAMOO in 1999 and is part of the BAMOO Permanent Collection.
 

Bad Art Disclosure & Fine Print: Believe it or not, all of the works featured in this web site are the property of BAMOO, a non-profit, non-asset, non-organization which controls their use, intended or otherwise. As such, any unauthorized use of our works, text or design by any person, organization or entity without the express written permission of BAMOO runs the risk of being contacted by our attorney --who really hates people who take things that aren't theirs or at least given to them. If you would like to use a part of this site, please contact BAMOO via email at obadartg@aol.com and allow us to review your intended use. Accessing any pages, works of bad art (or otherwise contained in this site) constitutes your acceptance of these terms -- something that we will point out to the courts in the unfortunate situation that we have to go after you -- and we will --for using our materials. That being said, copyright 2010, the Bad Art Museum of Ohio.

From the BAMOO Sculpture Garden: Tea Pot & Sympathy

Tea Pot & Sympathy


Artist: W. Hughes, late 1990s

Ceramic: Weight 3 lbs / Height 8" / Irregular Shape

This vessel, an abstract "tea pot," impresses the Bad Art patron with its bold use of form but a complete lack of function.  Its design is believed to based something that Ayn Rand's Howard Rourke would create following a evening of tempestuous sex with Dominque Francone, so she would have something to break when the mood struck her after the stick turned blue.

NOTE:  Very few works of bad art shock and frighten BAMOO's Director of Visual Significance into silence as this one did. Stunned, the item was referred the to BAMOO's Visual Interpretation Committee which was left just as speechless by this "object d' art" by objecting to it. Heated discussions (at times conducted silently with frantic finger pointing accompanied with vivid facial expressions) over its confused execution.

Whatever it is, bad karma is at its essence.

Our donor, who wishes to remain anonymous, literally BUMPED into this work, breaking it inside an art gallery in Royal Oak, Michigan. She was required to pay for her misstep with a check for the unbelievably obscene amount of $280.90. The work was then "fixed" by the its creator and some some crazy glue.  BAMOO has the teapot and the receipt to prove it, making this the single most expensive donation to BAMOO.  Therefore, we offer our thanks for the donation, and our sympathy for paying for it.

Grey Poupon You

Grey Poupon You

Artist: Unknown, 2007

16" X 20" Acrylic on Canvas

Linearism, Abstraction

Passionate linear brush strokes, combined with bold freeform use of color and metallics, attack the subject with a raw vengeance for a truth unsought and yet unfound. Has Madame been attacked at a hot dog stand by an angry patron? Or playing with the latest fad in in her quest for this illusion that we humans call beauty? What of her golden Hapsburg Jaw? The pyramidic neck? Her expansive, plaintive eyes, black as frying pans, do not communicate her thoughts. Instead, they act as place holders until something else can fill the empty void.

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Blonde, Red Head and Brunette; A Study In Orange

Blonde, Red Head and Brunette; A Study In Orange
(Also known as Adam, Eve and Lilith in Hell)

Mulligan, 16" X 20" inches.  Acrylic on Artists Board

Joined BAMOO in 2001

A brutal interpretation of the laws of beauty, and set upon a field of scorching vividness. Mulligan uses Blonde, Red Head and Brunette; A Study in Orange as an allegory of society's perception of our nice'n easy culture using an amorphous three-headed beast to tell its tale. Simple minded blonde's will always come first. Cunning redheads standout, no matter where they are at the moment.  And even calling those dullards with brown hair "Brunettes" does nothing to make them more attractive. 

Bad Art Disclosure & Fine Print: Believe it or not, all of the works featured in this web site are the property of BAMOO, a non-profit, non-asset, non-organization which controls their use, intended or otherwise. As such, any unauthorized use of our works, text or design by any person, organization or entity without the express written permission of BAMOO runs the risk of being contacted by our attorney --who really hates people who take things that aren't theirs or at least given to them. If you would like to use a part of this site, please contact BAMOO via email at obadartg@aol.com and allow us to review your intended use. Accessing any pages, works of bad art (or otherwise contained in this site) constitutes your acceptance of these terms -- something that we will point out to the courts in the unfortunate situation that we have to go after you -- and we will --for using our materials. That being said, copyright 2004, the Bad Art Museum of Ohio.

If You See a Monkey-Bear Upon the Leopard Skin, You Must Kill Him

If You See a Monkey-Bear Upon the Leopard Skin, You Must Kill Him


Artist: Snooks

Tempra on Paper (12"X16")

Singular Dimensionalism

A complex philosophy, distilled to a singular monosyllabic diatribe. Flattened without being silenced, the message is clearly audible to all but the hearing.

Joined BAMOO Collection 6-2000

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The Hobo Examines His Doughnut

The Hobo Examines His Doughnut


Artist: Boola

Acrylic on Board (9"X12")

Ostracism

Boola's technique is the visual equivalent of iambic pentameter verse: Short on axiomatic details while stressing the relationship of man to morsel. Does the weary face ponder its impending rendezvous with the stale snack, or is the pain expression a direct result of the disjointed arm and misaligned hand?

Joined BAMOO Collection 8-2000


Bad Art Disclosure & Fine Print: Believe it or not, all of the works featured in this web site are the property of BAMOO, a non-profit, non-asset, non-organization which controls their use, intended or otherwise. As such, any unauthorized use of our works, text or design by any person, organization or entity without the express written permission of BAMOO runs the risk of being contacted by our attorney --who really hates people who take things that aren't theirs or at least given to them. If you would like to use a part of this site, please contact BAMOO via email at obadartg@aol.com and allow us to review your intended use. Accessing any pages, works of bad art (or otherwise contained in this site) constitutes your acceptance of these terms -- something that we will point out to the courts in the unfortunate situation that we have to go after you -- and we will --for using our materials. That being said, copyright 2010, the Bad Art Museum of Ohio.

Somewhere Over the Phallic Rainbow

Somewhere Over the Phallic Rainbow

Artist: Unknown

16"X20" Acrylic on stretched canvas

Dorian Iconoclasm School of Painting

The artist’s muted color palette creates a light, ethereal background to this classic Judy Garland pose. The girlish pink offsets the jarring presence of the rainbow, which is presented here with green as its outer layer and red as its inner. As this is backwards from the natural color order of a rainbow, it subtly reminds the viewer that beauty can be artifice, created to manipulate an emotional response. The rainbow also appears to take on a life of its own, attempting to peek around Ms. Garland’s head to position itself more centrally in the picture, but Judy is having none of it. Clearly, as the artist points out, it is Judy who is the true wonder while the rainbow is merely a metaphor for her accidential influence on the gay community.    ~MKS

If one drinks one too many Whiskey Sours, clicks their heels three times and says "It must be her" that true enough, one can almost feel Judy's presence.

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