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== [[Live Action TV]] == |
== [[Live Action TV]] == |
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* The ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' episode "Legion": Rimmer, pretending he knows about art to impress Legion, complements on one piece: |
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{{quote| '''Rimmer''': Now this three-dimensional sculpture in particular is quite exquisite. Its simplicity, its bold, stark lines ... pray, what do you call it?<br /> |
{{quote| '''Rimmer''': Now this three-dimensional sculpture in particular is quite exquisite. Its simplicity, its bold, stark lines ... pray, what do you call it?<br /> |
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'''Legion''': The light switch.<br /> |
'''Legion''': The light switch.<br /> |
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'''Legion''': Not really. I need it to turn the lights on and off. }} |
'''Legion''': Not really. I need it to turn the lights on and off. }} |
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* The ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "City of Death": The Doctor and Romana leave the TARDIS at the Galerie Denise Rene. When they return, there are two people standing in front of it... |
* The ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "City of Death": The Doctor and Romana leave the TARDIS at the Galerie Denise Rene. When they return, there are two people standing in front of it... |
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{{quote| '''[[John Cleese |
{{quote| '''[[John Cleese|He]]:''' To me, one of the most curious things about this piece is its wonderful afunctionalism.<br /> |
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'''She:''' Yes, I see what you mean. Divorced from its function and seen purely as a piece of art, its structure of line and colour is curiously counterpointed by the redundant vestiges of its function.<br /> |
'''She:''' Yes, I see what you mean. Divorced from its function and seen purely as a piece of art, its structure of line and colour is curiously counterpointed by the redundant vestiges of its function.<br /> |
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'''He:''' And since it has no call to be here, the art lies in the fact that it ''is'' here.<br /> |
'''He:''' And since it has no call to be here, the art lies in the fact that it ''is'' here.<br /> |
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** And ''[[Doctor Who/NS/Recap/S4 E2 The Fires of Pompeii|The Fires of Pompeii]]'' not only has the TARDIS mistaken for a modern art installation, but an enterprising street trader has sold it to a wealthy marble merchant, kicking off the [[Monster of the Week]] plot. |
** And ''[[Doctor Who/NS/Recap/S4 E2 The Fires of Pompeii|The Fires of Pompeii]]'' not only has the TARDIS mistaken for a modern art installation, but an enterprising street trader has sold it to a wealthy marble merchant, kicking off the [[Monster of the Week]] plot. |
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* ''[[Murphy Brown]]'': Eldin (Murphy's live-in housepainter) gets a show at an art gallery. At the opening people come in to find a completely empty room. They discuss whether they themselves are the art or what, but then Eldin points out that he painted a mural [[Behind the Black|on the ceiling]]. |
* ''[[Murphy Brown]]'': Eldin (Murphy's live-in housepainter) gets a show at an art gallery. At the opening people come in to find a completely empty room. They discuss whether they themselves are the art or what, but then Eldin points out that he painted a mural [[Behind the Black|on the ceiling]]. |
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* Parodied by [[The |
* Parodied by [[The Chaser's War on Everything|The Chaser]], who attempted to demonstrate that it was possible to dump all kinds of junk in an art gallery without people noticing: tree clippings ("Lord of the Plants"), an old computer, a broken vacuum cleaner (unsucessfully), an old mattress (unsuccessfully, though one woman spent some time admiring it) and two garbage bags ("Fun Dip"). |
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== [[Western Animation]] == |
== [[Western Animation]] == |
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* ''[[The Simpsons ( |
* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'': In the episode "Mom and Pop Art," Mr. Burns mistakes Homer's failed attempts at D.I.Y. crafting for fine art and buys them for large amounts of money. |
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* In the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "Mother's Day," the cast visits a wax museums of famous historical robots: |
* In the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "Mother's Day," the cast visits a wax museums of famous historical robots: |
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{{quote| '''Fry:''' Hey, who's this guy?<br /> |
{{quote| '''Fry:''' Hey, who's this guy?<br /> |