May 26th, 2004

Art too bad to be ignored

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

The Museum of Bad Art: Art Too Bad To Be Ignored.

The Athlete
Crayon and pencil on canvas by Unknown
30″x40″
Acquired from trash in Boston by Scott Wilson

A startling work, and one of the largest crayon on canvas pieces that most people can ever hope to see. The bulging leg muscles, the black shoes, the white socks, the pink toga, all help to make this one of the most popular pieces in the MOBA collection.

The Athlete also happens to be one of the most controversial works in the MOBA collection. Read the scandalous details!

Category
Old New Thing
Topics
Non-Computer

Author

Raymond Chen

Raymond has been involved in the evolution of Windows for more than 30 years. In 2003, he began a Web site known as The Old New Thing which has grown in popularity far beyond his wildest imagination, a development which still gives him the heebie-jeebies. The Web site spawned a book, coincidentally also titled The Old New Thing (Addison Wesley 2007). He occasionally appears on the Windows Dev Docs Twitter account to tell stories which convey no useful information.

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