(Untitled)

[la_faerie]

I’ve been wanting to put together a DAIR artspam for a long time, and I finally found the time to do it in the absence of new television. Since Gossip Girl never actually showed us one of Dan & Blair’s field trips, I thought it would be fun to imagine where they went and what they saw. Enjoy the pretty artwork, or get meta with it and construct a

Comments

[afrocurl]

I see Blair being so against the trip to the MoMA, being the girl who loves the Lourve, but that's just me. Those pieces are too close to home--and what they do say about Blair.

[la_faerie]

Well, I see Dan being just as against going to The Frick--he'd think it would be so stuffy and boring. But isn't that the fun thing about DB? They push each other out of their comfort zones.

And like I said, I realized some of the paintings I picked from MoMA were Lonely Girl-themed (and B was very much Lonely Girl in S4). Christina's World in particular, and then the Buren evokes prison or a cage to me with the black bars. But that's the thing about art--you see it completely differently from me!

[afrocurl]

I totally see your point about the Frick with Dan. He'd think it too old money than anything else.

Seeing as how you left out the Guggenheim, I think it's safe to say that that trip would be a disaster.

It is the great thing about art--we can all see something else.

(While watching Switched at Birth I realized I'd pay good money to see DB talking about Magritte pieces.)

[la_faerie]

Seeing as how you left out the Guggenheim, I think it's safe to say that that trip would be a disaster.

LOL! I've never actually been to the Guggenheim myself and I didn't know what to do for it. I thought The Whitney might be a good compromise for them anyway. They could both look at the Hopper pieces without having a public meltdown.

(I'd love to hear Blair talking about Magritte! I wouldn't dare try to write it myself though. I don't know enough about Magritte, for one thing!)

[usual_notions]

Beautiful post is beautiful :3

I personally love the idea of Dan and Blair debating Rothko, hehe

[la_faerie]

Thanks bb!

Do you watch Mad Men? Your mention of Rothko has me picturing DB arguing about Bert Cooper's Rothko.

[usual_notions]

Nope, never watched Mad Men, but have been told many times that I should :P I just had a lot of Rothko influence for my art portfolio last year, hence he comes up a lot.

I would love to see Dan and Blair's reactions to his later work, the towering, essentially pitch black canvases. I imagine Dan would find it poetic and meaningful, and Blair might be more blunt and say it's just black paint ;)

[la_faerie]

I imagine Dan would find it poetic and meaningful, and Blair might be more blunt and say it's just black paint

Just once I'd love to see a role reversal where Blair ends up defending a piece of modern art and Dan is the one with the 'it's just paint' reaction. I'm not sure if Rothko is the right artist for Blair to fall in love with like that, but maybe!

[la_faerie]

I'm glad you thought it was interesting, dearie! Yeah, there's something really compelling about Christina's World, isn't there? And I think Gainsborough in general is lovely. He's almost like an early impressionist with his light brushstrokes.

[i_am_girlfriday]

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[la_faerie]

Yay, I'm enjoyed it dearie! I thought of you and your DAIR cravings while I was posting it.

Yeah, I'm not the biggest fan of Dali myself, but I thought it might be something they'd look at together. And I couldn't resist something titled The Accommodations of Desire for D/B, come on!

I think sometimes people think Degas is kind of insipid simply because we think of him as that guy who painted ballerinas. We're so used to that. But his paintings are so dynamic, like you said lots of movement. We forget how revolutionary it was at the time. And his work is still stunningly gorgeous.

I wasn't consciously thinking BLAIR while searching MoMA's collection at all, so it's kind of bizarre how that series of paintings turned out. Maybe those are the pieces Dan would take her to see there. Or maybe those are just paintings that remind Dan of her. I don't quite know how to think of it. I just wasn't expecting MoMA to reflect Blair so much, but it's cool it turned out that way.

But your view of it is fabulous...
But she, like modern art, is

[i_am_girlfriday]

Yes, I do have DAIR cravings. It's quite pathetic. But I've been channeling that into Tumblr. I've given up hope that there will be a plethora of fabulous fic on a daily basis.

Dali is not my aesthetic favorite either, but I certainly appreciate the power and talent.

I agree that Degas is derided by many. But still his work speaks to me more than any water lilies by Monet. I also love Degas' bronze sculptures!

Oooh I like the idea that maybe Dan found those paintings at MoMA for Blair :)

FLAWLESS POINT OF VIEW, TBH. You should talk meta more often, you're so insightful!

LOL. I guess I tend to save any meta thoughts for when I'm commenting on fic (if I'm so moved). I don't really talk meta in my journal because I'm simply too lazy. Or if I do type something up I usually think it sounds asinine and then delete it.

You've created a new beast :) I love your use of art to tell a story.

[ms_mmelissa]

Totally o/t but do you have a bigger version of your icon picture? I love it!