Wednesday, November 02, 2011

There'll Always Be a France (Part Deux)

Still decompressing from jetlag occasioned by my recent return from the land of the Ignoble Frog, but until regular posting resumes I thought I'd share something I stumbled upon at the fabulous Pompidou Center in Paris while waiting to get into the Edvard Munch show.

From 1963, please enjoy Roger and his Son by remarkable Polish-French modernist Balthus.



And then tell me the son in the painting doesn't look disturbingly like this MTV icon.



Seriously, I have no idea if Mike Judge had this painting in mind when he created Beavis and Butthead, but the resemblance strikes me as too close to be an accident.

I should also add that there actually is another rock-and-roll connection with this painting -- Bono (yes him) sang at Balthus' funeral. Go figure.
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4 comments:

  1. steve simels11/02/2011 2:37 PM

    Testing!!!

    1...2...3...testing!
    :-)

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  2. steve simels11/02/2011 5:31 PM

    Yipes.
    :-)

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  3. Brooklyn Girl11/02/2011 10:41 PM

    While this painting has a disturbing unfinished quality to it, Balthus was actually a superb painter.

    http://www.tendreams.org/balthus.htm

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  4. Anonymous11/03/2011 11:23 AM

    I kinda liked Balthus a lot when I was in college, then decided he was kinda creepy. Of course, maybe that was his intent all along.

    RichD

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