"Hello, Braque? Picasso here. Cubism is out."
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art, artwork, artworks, artist, artists, painting, paintings, painter, painters, famous artist, famous artists, famous painter, famous painters, cubism, abstract, abstract expressionism, neo-expressionism, surrealism, cubist, cubists, surrealist, surrealists, trend, trends, trendy, fad, fads, in, out, phone, phones, telephone, telephones, call, calls, talking on the phone, talking on the telephone, conversation, conversations"Science is baffled. I hope you're happy."
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check-up, check up, check ups, check-ups, check, checks, doctor, doctors, surgery, surgeon, surgeons, clinic, clinics, physician, physical, physical exam, exam, examination, appointment, appointments, doctor, doctors, healthy, healthily, healthy lifestyle, lifestyle, lifestyles, lifestyle change, get well, get well soon, baffled, baffle, visual gag, line, lines, abstract, squiggle, squiggly, science is"Wentworth, could I take another look at that reorganization plan?"
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art, abstract, abstraction, abstractions, abstract art, modern art, postmodern, postmodernism, postmodernist, modernist, modernists, reorganize, reorganization, reorganise, reorganisation, organise, organisation, organize, organization, plan, plans, restructure, restructures, restructuring, planning, cubist, cubists, cubism, angle, angles"They have extraordinary taste."
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art, artist, artists, museum, museums, art museum, museum of art, fine art, sculpture, sculptures, statue, statues, gallery, galleries, art show, art shows, pretentious, snobby, snobs, snob, receptionist, receptionists, art director, art directors, gallery owner, gallery owners, art enthusiasts, modern art, abstract art, abstract sculpture, abstract"I've been reading the trashiest scientific abstract."
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abstract, abstracts, scientific abstracts, journal, journals, peer review, peer reviewed, academic, academics, academia, guilty pleasure, guilty pleasures, trash, trashy, trashiest, scientist, scientists, trash, tabloid, tabloids, paperback, paperbacks, professor, professors, instructor, instructors, teacher, teachers, university, universities, college, colleges"Look, if it's just a matter of collating get one of the clerks to do it."
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collate, collates, collating, clerk, clerks, abstract, abstract art, geometry, order, orders, ordering, secretary, secretaries, office assistant, office assistants, assistance, admin, administrative duty, administrative duties, administrative work, office, office work, office worker, delegate, delegates, delegating"Absolutely not. I don't give my provenance over the phone."
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modern life, modern times, nuisance call, nuisance calls, nuisance caller, cold caller, cold callers, nuisance callers, cold call, cold calls, telemarketing, telemarketer, telemarketers, phonecall, phonecalls, telephone, telephones, provenance, privacy, personal information, private information, sculpture, sculptures, abstract, abstract art, modern art, modern artist, modern artists, surrealism, modernism"It's meaningless, lady, believe me—I painted it."
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irony, ironic, artist, artists, art, paint, painter, painting, paints, reality, incomprehensible, modern, modern art, modern life, modern world, modernist, modernism, gallery, galleries, culture, cultures, cultured, postmodern, postmodernism, spoof, spoofed, spoofs, parodies, parodied, parody, self portrait, portrait, portraiture, high society, retraced, backtrack, lost, wander, wandering, abstract, minimal, minimalist, taste, tastes, meaning, meaningless, pretentious, pretentiously"I don't know anything about art, but this is a damned good Martini."
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irony, ironic, artist, artists, art, paint, painter, painting, paints, reality, incomprehensible, modern, modern art, modern life, modern world, modernist, modernism, gallery, galleries, culture, cultures, cultured, postmodern, postmodernism, spoof, spoofed, spoofs, parodies, parodied, parody, self portrait, portrait, portraiture, high society, abstract, minimal, minimalist, taste, tastes, party, parties, upper class, class, drink, drinking, alcohol, alcoholic, martini, maritinis, exhibit, bar, bars, parties, cocktail party, cocktail parties, reception, receptions, open, opening"You want to run a tab?"
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art, artist, artists, sculpture, sculptures, statue, statues, modern art, biomorphism, surrealism, abstract, primitivism, bar, bars, pub, pubs, cocktail, cocktails, cocktail bar, cocktail bars, bartender, bartenders, drink, drinks, drinking, drinkers, drinker, tab, tabs, customer, customers, customer service"Get that de Kooning sneer off your face. This is Turner!"
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turner, art, modern art, romanticism, expressionism, expressionist, romanticist, paint, paints, painting, paintings, painter, painters, artist, artists, art museum, art museums, artwork, works of art, work of art, contemporary, artistic, j. m. w. turner, abstract, abstract expressionism, curmudgeon, curmudgeons, bad mood, bad temper, relationship, relationships, marriage, married, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, couple, couples, men, man, woman, women, exhibit, gallery, galleries, grouch, grump"I think you have something to say, all right, but I don't think you're saying it."
