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1 $-The Canadian Champion, Frnday, May 30, 2003 Althis ar-tsyfartsy stuffjust isnt my cup Qîtea If 1 didn't know anything about the Mona Lisa, and happened to I dont get art at ail. I dont understand it, and I doubt 1 ever will. Art connoisseurs will shake their heads at my ignorance, but bow come paintings of people with distorted heads are so valu- able? Why are different coloured splotches on a piece of canvas con- sidered art at al? And if its abstract art, how are we supposed to deduce a meariing out of it when its very definition suggests the meaning isn't visible. And in addition to that, why does art have to have a meaning in the first place? 1 really do thînk that toddlers could do some of the things I've seen on some walls. And did you ever notice that the weirdest stuff is always on the walls of off ice or public buildings and flot in peo- ple's homes? Why is that? Because it costs more and is considered a compa- O", .,<.f .n~r,~ h n n M ny asset? Is that how we judge how good art is? By hown iCs flot as if I haven't tried to undcrsîand. McMîchael Gallery once a long time ago, for jusi looked at the paintings and looked ai them, wonc just what I was looking at, and then couldn't get i enough. And once I read a novel that referred to Piet Mo c<lours. Okay... These weren't just any fines, I'm sure, but meaningful fines. On theWhat they meant goes way beyond me. O n he Ifsomebody cnda and can create a mood, then 1 think it's lo se great. 1 can appreciate ht 0 s For example, several artists specialize in paintings of kids play- ing hockey on a frozen pond. 1 love those paintings. I could go *~through a whole gallery of those and flot have to ceave out of frus- tration. much it costs? Iai o like movie posters as ait, if they can be called art. 1 have a I went to the 1dm inatcd poster of Life as a House, one of my favourîte movies. ýthat purpose. 1 There was another art formn that was around about 15 to 20 years dered at length ago that I really liked. out of there fast Again. real art loyers are gotng to throw up. but they had these large laminated pictures- some of them paintings and some of ndrtan's Paint- them pictures. They had litile tiny red lights in them and when you plugged it À in.the lights lit up in the appropriate places. I have one of James Dean crossing a road, but there are two oth- ers I also really wanted. One is of a busy downtown street in the I1960s at night after a rain, and the other is of these expensive cars in the garage of an expensive modem looking bouse. I've been lookîng for them forever. but I don't thiîsk l'Il ever fmnd them except at a garage sale. Art îsn'tjust drawing, of course. I've been racking my brain try- ripions tng to figure out a form of art I could do ever since I saw these bro- ken plates. You smash a plate and then glue it back together. Peuple like thîs. People buy this. and i's flot cheap. If I could come up ssith a similar type idea, I'd be rich. But In the meantime. I'd gladly smash a plate and glue it back together for you in exchange for that picture from the '60s wsith the little red lighîs. RAISED RANCH BUNGALOW 25 Acres of Maple Trees - Stream - Pond - Gardens 30 years ago, this land was only a hard- wood forest. Since then its owners have transformed it into this breathtaking proper- ty. They cleared enough land to build their home, raise a family, have a few gardens, a workshop and a sugar shack ta make maple syrup. They dug a pond and they lined the creek with stone. Now its time for the own- ers to retire. This magnificent property is offered for sale at the fair market value of $599,900. FOR YOUR PERSONAL APPOINTMVENT TO SEE IT, PLEASE CON- TACT ME AT YOUR CON VENIENCE. Lamont Leone, Associate Broker REIMAX Realty Enterprises Inc. 905-330-0968