lollipop house



last night, me, tita mae and aileen went downtown to see this documentary film called "my kid could paint that". it was about a four year old girl who paints, and had sold $300,000 worth of paintings.

This documentary examines the controversy surrounding Marla Olmstead, a 4-year-old whose paintings have rocked the art world. While some compare her abstract style to Picasso and have paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for them, others believe her work is an elaborate ruse perpetrated by her parents.

the movie, well for me was emotionally painful. i think it was well made and the director showed the good and the bad side of the story. i dont really think that the director was suggesting somethin, he kinda gave the audience a chance to decide for themselves by showing "evidences". it's kinda boring though, but since its a documentary film, its a breath of fresh air to me. its also my first time bein inside like a "mini" movie house, the room was smaller, no balcony, just like a long room.

for me, i believe that Marla did paint those artwork, but i also bleieve that in some way, her dad "coached" her, or did some "doctoring" to her paintings. i saw how different her actual painting that was shown on the DVD than some of the artworks bein presented in the gallery. it looks more "polished". but anyways, thats just my opinion.





aftermath

so yeah, after the movie we went to some bar, and it was weird coz i was actually noticing the artworks on the wall. it's kinda exciting coz someone's flirting wit me. hah! so random.


photos from marlaolmstead.com

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