Jimmy Chen

The Painter

93 Comments

1. March 7th, 2011 / 9:26 pm kelly huckaby—

   i don’t see the similarity in the lily pad one, i’ve been staring at it for 10 minutes now.

2. March 7th, 2011 / 9:34 pm Jimmy Chen—

   the relative ‘patchiness’/’cushioniness’ of that hair is evocative of a lily pad; initially, i toyed with monet’s haystacks, but felt that the lily pad was more intuitive.

3. March 7th, 2011 / 9:49 pm Ken Baumann—

   Whoa.

4. March 7th, 2011 / 9:51 pm kelly huckaby—

   intuitive is good, i can see what you mean now. david lynch’s hair seems dynamic.

   the first painting immediately reminded me of that scene from ‘no country for old men’ where chigurgh strangles the policeman and the camera pans down to the boot marks on the floor.

5. March 7th, 2011 / 10:19 pm Jimmy Chen—

   the first painting is by Cy Twombly, a contemporary of Robert Rauschenberg overshadowed by the latter’s ingratiating pop references.

6. March 7th, 2011 / 11:28 pm Andrew—

   I imagine that genius looks an awful lot like this post.

7. March 7th, 2011 / 11:31 pm Dylan Hicks—

   Great.

8. March 8th, 2011 / 1:19 am reynard—

   you are an astronaut of american ennui

9. March 8th, 2011 / 5:31 am alanrossi—

   i imagine that genius looks an awful lot like david lynch’s hair.

10. March 8th, 2011 / 9:52 am Anonymous—

    more obsession over Very White men from mr chen

11. March 8th, 2011 / 2:09 pm stephen—

    i thought of 8 different very angry comments in response to this comment.

    instead, i’ll just say, i don’t think your response (and its implications) to Jimmy Chen’s work is logical or fair within the context of funny internet memes or any context other than that of identity politics. i think your comment could be deemed “smug,” “self-righteous,” “unjustified,” and “a killjoy.”

12. March 8th, 2011 / 2:11 pm stephen—

    angry because Jimmy Chen appears to be a sad beautiful man who makes people laugh and be happy and i don’t like that being sullied in such a mean-spirited and personal-attack-type manner

13. March 8th, 2011 / 3:08 pm NLY—

    There are, down the street, even as I type, Very Black Men outside a video store obsessing over Very Asian Men turning flips and punching each other.

    You can come over later and tell ’em what’s what, if you want.

14. March 8th, 2011 / 4:21 pm dm—

    That’s John Irving’s hair.

15. March 8th, 2011 / 5:31 pm Cassandra Troyan—

    !!!

16. March 9th, 2011 / 1:30 am deadgod—

    Is that Beckett paired with Starry Night?

17. March 9th, 2011 / 1:30 am deadgod—

    Is that Beckett paired with Starry Night?

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19. March 9th, 2011 / 4:21 pm Kenny Mooney—

    I feel there could be a Part Two to this post, comparing Christopher Walken’s hair to famous paintings. Or comparing Walken’s hair to Lynch’s hair.

20. March 10th, 2011 / 8:42 pm Anonymous—

    omg, lmao

21. March 17th, 2011 / 7:08 pm John Smith—

    You guys are obviously off your bloody rockers! Stop taking the drugs!

22. March 18th, 2011 / 12:12 am triff—

    I imagine that genius looks an awful lot like genus, but with an extra ‘i’.

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24. March 18th, 2011 / 1:01 am Melediana—

    I recognized all the art (Twombly, Turner, Van Gogh, Lichtenstiein, Monet, Cezanne, and Hiroshige), but I had to look up who David Lynch was. Hm.

25. March 18th, 2011 / 5:26 am Susan Marleau—

    I see the sweeping of the hair being similar to the sweep of the lily pads

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27. March 18th, 2011 / 10:21 am Andreas—

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30. March 18th, 2011 / 3:33 pm blair houghton—

    brush strokes/light on the lily pads, perhaps

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32. March 18th, 2011 / 5:31 pm Tony2—

    total shite

33. March 18th, 2011 / 1:53 pm David Lynch's Hair = Art—

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36. March 19th, 2011 / 4:51 pm Ladyjane—

    it’s more of an emotional thing.

37. March 19th, 2011 / 9:56 pm Sauver Goldorak | Libération | Actualités des Journaux—

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40. March 21st, 2011 / 6:22 am Darren Riber—

    is that Gary Busy??

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42. March 21st, 2011 / 9:55 pm Paul—

    Which Cezanne is that?

43. March 22nd, 2011 / 8:41 pm AB—

    i took a picture of lynch a while back if you want another to add…

44. March 23rd, 2011 / 9:46 am Qual o poder de influência do topete de David Lynch? | Nuts—

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45. March 23rd, 2011 / 6:08 pm lixenberg—

    I would love to know who made the painting above Van Gogh and the one under Monet.

46. March 23rd, 2011 / 6:46 pm alanrossi—

    i meant to hit reply, not like. not that i don’t like that you want to know this. anyway, the one below monet is cezanne. for paul, i believe it’s called, The Big Trees. i don’t know the other, but if you look a few posts up Melediana names “Turner.”

47. March 24th, 2011 / 8:05 am balintradoczy—

    what’s the 6th and seventh one?

48. March 24th, 2011 / 8:09 am balintradoczy—

    the one above Van Gogh is Turner.

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50. March 25th, 2011 / 12:19 pm Lynch. Hair. Art. | clusterflock—

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51. March 25th, 2011 / 1:54 pm El pelo de David Lynch como obra de arte—

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52. March 25th, 2011 / 6:15 pm K Dolmer—

    This is fabulous

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54. March 26th, 2011 / 5:53 pm Tanguero—

    Perhaps you should find something more meaningful to do with your life.

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57. March 27th, 2011 / 4:44 am Michael Jahn—

    I think what has been done is wonderful. I enjoyed it. but then again, I am a application support manager who spends a great deal of time in adobe photoshop placing my friends picture with a dental mouth retractor onto other photos or works of art.

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59. March 27th, 2011 / 5:40 pm Ja Rule—

    The Turner is “Hannibal and His Men Crossing the alps.

60. March 27th, 2011 / 5:43 pm Ja Rule—

    but it’s reversed. reminds me of my art history class during which slides would often be put in backwards.

61. March 27th, 2011 / 2:57 pm David Lynch’s Hair as the World’s Greatest Masterpieces (+ How to Meditate) - Finding Out About—

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62. March 27th, 2011 / 9:33 pm AlexandraBaye—

    Jimmy, could you perhaps list the artists whose works you posted?

63. March 27th, 2011 / 11:34 pm alanrossi—

    look a few posts up. find the person named melediana. that person accurately lists all the artists represented here.

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70. April 1st, 2011 / 2:49 am michael—

    you’ve outdone yourself.

71. April 1st, 2011 / 8:05 pm Paul Clark—

    do this w/ dennis rodman plz

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73. April 10th, 2011 / 2:01 pm Tracey C—

    I think it is absolutely brilliant!

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75. April 21st, 2011 / 2:29 am Janepants—

    Says the person doing nothing other than criticizing some fun. Very meaningful indeed.

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77. May 15th, 2011 / 9:00 am lala—

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79. July 27th, 2011 / 1:00 pm Vampirerocks123—

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