I'd have to say an art student would be more annoying. Nazis aren't so apt to suddenly yell out in their sleep, "HAHAHA that's a GREAT idea!" or leave their Prismacolors all over the house.
And I totally wouldn't know anything about this... Just a hunch.
Now, where did I leave that Forest Green?
February 28, 2009 at 12:19 PM
Anonymous said...
Obviously they have bigger issues than just no taste in decor.
I do not care who you are. Growing up in the south (while simultaneously educating myself to the implications of "being from the south", I have found that there are, as you say, two possible explanations for the display of a swastika. One, You are a helpless mouth-breathing sheep who will follow whatever his older brother or his cell mate does. TWO. As you propose, you are an art student. I don't know any art student with a modicum of taste or sincerity that would think that the display of a swastika would enhance their art beyond mere shock value. As such, there is no excuse for displaying a swastika in any setting. Any questions?
All the art students I've ever known live in crappy apartments or with their parents. That's the main living room of a big house with an enormous flat screen TV.
Plus, if you're making a statement _against_ Nazism, you're not going to have a fully intact swastika on a bold background like that up on your wall. You're going to have it bludgeoned and bloodied and trammeled or some such.
Those people are Nazis, idiots, or, more likely, both.
March 1, 2009 at 8:09 AM
Anonymous said...
I'm distressed by the innocent kitty in the living room. Hopefully he hasn't been corrupted by his owners.
Worst of both worlds, a Nazi who went back to school, and is looking for an 'acceptable' way to display these things, hmm, maybe that would mean the art student wouldn't be smelly? After all, who would be willing to get close enough to a smelly Nazi and actually listen to what they have to say?
March 1, 2009 at 8:03 PM
Anonymous said...
I am certainly not taking up for the picture, which I find disturbing and pretty much without artistic merit, however... I do notice that the swastica is superimposed over the Norwegian flag. I'm thinking maybe sympatico high school art student who read about the Norwegian occupation during WW2 in history class and felt moved to create by his angst-y 17 year old muse. That sort of fits with the otherwise ultra traditional suburbia decor and landscaping. Think of it as one step up from 'proud parent fridge art' ^^ Annie in Norway
March 4, 2009 at 6:05 AM
Anonymous said...
What stuns me here is not even that there's people put this stuff on their walls.... But a Liscenced realtor didnt think anything wrong with posting the pic on their site?
Can anyone say career suicide? LOL (Unless of course your target market just happens to be that sorta clientele)
March 4, 2009 at 9:07 AM
Anonymous said...
Do you think the realtor even thought about asking them to take it down, just for the photo shoot? I'd fire a realtor that let me make that mistake, (if I had a clue). And Coldwell Banker left the photo up?? Just remove that particular photo, they have lots of others!!
April 5, 2009 at 3:33 PM
[Image] To go with yesterday's gun-toting Canadians, we have this intriguing bit of artwork in a listing. Is that a superior race swastika or a transgressive artistic statement swastika? Which would be more annoying to live with, neo-Nazis or art students?
(Listing and title by Marc. Thanks to the Longboat, too.)
"This Listing: Now with More White Power!"
16 Comments -
So KKKlassy. They even framed it.
February 28, 2009 at 7:32 AM
I'm just speechless . . .
February 28, 2009 at 8:23 AM
My guess is art students - there is a hammer and sickle right underneath the swastika. Unless we have discovered a Neo-Nazi Communist movement....
February 28, 2009 at 8:29 AM
Having gone to an art school I am going to have to say art students are more difficult to live with.
At least with the Neo-Nazis you aren't surprised when stuff like that ends up on the wall.
Plus I bet they smell better,
February 28, 2009 at 9:49 AM
How awful. That's too disturbing...I can't even come up with something witty so say.
It's just really sad.
February 28, 2009 at 11:15 AM
I did choose not to go to the open house, wasn't sure if it would turn into a recruiting event.
February 28, 2009 at 11:54 AM
I'd have to say an art student would be more annoying. Nazis aren't so apt to suddenly yell out in their sleep, "HAHAHA that's a GREAT idea!" or leave their Prismacolors all over the house.
And I totally wouldn't know anything about this... Just a hunch.
Now, where did I leave that Forest Green?
February 28, 2009 at 12:19 PM
Obviously they have bigger issues than just no taste in decor.
February 28, 2009 at 6:28 PM
I do not care who you are. Growing up in the south (while simultaneously educating myself to the implications of "being from the south", I have found that there are, as you say, two possible explanations for the display of a swastika. One, You are a helpless mouth-breathing sheep who will follow whatever his older brother or his cell mate does. TWO. As you propose, you are an art student. I don't know any art student with a modicum of taste or sincerity that would think that the display of a swastika would enhance their art beyond mere shock value. As such, there is no excuse for displaying a swastika in any setting. Any questions?
March 1, 2009 at 12:03 AM
My money is on Student.
March 1, 2009 at 3:29 AM
All the art students I've ever known live in crappy apartments or with their parents. That's the main living room of a big house with an enormous flat screen TV.
Plus, if you're making a statement _against_ Nazism, you're not going to have a fully intact swastika on a bold background like that up on your wall. You're going to have it bludgeoned and bloodied and trammeled or some such.
Those people are Nazis, idiots, or, more likely, both.
March 1, 2009 at 8:09 AM
I'm distressed by the innocent kitty in the living room. Hopefully he hasn't been corrupted by his owners.
March 1, 2009 at 1:58 PM
Worst of both worlds, a Nazi who went back to school, and is looking for an 'acceptable' way to display these things, hmm, maybe that would mean the art student wouldn't be smelly? After all, who would be willing to get close enough to a smelly Nazi and actually listen to what they have to say?
March 1, 2009 at 8:03 PM
I am certainly not taking up for the picture, which I find disturbing and pretty much without artistic merit, however... I do notice that the swastica is superimposed over the Norwegian flag. I'm thinking maybe sympatico high school art student who read about the Norwegian occupation during WW2 in history class and felt moved to create by his angst-y 17 year old muse. That sort of fits with the otherwise ultra traditional suburbia decor and landscaping. Think of it as one step up from 'proud parent fridge art' ^^ Annie in Norway
March 4, 2009 at 6:05 AM
What stuns me here is not even that there's people put this stuff on their walls.... But a Liscenced realtor didnt think anything wrong with posting the pic on their site?
Can anyone say career suicide? LOL
(Unless of course your target market just happens to be that sorta clientele)
March 4, 2009 at 9:07 AM
Do you think the realtor even thought about asking them to take it down, just for the photo shoot? I'd fire a realtor that let me make that mistake, (if I had a clue). And Coldwell Banker left the photo up?? Just remove that particular photo, they have lots of others!!
April 5, 2009 at 3:33 PM