tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078507.post5232767143775701951..comments2023-11-18T09:51:52.115+10:30Comments on Medlar Comfits: Portrait of the choko as an artist's modelanna tambourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01338581782386113668noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078507.post-24710380490526846972007-01-30T17:42:00.000+10:302007-01-30T17:42:00.000+10:30When I called the choko "grotesque," that wasn't r...When I called the choko "grotesque," that wasn't really a slur. I *like* grotesque -- far better something that would have pleased Archimboldo than the insipidness that tedious Ingres would prefer. I love the thing's<br />shape, reminiscent of some gnarled peppers, but also the brain's convolutions and the knotted muscles of a bodybuilder (all wonderful grotesques, even though I don't like bodybuilders per se).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com