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pretentious, pretentiously, sculpt, sculptor, sculpted, sculpting, statue, statues, abstract, abstract art, art, arts, culture, cultured, artist, artists, artistic, artistically, studio, studios, chisel, chiselled, chiselling, mean, meaning, aesthetic, aesthetics, something to say, communicate, communication, communicated, bad communication, bad art, rudeA series of men stand on each other, squashing the ones below.
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corporate ladder, corporate ladders, hierarchy, hierarchies, capitalist, capitalists, capitalism, acrobat, acrobats, acrobatic, acrobatics, abstract, abstraction, abstractions, pyramid, human pyramid, human pyramids, squish, squishes, squishing, squash, squashes, squashing, standing on the shoulders of giants, flatten, flattens, flattening, perception, perceptions"It must be pouring outside."
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irony, ironic, artist, artists, art, paint, painter, painting, paints, reality, incomprehensible, modern, modern art, modern life, modern world, modernist, modernism, gallery, galleries, culture, cultures, cultured, postmodern, postmodernism, spoof, spoofed, spoofs, parodies, parodied, parody, self portrait, portrait, portraiture, high society, retraced, backtrack, lost, wander, wandering, abstract, minimal, minimalist, taste, tastes, rain, raining, busy, crowd, crowds, weather, bad weather, shelter, shelteredA man in an art gallery stands in front of a blank canvas that has a suggestion box below it.
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art, gallery, galleries, art gallery, art galleries, museum, museums, art museum, art museums, suggestion box, suggestions boxes, comment box, comment boxes, blank, white, empty, canvas, canvases, painting, paintings, painter, painters, artist, artists, modern art, abstract, exhibit, exhibits, exhibition, exhibitions, modern life, suggestion, suggestions, suggest, recommend, recommendation, recommendations, lazy, writer's block, artist's block, out of ideas, inspiration, lack of inspiration, artistic, creative, innovativeParallel Universes
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parallel universes, parallel universe, baking, cookie, cookies, baking cookies, sci fi, sci-fi, science fiction, alternate universe, alternate universes, abstract, alternate reality, alternate realities, multiverse, multiverses, multiverse theory, the multiverse theory, astronomical theory, astronomical theory of the universe"He either has a great hand or I have unresolved feelings about my mother."
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rorschach test, rorschach tests, inkblot, inkblots, inkblot test, inkblot tests, abstract, therapy, therapist, therapists, psychoanalysis, psychoanalyst, psychoanalysts, poker, poker face, poker faces, pokerface, pokerfaces, tell, tells, mother issues, mental health, mental health issue, mental health issues, mental health problem, mental health problems, poker game, poker games, poker player, poker players, card game, card games"You ought to do what I do—have a few belts before you meet with the old man."
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belt, belts, drink, drinks, drinking, nerves, nervous, nervousness, freaked out, freaking out, frightened, abstract, abstraction, abstractions, alcohol, alcoholic, alcoholics, cube, cubes, cubist, cubists, cubism, abstract, abstract art, abstract artist, abstract artists, abstraction, abstractions, drinking problem, drinking problems, sooth your nerves, soothing your nerves, nervous, anxious, meeting, meetings, boss, bossesA cat waits by a square mouse hole.
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mouse, mice, mondrian, piet mondrian, dutch, dutch painter, dutch painters, modern artist, modern artists, modern art, rat, rats, cat, cats, feline, felines, predator, predators, prey, artist, artists, artistry, de stijl, abstract, abstract art, abstract artist, abstract artists, interior decorator, interior decorators, interior design, interior designs"The pink ones are sashimi, and I believe the little yellow ones just fell off the Pollock."
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pollock, pollocks, jackson pollock, food, foods, fish, art, artist, artists, sushi, nibble, nibbles, pun, puns, sashimi, paint, painting, paints, abstract, abstracts, impressionist, impressionists, modern art, modern-art, gallery, galleries, private view, private-view, exhibition, exhibitions, exhibit, exhibits"You're home now, dear—relax, and we'll get you all sorted out."
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relationship, relationships, marriage, marriages, married life, couple, couples, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, home, homes, coming home, returning home, long day, bad day, businessman, businessmen, office life, relax, relaxing, relaxation, stress, stressful, art, abstract, modern art, work, job, jobs"I don't know a damn thing about art, but my back hasn't felt this good in years."
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art, artist, artists, artistry, cube, cubes, cubist, cubism, cubists, abstract art, human form, human forms, form, forms, anatomy, back, backs, bad back, bad backs, matisse, henri matisse, abstract, abstraction, abstractions, health, heal, heals, healing"Sorry, Lou, I thought it was a very sound suggestion myself."
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office, offices, business, businesses, businessman, businessmen, executive, executives, meeting, meetings, vote, votes, voting, voter, voters, animal, animals, talking animal, talking animals, horse, horses, talking horse, talking horses, abstract, surreal