Jean Grey School @JeanGreySchool:
Good afternoon students both resident and visiting through Twitter! I’m @JGSHeadmistress, Kitty Pryde.
Jean Grey School @JeanGreySchool:
It's time to begin our Live Twitter Event! Take your seats!
Jean Grey School @JeanGreySchool:
Sorry to be starting a bit late. Par for the course here at the Jean Grey School it seems. ANYWAY...
Jean Grey School @JeanGreySchool:
Today we have a special treat, and you’re going to get to sit in on Professor Paige Guthrie’s Mutant Art class.
Jean Grey School @JeanGreySchool:
So without further adieu, I’m going to hand the reins of the official school Twitter account to Prof Guthrie.
Jean Grey School @JeanGreySchool:
Hi.
Kitty Pryde @JGSHeadmistress:
Introduce yourself, Paige.
Jean Grey School @JeanGreySchool:
Hi. I’m Professor Paige Guthrie. I teach Mutant Art.
Kitty Pryde @JGSHeadmistress:
Um, Paige, we’re live on Twitter, PLEASE, this sounded very interesting when you pitched it last week.
Jean Grey School @JeanGreySchool:
Hold on a second.
Jean Grey School @JeanGreySchool:
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Jean Grey School @JeanGreySchool:
Ah, much better. Hi, everyone, I’m Paige Guthrie, and I am the lucky professor who gets to teach Mutant Art.
Jean Grey School @JeanGreySchool:
The full title is “The History of Mutant Art: From Jumbo Carnation to Kenji Uedo” but it’s much more than just an Art History class.
Jean Grey School @JeanGreySchool:
Sure, we dig into mutant artists, their works, their goals, their techniques, but to really understand an artist, you need to make art.
Jean Grey School @JeanGreySchool:
So last week, our assignment was to make a piece of art that we could then critique in class.
Jean Grey School @JeanGreySchool:
So, here we are. Let’s do a quick roll call.
Jean Grey School @JeanGreySchool:
.@GenesisHero?
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Here, Professor.
Jean Grey School @JeanGreySchool:
.@idie_okonkwo?
Idie @idie_okonkwo:
Here.
Jean Grey School @JeanGreySchool:
.@_broodling_?
Broo @_broodling_
Present.
Jean Grey School @JeanGreySchool:
.@_Anole_?
Anole @_Anole_:
Here.
Jean Grey School @JeanGreySchool:
.@KidGladiator1?
Genesis @GenesisHero:
I saw his bodyguard carrying him unconscious across the lawn earlier.
Jean Grey School @JeanGreySchool:
Okay. @SANOTRULES?
Rockslide @SANTORULES:
HERE AND STOKED!
Jean Grey School @JeanGreySchool:
.@GlobHerman?
Glob Herman @GlobHerman:
I’m the gelatinous one over here in the corner.
Jean Grey School @JeanGreySchool:
I know who you are, @GlobHerman. @QQuire?
Quentin Quire @QQuire:
Oh, I’m here, alright.
Jean Grey School @JeanGreySchool:
Then let’s get started, shall we? As an artist, your work should speak for itself, so only give the title of your work.
Jean Grey School @JeanGreySchool:
From there the class will give comments for what it says to them. After that, you can explain your goals, etc…
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How about @GenesisHero. Why don’t you go first?
Genesis @GenesisHero:
Sure. Here’s my work. It’s called "Ugly."
Rockslide @SANTORULES:
Dude, is that a super-powered goose?
Anole @_Anole_:
I like the rendering on the feathers.
Quentin Quire @QQuire:
A nursery rhyme? LAME.
Anole @_Anole_:
I like it. The Ugly Duckling story.
Quentin Quire @QQuire:
So pedestrian. Pardon me while I psychically barf.
Jean Grey School @JeanGreySchool:
Constructive criticism, @QQuire.
Genesis @GenesisHero:
It’s okay, Professor. He’s just a jerk.
Genesis @GenesisHero:
Maybe it is lame, but you’re right it’s the ugly duckling. I guess I find stories of nature vs. nurture interesting.
Jean Grey School @JeanGreySchool:
It’s very well done. How about @SANTORULES?
Rockslide @SANTORULES:
Aw, yeah. Here we go. All I need to do to show you this is turn around. It’s called LETS DO THIS
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Tell me I’m not seeing what I’m seeing.
Rockslide @SANTORULES:
YOU’RE TOTALLY SEEING IT.
Genesis @GenesisHero:
Is that Iron Man?
Rockslide @SANTORULES:
Yup, TONY FREAKING STARK!
Anole @_Anole_:
...carved into your rear end?
Rockslide @SANTORULES:
I DID A SCULPTURE OF TONY STARK ON MY BUTT!
Idie @idie_okonkwo:
This can’t be moral. However, you really did a great job with the nose.
Jean Grey School @JeanGreySchool:
I can’t believe you, @SANTORULES. I’m not even giving out grades today and you get an F.
Rockslide @SANTORULES:
WORTH IT!
