A friend calls the cake makers on this Food Network show "boring" and "sedate." So true.
Their ideas for cakes are Hallmark card-predictable but the designers have this hipster patina. Most Americans will think "wow, this is what creative people are like--so funky and free" but they are just hard working hacks and drones.
Also dislike the omnipresent "documentary" style of reaction interviews to everything that happens, no matter how unimportant.
"The Royally Fucked I Hate Fucking Videogames" Show. Have some specific pieces in mind for this show, all of which have previously been included in "Art and the Videogame" shows. This will be better: it will have passion, a point of view, and the name of the exhibition will not appear in any mainstream media review.
"PLUS SPACE: Maximal-as-Fuck Art." This will be a website with occasional exhibitions in real spaces. Double Happiness would qualify but the real reason for the site is so it could have text on its "about" page announcing that the gallery is not taking submissions at this time. This will make artists feel bad and they will want to be included all the more.
artist unknown, via spermaduct.tumblr
Update: per CA, this is Markus Linnenbrink's work. I like this image but a little of this style goes a long way. Google Images pulls up dozens of Linnenbrinks ringing every possible change on this quasi-proprietary technique. That glomming onto a signature style based on some barely unique studio trick is what drives me away from painting (physical studio variety).
