11/28/2005: Beer mat art exhibit

Undertoad · 11-28-2005, 07:52 PM

IotD always enjoys art of the commoners, and there isn't anything much more common than your basic cardboard beer coaster. This bar in Spain has accepted a collection of artistic works involving cardboard beer mats, which leads to their online gallery of submissions, a webpage that scrolls entirely horizontally. Sure, I hate that too, but the gallery is interesting and I guess you can think of yourself as walking down the bar to look at them.

The above item is from that exhibit, an entry from Argentina. Many of the other entries are much more involved and sophisticated, but even the simple pen and ink stuff is highly stylized and fun to look at.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-28-2005, 08:47 PM

Good find, well worth the horizontal scroll.

capnhowdy · 11-28-2005, 11:22 PM

amazing talent

You can almost tell where the artists live by their different styles and colors.

Me likes.

rupip · 11-29-2005, 01:20 AM

here you can find the right beer-glass to your favourite beermat.

click "Produkte" / "Alle Kollektionen" / then choose Bier or Seidel or Weizen or Schnaps or anything you like.

(or click on the tiny english flag to understand)

xoxoxoBruce · 11-29-2005, 03:38 AM

Where, rupip?

ashke · 11-29-2005, 03:41 AM

"Oh no! I see dead rabbits!"

Trilby · 11-29-2005, 09:29 AM

I don't get it.

rupip · 11-29-2005, 11:42 AM

@xoxoxoBruce: Where, rupip?

http://www.ritzenhoff.de/

beerglasses here. sorry!!

Sundae · 11-29-2005, 11:55 AM

I like the glasses/ crockery better than the beermats. They were a little freaky for my taste.

Although I liked the swirly blue by Failed Rock Star (the most conservative beermat there?!) and the American Gothic pigs by Solotalent. Which just goes to show you can't go wrong with pigs in dresses.

mrnoodle · 11-29-2005, 12:00 PM

There seems to be a recent surge in art depicting cute, fuzzy animals as demented little imps. If I was in college, I'd write a paper about it. Is it just that this generation of warped artistes was raised on Pokemon? Or are slavering, demonic chipmunks iconic somehow? Either way, I want a tshirt with the "I see dead bunnies" graphic on it.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-29-2005, 03:28 PM

Nice glasses, rupip.
Even one for UT.

11-28-2005, 07:52 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	11/28/2005: Beer mat art exhibit IotD always enjoys art of the commoners, and there isn't anything much more common than your basic cardboard beer coaster. This bar in Spain has accepted a collection of artistic works involving cardboard beer mats, which leads to their online gallery of submissions, a webpage that scrolls entirely horizontally. Sure, I hate that too, but the gallery is interesting and I guess you can think of yourself as walking down the bar to look at them. The above item is from that exhibit, an entry from Argentina. Many of the other entries are much more involved and sophisticated, but even the simple pen and ink stuff is highly stylized and fun to look at.

11-28-2005, 08:47 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Good find, well worth the horizontal scroll. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-28-2005, 11:22 PM	#3
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	amazing talent You can almost tell where the artists live by their different styles and colors. Me likes. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

11-29-2005, 01:20 AM	#4
rupip Salzburger Nockerl Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Salzburg, Austria Posts: 37	here you can find the right beer-glass to your favourite beermat. click "Produkte" / "Alle Kollektionen" / then choose Bier or Seidel or Weizen or Schnaps or anything you like. (or click on the tiny english flag to understand) Last edited by rupip; 11-29-2005 at 02:34 AM.

11-29-2005, 03:38 AM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Where, rupip? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-29-2005, 03:41 AM	#6
ashke Don't look at me! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Singapore Posts: 288	"Oh no! I see dead rabbits!"

11-29-2005, 09:29 AM	#7
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I don't get it. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

11-29-2005, 11:42 AM	#8
rupip Salzburger Nockerl Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Salzburg, Austria Posts: 37	@xoxoxoBruce: Where, rupip? http://www.ritzenhoff.de/ beerglasses here. sorry!!

11-29-2005, 11:55 AM	#9
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I like the glasses/ crockery better than the beermats. They were a little freaky for my taste. Although I liked the swirly blue by Failed Rock Star (the most conservative beermat there?!) and the American Gothic pigs by Solotalent. Which just goes to show you can't go wrong with pigs in dresses.

11-29-2005, 12:00 PM	#10
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	There seems to be a recent surge in art depicting cute, fuzzy animals as demented little imps. If I was in college, I'd write a paper about it. Is it just that this generation of warped artistes was raised on Pokemon? Or are slavering, demonic chipmunks iconic somehow? Either way, I want a tshirt with the "I see dead bunnies" graphic on it. __________________ Sìn a nall na cuaranan sin. -- Cha mhór is fheairrde thu iad, tha iad coltach ri cat air a dhathadh

11-29-2005, 03:28 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Nice glasses, rupip. Even one for UT. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 04-07-2007 at 05:54 PM.

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