Comments on: Bear Naked

By: Zauzzle

Zauzzle — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:02:03 +0000

for me the very fact that so many people are having an emotional response to the piece confirms that this is “art”; I still have boxes full of stuffed animals, but I don’t find it disturbing, I find it quite intriguing – I am always intrigued by new perspective

By: Savvy

Savvy — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 19:06:22 +0000

Gimmick. Art shows us something about ourselves and/or ‘the human condition’. This just shows us that some people can be conned into believing anything they are told is art really is art. Sort of like the emperor’s new clothes. When I run into things like this at gallery shows and exhibits, I feel insulted, especially if I hear some art critic propounding it’s ‘meaning’ with polysyllabic words. Oh, well, must be time for a sense of humor tune-up!

By: Jeff Webb

Jeff Webb — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:20:16 +0000

The people who are doing this have too much time on their hands.

By: Sarah W

Sarah W — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:13:08 +0000

I’ll go with intriguing. It all comes down to that old argument about “what is art?” I wouldn’t do this to my teddy bears but if someone else wants to maybe I’ll go see the exhibit just out of curiosity.
I also saw Bodyworlds by the way. Also very intriguing and not any creepier to me than looking at skelotons of dead animals.

By: Hillary

Hillary — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 03:16:26 +0000

Very disturbing. Teddy bears are supposed to be comforting and now the innards are being exposed to the world! Also, I am a little amazed that someone: a) has the time on their hands to do this kind of project and b) thinks this is art.

By: Sheila Gaylord

Sheila Gaylord — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:40:32 +0000

I didn’t think it looked interesting or cute. Just kind of weird. I also think watching someone eat a lobster is “off putting” and disturbing too. I don’t like lobster and think it’s gross to watch someone tear it apart and eat it. But that’s just my opinion. I’ll leave the lobsters alive at the bottom of the ocean and I’ll take my teddy bears right side out and cute. TYVM

By: penny

penny — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:34:34 +0000

I think they are cute! They still look soft and cuddly. It is too bad that things that are different are quickly labeled disturbing.

By: tick

tick — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:14:55 +0000

i don’t find em disturbing. barely intriguing. the white one looks perty cool tho, wouldn’t mind having that sit on my shelf.
they dont look sad to me. the white one more or less makes me think of a mental patient, who prolly is too crazy to be sad.

By: Martha Geoghegan

Martha Geoghegan — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:02:31 +0000

Definitely disturbing, sad, creepy, all that. I wasn’t so much trying to figure out what they (should)look like; I was gripped by the feeling of need to put them back the way they are suppose to be. Sorta like feeling compelled to straighten a crooked picture, but more intense. I really appreciate what Tom said 7/9. That’s a REAL cowboy!

By: BLT

BLT — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:20:55 +0000

I think it’s brilliantly funny! It seems to me the artist is poking fun at the macabre — and weirdly popular — “Bodies” exhibit. What’s weird is not this spoof; what’s weird is that people all over the world are lining up in droves to see “Bodies.”