Art o' Not - You're the Critic! » architecture http://www.artonot.com Artonot is the definitive ART or NOT website. Share and discuss emerging and alternative art trends. For all things artsy and fun! Sat, 12 Jun 2010 13:18:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 © admin@artonot.com () admin@artonot.com() The definite ART or NOT website. admin@artonot.com No no http://www.artonot.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Art o' Not - You're the Critic! http://www.artonot.com 144 144 my art, my city… in Detroit, ruin into Art http://www.artonot.com/2010/06/my-art-my-city-in-detroit-ruin-into-art/ http://www.artonot.com/2010/06/my-art-my-city-in-detroit-ruin-into-art/#comments Sat, 12 Jun 2010 13:17:52 +0000 admin http://www.artonot.com/?p=710 This one’s from a while back. Interesting happenings in the streets of Detroit. When you’ve got nothing to do, might as well become an artist…

detroit houses

detroit art

street artMore at the Grio

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]]> http://www.artonot.com/2010/06/my-art-my-city-in-detroit-ruin-into-art/feed/ 0 Urban window art gets destroyed along with abandoned buildings in Detroit. http://www.artonot.com/2009/12/urban-window-art-gets-destroyed-along-with-abandoned-buildings-in-detroit/ http://www.artonot.com/2009/12/urban-window-art-gets-destroyed-along-with-abandoned-buildings-in-detroit/#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:01:25 +0000 admin http://www.artonot.com/?p=725 The Lafayette Building in downtown Detroit is about to get demolished. A lot of art (or not) will, unfortunately, have to go down with it. See for yourself. Is this stuff worth keeping around? If yes, then at what cost?

detroit window art

lafayette building

detroit urban window art

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]]> http://www.artonot.com/2009/12/urban-window-art-gets-destroyed-along-with-abandoned-buildings-in-detroit/feed/ 0 Artonot #14: Phallic symbols in modern architecture http://www.artonot.com/2009/04/artonot-14-phallic-symbols-in-modern-architecture/ http://www.artonot.com/2009/04/artonot-14-phallic-symbols-in-modern-architecture/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:11:12 +0000 admin http://www.artonot.com/?p=69 Listen, I like riding up and down the elevator at Toronto’s CN Tower as much as the next guy (which is almost as much as I’d enjoy caressing another man’s shaft), but most skyscrapers are nothing but phallic symbols. Admit it, you know its true. As such, they are, by definition PR0N, NOT artwork. At artonot.com we will go by the rule that anything that even remotely resembles a p3n1s cannot be considered truly artistic, at least in our hugely unpopular opinion, that is. Here’s one of the more prominent examples of architectural pr0n, enjoy:

CN Tower Toronto Canada

CN Tower Toronto Canada

Our Verdict: BLATANT UNART.

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]]> http://www.artonot.com/2009/04/artonot-14-phallic-symbols-in-modern-architecture/feed/ 2 Artonot #7: Contemporary architecture, or waste of money? http://www.artonot.com/2009/04/artonot-7-contemporary-architecture-or-waste-of-money/ http://www.artonot.com/2009/04/artonot-7-contemporary-architecture-or-waste-of-money/#comments Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:55:17 +0000 admin http://www.artonot.com/?p=44 Simmons Hall at MIT, built in 2003. Looks like a big block of cheese, sort of…

simmons hall dorm mit

simmons hall dorm mit

Our Verdict: Waste of space, time, and money.

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