Have you heard about the Funist Movement

[salmarino]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CALL FOR ARTISTS

Sal Marino, Founder of the Funist Art Movement has issued a global invitation to all “Funist” artists seeking promotional exposure for their art. Funism, according to Marino is any and all art that is dedicated to and rooted in absolute fun. Breaking from the bounds of traditional understandings and the confines of over intellectualized art, Funism's sole purpose is to make people giggle, regardless of the artists technical capabilities or professional accomplishments, via the arts message. To qualify, artists should be working in a style, which evokes humor, joviality and jest. Comic personalities welcome. A good sense of humor required.
Interested participants should include the following keywords to their search engines and biographies to maximize search results and expand exposure potential: “Funism” , “Funist Art” , “Funist Art Movement”, “Funism founder Sal Marino”. This is an opportunity for artists to secure worldwide recognition via inclusion in the Funist Art Movement.
Mr. Marino has embarked on an extensive international publicity campaign, promoting the virtues and gratifications of Funist Art. With a determined resolve, Mr. Marino seeks to establish Funism as a valid art form and secure its place in art history. Mr. Marino can be reached for comment via email: [e-mail]. View Sal Marino’s Art at www.salmarinoart.com and associated links.

“Funism, Funist Art, Funist Art Movement”–Copyright Sal Marino 2002

[artknows]

It's not new, I'm afraid. Diego Vasquez was having fun in the 1960s, as was Yves Klein, Andy Warhol and a whole host of others. Visit the www.Artknows.com website for more on Diego Vasquez's antics.
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[salmarino]

Thank you for your input. Please see my post in other forums regarding your comment.
By the way, I never claimed to be new, just a little different!
Regards, Sal Marino

[dots]

Yes i have heard about the Funist Movement......
The Funist Movement came from deep within the bowels of the creative spirit of Nigel Earthworm the 2nd in what is now known as
Eastern Slobobiea circa 1643.A group of subversive tinsmiths were
alarmed about the lack of humor in the old oil on canvas school of
M.F.A. shlockmeisters paintings of the royal families of europe.What was anti establishment soon became the established forbearers of the funist or funism movement.Soon the
the bowels of art were full of a more rectalesent movement of painting on scraps of sod rendered in mustard and condements
from early fast food franchises.In the 21st. century Mr. Marino artfully kept the movement alive from his Stanford on the Ryne
Studio.Joined by the Do-Do-ism movement from the western coast
of Malltopia it took the world by storm.An ill wind fell over the lean
and lear gallery hanger ons,the conceptual yale preppys thru out
thier degrees and started to to risks.........etc.etc.etc.

[Donkey Punch]

My professor in college always talked about the Funist Movement. He made it sound revolutionary when, in my opinion, it was nothing but a facist ploy against conservatives of the era. But then again I didn't go to class that much and I might have missed the idea somewhere in there.

www.smackhouse.com

www.mrhaironline.com

These sites are always useful. You might want to see what they're all about.

[4O]

reminds me of carroll dunham's work...
minus any talent of course.

[j dots Smithline]

Boots Randolph was a FUNIST as was Pinky Lee but Funism reguires a certain amount of cultural litteracy to be understood.
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