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| Australian penis artist bids for top art prize |
| 2008-02-20 |
| Too bad he's not here. The NEA would be throwing money at him by the truckload... SYDNEY (Reuters) - A cheeky artist who uses his penis as a brush has entered a racy self-portrait for Australia's top art prize. Australian Tim Patch, who calls himself Pricasso, usually exposes his talents at sex product fairs around the world, but has decided to go upmarket by entering a painting for Australia's Archibald Prize -- the nation's top award for portraiture. Nice portrait. Big nose though. That's not his nose... In a unique painting style, Patch does not use paint brushes, but his penis to apply paint to the canvas. "In a unique painting style"? Really? Ya think? "I had to use my bum to paint in the background, because you have to have the occasional break," Patch told the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper on Wednesday. ...but ya can't do the details. Patch entered a painting of a plastic surgeon in last year's Archibald Prize, but failed to impress the judges. This year's entry depicts a nude Patch, wearing only a hat, holding a blank canvas to hide his "brush". What do you see in it? Well, it's powerful, but it kinda looks like the guy painted it with his dick... The Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney expects up to 700 portraits to be entered for the 2008 Archibald Prize, with the finalists to be announced in March. And the winner is... |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #3 Wa it a "small" painting? |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2008-02-20 14:44 |
| #2 If he wants to impress the judges he should use sandpaper instead of canvas. |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-02-20 13:36 |
| #1 Confucius says "Man who use penis for paint brush get blue balls." |
| Posted by: ed 2008-02-20 11:47 |