{"id":253,"date":"2007-01-18T21:22:05","date_gmt":"2007-01-19T02:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/index.php\/?p=253"},"modified":"2007-01-19T21:17:38","modified_gmt":"2007-01-20T02:17:38","slug":"finally-real-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/2007\/01\/18\/finally-real-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Fine Art.  Finally."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Where would we be without the Internet?  Still strolling through antiquated &#8220;modern&#8221; art museums looking at &#8220;interpretive&#8221; crap that could be mistaken for the homework of a 4-year-old, that&#8217;s where.  Thanks to the web we can be introduced to art that would be worth traveling to see.  Like the sidewalk chalk drawings of Julian Beever.  &#8220;Striking&#8221; is my new word for the week and this art is the definition.  Julian&#8217;s images can be over 30 feet long on the sidewalk but appear to be only three or four feet high in perspective.  Crazy.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/users.skynet.be\/J.Beever\/pave.htm\">http:\/\/users.skynet.be\/J.Beever\/pave.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/users.skynet.be\/J.Beever\/pave.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/users.skynet.be\/J.Beever\/images\/globe.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/users.skynet.be\/J.Beever\/pave.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/users.skynet.be\/J.Beever\/images\/globe-wrongview.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where would we be without the Internet? Still strolling through antiquated &#8220;modern&#8221; art museums looking at &#8220;interpretive&#8221; crap that could be mistaken for the homework of a 4-year-old, that&#8217;s where. Thanks to the web we can be introduced to art that would be worth traveling to see. 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