- Paperback: 96 pages
- Publisher: Ten Speed Press (4 Oct 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1580082718
- ISBN-13: 978-1580082716
- Product Dimensions: 24.3 x 0.6 x 27.9 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 730,339 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Why did a woman in California pay an artist $5,000 to paint her cat to look like a pig? What made a New York stockbroker spend even more than that to have the image of Charlie Chaplin painted on his cat'¬?s posterior? WHY PAINT CATS reveals that, far from being an amusement for the idle rich, this seemingly aberrant behavior is part of a new art movement that claims to promote a better understanding of the cats in our lives. Following the international success of their previous collaboration of feline aesthetics, WHY CATS PAINT, Burton Silver and Heather Busch turn their scholarly attention to the cat as canvas. The authors detail all the latest trends in the movement, including the highly controversial Retromingent Expressionism, drawing conclusions that will provoke and amuse, startle, and enlighten. Exhaustively researched and lavishly illustrated, this insightful and engaging book raises important ethical questions and explores the rights of pet owners to reinvent their cats in the name of art.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I am the proud owner of 12 cats, and for years I have been searching for a way to combine my twin loves of painting and animal hypnotism. Now, thanks to this marvellous book, my search is over. Filled with great ideas for colour coordinating your feline friends, this masterpiece of creativity is a surefire way of ensuring that not only do you never get bored inside the house, you also are giving the gift of wackiness to other households. Imagine the laughter and joy you bring to your neighbours, as your newly decorated pet uses next door's flowerbed as a litter tray. Chuckle as the local children are flummoxed by the miniature zebra that runs across the road in front of them. Thrill at the wonder of the educationally subnormal beefcake as the local fire brigade are called to fetch Lawrence of Arabia out of a tree.
So - why not buy this heartily recommended literary joy. And if you have enough cats, why not experiment with different paint types? 8 of my dozen are still alive, having developed the immunity to the household gloss that I have taken to using. But WARNING - do not drink paint, or stick fingers in electrical sockets - this may cause injury. There should be signs on these things...
So - why not buy this heartily recommended literary joy. And if you have enough cats, why not experiment with different paint types? 8 of my dozen are still alive, having developed the immunity to the household gloss that I have taken to using. But WARNING - do not drink paint, or stick fingers in electrical sockets - this may cause injury. There should be signs on these things...
Format:Hardcover
At first I thought that it was done in Photoshop and I thought of the fantastic and creative side of people wanting to decorate their fury friends as a project of artistic value. It made be very sad to see that in fact it has been done on the animal without any thought of how this may affect them. Cats are also very clean animals and their fur is constantly being clean... can we all just think of better ways of putting our creative spirit on something more productive and less destructive? can we think of the animal instead of following our silly desires?
17 of 45 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Someone gave me this book as a present and while it's an amusing spoof of art criticism (as is its predecessor, "Why Cats Paint"), it was spoiled for me by the worry that someone will take it seriously and start trying to paint their own cats and end up poisoning them. The publishers might at least have put some sort of "don't try this at home" warning on it.
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