Jean Grey School @JeanGreySchool:
How about @idie_okonkwo?
Idie @idie_okonkwo:
Absolutely, Professor. It is called “Self Portrait.”
Rockslide @SANTORULES:
AAAAAHHHHH!
Anole @_Anole_:
That’s TERRIFYING!
Genesis @GenesisHero:
I don’t know, it’s pretty awesomely done, @idie_okonkwo.
Quentin Quire @QQuire:
Can’t believe I’m saying this but I agree with lips over there.
Idie @idie_okonkwo :
It is what is referred to as an inner self portrait. So, it is a monster, but it is a monster coming to peace.
Glob Herman @GlobHerman:
You sure are a bucket of sunshine, lady.
Jean Grey School @JeanGreySchoo:
Let’s talk after class, @Idie_Okonko. Next is @_Anole_
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Sure thing. It’s just titled “Sunset, May 4th”
Glob Herman @GlobHerman:
WHOAH! That’s not a painting. That’s a photo.
Anole @_Anole_:
It's not! It’s a painting.
Glob Herman @GlobHerman:
NO WAY!
Idie @idie_okonkwo:
That is truly beautiful, @_Anole_.
Rockslide @SANTORULES:
Dude, you are SICK.
Jean Grey School @JeanGreySchool:
That is one of the best paintings I’ve ever seen, @_Anole_.
Anole @_Anole_:
It’s just a landscape, guys. I took a class one summer. Let’s not go overboard.
Quentin Quire @QQuire:
Zzzzzzzzz.
Anole @_Anole_:
Okay, we can go a little more overboard.
Jean Grey School @JeanGreySchool:
Next is @GlobHerman.
Glob Herman @GlobHerman:
I didn’t do it.
Jean Grey School @JeanGreySchool:
I’m surprised. Next up is @_broodling_! I understand you’ve prepared something exotic for us.
Broo @_Broodling_:
Yes. It’s called “A Unicorn Flying Through a Rainbow Over Clouds Raining Diamonds.”
Jean Grey School @JeanGreySchool:
Sounds exciting! Go ahead, let’s see.
Broo @_Broodling_:
That was it. It’s mental art, a Rigellian artform creating images in other people’s minds.
Genesis @GenesisHero:
Intriguing.
Jean Grey School @JeanGreySchool:
Oh. Well…it was…beautiful?
Quentin Quire @QQuire:
Yeah, except we did all the work. Can we get to MY piece, please?
Jean Grey School @JeanGreySchool:
Sure. Amaze us, @QQuire
Quentin Quire @QQuire:
At last—let the unveiling begin!
Jean Grey School @JeanGreySchool:
I told you, you didn’t have to cover it with a sheet. This is an informal showing.
Quentin Quire @QQuire:
I call it “The Future of Mutant Kind.”
Quentin Quire @QQuire:
VOILA!
Genesis @GenesisHero:
…
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AW, WHY?
Idie @idie_okonkwo:
Saints preserve me!
Jean Grey School @JeanGreySchool:
Ok, so…that’s a…full figure…nude…self-portait.
Rockslide @SANTORULES:
That tops me. Dude, you’ve got some…uh…you know. Nerve.
Broo @_Broodling_:
Ah, I see, friend @QQuire! But from what my studies have shown, the scale of the relative anatomical parts seems mildly skewed.
Quentin Quire @QQuire:
Depends on the specimen, sleazoid.
Glob Herman @GlobHerman:
Nobody wants to see that!
Jean Grey School @JeanGreySchool:
Let’s not insult someone for their expression.
Anole @_Anole_:
No, he’s right—NOBODY wants to see that.
Jean Grey School @JeanGreySchool:
Come on, kids—let’s keep the discussion to the MEANING of the piece. What’s it all about?
Broo @_Broodling_:
Given the physical irregularity, I’d say it postulates the future of mutant kind lies in elephantitis and deformity.
Jean Grey School @JeanGreySchool:
That’s…one possibility. What do you think, @idie_okonkwo?
Idie @idie_okonkwo:
I can’t look at this piece, professor—another glance and I’ll be going to hell, for certain.
Quentin Quire @QQuire:
Aw, @idie_okonkwo, my dear…if you’re gonna go, there’s no better way.
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I think it’s an expression of the artists’ inner fear.
Jean Grey School @JeanGreySchool:
Interesting. What do you mean?
Genesis @GenesisHero:
He’s plagued by the knowledge that he is NOT the most important person on Earth. Hence a work of “self-aggrandizement” to reassure himself.
Genesis @GenesisHero:
But he’s incapable of producing a work with any truth in it because he’s not being truthful with himself.
Quentin Quire @QQuire:
Ok, that is a COMPLETE misinterpretation! For your information, I was showing my complete lack of RESPECT for any institutionalized art!
Quentin Quire @QQuire:
The only true art can come from the outsider!
Jean Grey School @JeanGreySchool:
And we'll stop there. Thank you all for joining us for Mutant Art! See you next time!
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