{"id":7082,"date":"2011-02-24T11:55:01","date_gmt":"2011-02-24T18:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=7082"},"modified":"2011-02-24T15:43:13","modified_gmt":"2011-02-24T22:43:13","slug":"art-gimpressionism-hides-gimps-in-the-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=7082","title":{"rendered":"Art: &#8220;Gimpressionism&#8221; Hides Gimps in the Wild"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=7082\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7083\" title=\"The Nature of The Machine\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/The-Nature-of-the-Machine.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"587\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/The-Nature-of-the-Machine.jpg 480w, http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/The-Nature-of-the-Machine-245x300.jpg 245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Where&#8217;s Gimpo?<\/h3>\n<p>That&#8217;s no ordinary gimp hidden in the trees like so much Sasquatch. That&#8217;s <strong>SF Giants<\/strong> relief pitcher and fear-the-bearded <strong>Brian Wilson<\/strong>&#8216;s gimp, <strong>The Machine<\/strong>. But these curious pieces aren&#8217;t all about him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>&#8220;It&#8217;s a panoply of sadomasochistic fellows&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>says the creator, SF Copywriter cum Gimpressionist, <!--more--><strong>Chris Elzinga<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7085\" title=\"Birch Please\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Birch-Please.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Birch-Please.jpg 480w, http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Birch-Please-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">UPDATE<\/span>: <em>Birch Please<\/em> has been sold<br \/>\nwithin hours of this post<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Take this piece,\u00a0<em>Birch Please<\/em>.\u00a0At first pass this 24&#8243; x 48&#8243; is just a tame, <strong>Bob Ross<\/strong>-esque nature scene. But like the buttoned-up Suit next to you on the train, there&#8217;s a Gimp hidden within\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7084\" title=\"Birch--Please\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Birch-Please_gimp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Birch-Please_gimp.jpg 480w, http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Birch-Please_gimp-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7086\" title=\"The Logical Extension of Nature\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/The-Logical-Extension-of-Nature.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"575\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/The-Logical-Extension-of-Nature.jpg 480w, http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/The-Logical-Extension-of-Nature-250x300.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cargocollective.com\/gimpressionism\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7087\" title=\"The Logical Extension of Nature\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/The-Logical-Extension-of-Nature_gimp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/The-Logical-Extension-of-Nature_gimp.jpg 480w, http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/The-Logical-Extension-of-Nature_gimp-300x262.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7108\" title=\"Gimpressionist\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/He-Kept-to-Himself.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"587\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/He-Kept-to-Himself.jpg 480w, http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/He-Kept-to-Himself-245x300.jpg 245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cargocollective.com\/gimpressionism\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7109\" title=\"Gimpressionism\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/He-Kept-to-Himself_gimp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/He-Kept-to-Himself_gimp.jpg 480w, http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/He-Kept-to-Himself_gimp-300x280.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Peruse and purchase at <a title=\"Gimpressionaism\" href=\"http:\/\/cargocollective.com\/gimpressionism\" target=\"_blank\">Gimpressionism<\/a> \u00bb<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2022 \u2022 \u00a0 \u2022 \u2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>WHO IS <em>THE MACHINE<\/em>?<\/h3>\n<p>For those outside the Black &amp; Orange Bubble:<br \/>\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"300\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/6ckloLGOgVo?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/6ckloLGOgVo?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<a title=\"CamStache: The First Facial Recognition Follicle Combobulator\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=5914\">CamStache: Augmented Reality Moustache<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Time Lapse: My Hairy Commute \/ Readying For Whiskerino\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=2243\">Time Lapse: My Hairy Commute \/ Readying For Whiskerino<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"NSFW: Homer\u2019s Doppelb\u00fcber\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=5019\">NSFW: Homer\u2019s Doppelb\u00fcber<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"KYEO: Banksy in Carmel?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=6294\">KYEO: Banksy in Carmel?<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Graf: Banksy hits San Francisco(?)!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=3864\">Graf: Banksy hits San Francisco(?)!<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Augmented Reality: Living Sasquatch\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=881\">Augmented Reality: Living Sasquatch<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where&#8217;s Gimpo? That&#8217;s no ordinary gimp hidden in the trees like so much Sasquatch. That&#8217;s SF Giants relief pitcher and fear-the-bearded Brian Wilson&#8216;s gimp, The Machine. But these curious pieces aren&#8217;t all about him. &#8220;It&#8217;s a panoply of sadomasochistic fellows&#8221; says the creator, SF Copywriter cum Gimpressionist,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[146,132,2883,2882,2889,2884,2886,2888,2885,2887],"class_list":["post-7082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","tag-advertising","tag-beard","tag-brian-wilson","tag-chris-elzinga","tag-copywriter","tag-fear-the-beard","tag-gimp","tag-gimpressionism","tag-san-francisco-giants","tag-the-machine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7082"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7105,"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7082\/revisions\/7105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}