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Help Me Collect Bad Art

I've never been much for hanging thing on my walls. In fact, I don't think I've ever hung anything on my walls. But that's all going to change now because I am building a collection of classically bad art.

The Plan

I intend to collect the classically bad, cliched, mass-produced art. Ideally I'll put each a really gaudy frame and get one of those little "look at this picture" lights above each. This concept came from a Kids in the Hall episode (#416) wherein an art collector had the same collection I'd like to gather. The idea to begin this collection came from my friend, Tim Boyer, who found a place where one could order Dogs Playing Poker and Dogs Playing Pool.

What The Plan Is Not

I'm not just looking for bad art. There's a ton of bad art in the world and it would include any thing I might produce. If you want bad art you need look no further than The Museum of Bad Art. What I want are the really trite peices of bad art that 2,000,000 people bought for no reason anyone can understand.

The List

Here are the pieces of bad art I've identified as candidates for my collection. I don't know if any of these actually have titles; I've just guessed at them below.

Painting Status
Dogs Playing Poker Got it!
Dogs Playing Pool Got it!
Velvet Elvis Searching
Hispanic Children with Big Eyes Searching
Seal Balancing a Beachball on its Nose Searching
Crying Clown Searching

What You Can Do To Help

Help me find the pieces for which I am still searching. You can send me the addresses of on-line retailers, information about ebay auctions, or offer to sell me the drek you've found at garage sales. Also helpful are additions to my list above, but remember I'm looking for the pieces of art so cliched that I'll know what you're talking about based on just a three or four word discription.


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