trixie (the treachery of images) created by jay naylor and rene magritte
Description

This Is Not A Dog

Agouti-Rex classified my work as "New Objectivity" so I had a flash of inspiration to make a tribute to the most objectively smart-ass painting of all time. Bonus points if you get it without Google.

I can't draw enough Trixie.

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    Tobas_Dryke said:
    Ummm... then what is it?

    A non-anthropomorphic, suit wearing old crab with a toaster. I'm pretty sure.

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  • Ceci n'est pas une chien anthropomorphe de nudiste avec un volley-ball.

    C'est une pipe.

    (I'm sure I butchered that horribly.)

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  • evilfork said:
    A Picture. it's so obvious.

    Not really, it's most likely a computer monitor.

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  • Purple said:
    So the 'pipe' is the mid 20th century equivalent of modern day trolling in art form? Or René just wanted make a point so badly.

    Pretty much. There's a long winding history of artists who were arguably either making profound points about art itself... or just trolling.

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  • Purple said:
    A non-anthropomorphic, suit wearing old crab with a toaster. I'm pretty sure.

    You, my friend, have just make my day

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  • i dunno, I just feel this was more interesting when J WIllard did it 5 years ago. At least she still had it in french.

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  • This reminds me of a text... Way too lazy to reach the 6 feet to grab it off the bookshelf...
    It was a Scott McCloud book, second or third chapter touching on simiotics and icon.

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  • Captain_B said:
    I'd say it is the Jedi Mind Trick. *shrugs* just a guess.

    I still say it's an instant stiffy...

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  • Here's what it is:

    💣📦📫

    👴🔫👵

    🚬✌️👨

    💼💣🏢

    💊😃

    😲💉

    💴💵💷💶🏃

    ✈️💺🎫🇮🇹 🚗 🚓🚓🚓🚓🚓🚓🚓🚁🚁

    If you can decode this, you should work for the NSA.

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  • Just a bit of Unicode search and...

    Raw data (in order of appearance):

    -bomb-package-mailbox in-
    -old man-pistol-old woman-
    -smoking-victory-man-
    -briefcase-bomb-office-
    -pill-big smile-
    -shock-syringe-
    -yen-dollar-pound-
    -plane-seat-ticket-Italy (x2)-car-police car (x7)-helicopter (x2)

    The old man sent a letterbomb (possibly to Jay Naylor, because he saw Trixie playing naked and found her too sexy). His life changed in a second. He gunned his wife and smoked a cigarette upon her still warm body, feeling like a boss, finally liberated from her presence that had cast a shadow upon his whole life. After that, he planted one more bomb, hidden in a briefcase, in his workplace. Then he decided to get high. He popped some pills and felt better, but still wanted more. So he shot some hard stuff, paying in hard cash - dollars, yens, pounds, you name it. Finally he thought it'd be better to get outta here, so he booked a plane to Italy... but when he get there, the police was already waiting for him. After an epic chase with use of helicopters... (the rest is unknown, but I presume he was shot dead or crashed somewhere on the road).

    OK, are you telling us next GTA plot? Can I have my NSA job now? :)

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