This piece of art was something that I found in my favorite coffee shop, Jittery Joe's in Athens, GA. When I saw this, I immediately thought about the painting that Mrs. Bremm had shown us of a pipe with the caption "This is not a pipe." I thought it was interesting to find a modern day version of this famous painting, by a folk artist from a smaller town like Athens. Athens has a large folk art scene and has for many years. I just thought it was funny and interesting to find something from such a small time artist that reflects such a famous painting.
If only it were in French... Are there other pieces in the coffee shop of similar nature? Like, sort of poking fun at other paintings?
ReplyDeleteJittery Joe's features works by different local artists, and the styles change with each artist. This particular person has many works like this, where the one before had a much more cartoony nature to his work.
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