Guest Posted September 3, 2017 Report Posted September 3, 2017 Are there any art majors on who can explain why these, and many like them, are not just garbage ripping off people who are afraid to admit they don't know art from a hole in the ground? I am more than willing to be schooled here. Quote
betsy Posted September 3, 2017 Report Posted September 3, 2017 (edited) They're selling though..... Quote The overpriced world of bad art http://nypost.com/2014/04/27/inside-the-mad-world-of-modern-art/ Edited September 3, 2017 by betsy Quote
betsy Posted September 3, 2017 Report Posted September 3, 2017 At least some aren't afraid to say it: it's awful! London council took theirs to the dump! http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/the-modern-art-so-bad-the-council-says-its-rubbish-and-took-it-to-the-dump-a6985981.html Quote
Guest Posted September 3, 2017 Report Posted September 3, 2017 5 minutes ago, betsy said: They're selling though..... http://nypost.com/2014/04/27/inside-the-mad-world-of-modern-art/ That balloon dog is nice. I'd be willing to pay $10 or $15 for that. Quote
Guest Posted September 3, 2017 Report Posted September 3, 2017 I think I've told this story before, maybe on here. When I worked for a sheet metal company based in Surrey I had to pipe in the suction system in the woodwork shop at the Vancouver Art Gallery. They have a pretty sophisticated shop, just for all the custom crating they have to do. I was having my coffee break in their cafe and talking to a curator when I mentioned a piece of art on the balcony. It was twisted rusty metal. I told him that if he wanted to buy more of the same, he could come back with me to our shop and take his pick from the scrap yard we had out back. It was full of identical art. He said I needed a degree to understand why our scrapyard was not the the same at all. Quote
Peter F Posted September 4, 2017 Report Posted September 4, 2017 15 hours ago, bcsapper said: He said I needed a degree to understand why our scrapyard was not the the same at all. maybe he was right. Not that it matters. If you think its trash then its trash. I bought a painting from my cousins daughter. 'I like that painting. How much do you want for it?'. '100 dollars'. 'Sold.' says I. Her father went to lecture her on 'family values' and handed me back my hundred dollars. 'That painting is worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it and right now its worth 100 bucks.' says I . Quote A bayonet is a tool with a worker at both ends
Altai Posted September 4, 2017 Report Posted September 4, 2017 (edited) LoL they look scary. Before building some weird and horrible things around and wasting our time and money for it, we need to solve problem with homelessnes and hunger first. Edited September 4, 2017 by Altai Quote "You cant ask people about their belief, its none of your business, its between them and their God but you have to ask them whether or not they need something or they have a problem to be solved." Ottoman Sultan, Mehmed The Conqueror"We are not intended to conquer someone's lands but we want to conquer hearts." Ottoman Sultan, Mehmed The Conqueror
Guest Posted September 4, 2017 Report Posted September 4, 2017 5 hours ago, Peter F said: maybe he was right. Not that it matters. If you think its trash then its trash. I bought a painting from my cousins daughter. 'I like that painting. How much do you want for it?'. '100 dollars'. 'Sold.' says I. Her father went to lecture her on 'family values' and handed me back my hundred dollars. 'That painting is worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it and right now its worth 100 bucks.' says I . That seems to indicate he was wrong. You seem to be papaphrasing the old "I don't know much about art but I know what I like" sentiment. I need to know why "Voice of Fire" was worth $10M, and why it's gone up in price, if I think it's trash. Would a degree help? If so, why have I never read anything by anyone with a degree explaining it to me? As I said, I have no innate desire to remain a philistine. I just think fewer people know than are letting on. Quote
dialamah Posted September 4, 2017 Report Posted September 4, 2017 Someone told me once that a good art piece made one think, reflect and/or question. Perhaps a camera catches confused and thoughtful looks and assigns a monetary value to each expression, this setting the total value of the piece. Quote
capricorn Posted September 4, 2017 Report Posted September 4, 2017 How about an exhibit in 1991 at the National Gallery consisting of a dress made out of flank steak for which the artist received a hefty award. Lady Gaga was so impressed she wore a knockoff at a gala. Quote Also honoured was Czech-born, Montreal-based Jana Sterbak, 56, who created a stir in 1991 with her exhibition at the National Gallery of Vanitas: Flesh Dress for an Albino Anorectic, a dress made of sewn flank steak that subsequently spurred a similar creation by Lady Gaga for her 2010 appearance at the MTV Music Video Awards. (Fellow laureate Nemiroff was instrumental in mounting the NGC show.) Since then, Sterbak has become one of the country's best-known artists internationally, her work in video, sculpture, installation and performance the subject of several retrospectives. A version of the flesh dress was shown at the Centre Pompidou in Paris in 2009. Sterbak currently teaches art history at Concordia University. https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/arts/meat-dress-artist-among-honorees-at-g-g-awards/article549881/?ref=http://www.theglobeandmail.com& Yummy. Quote "We always want the best man to win an election. Unfortunately, he never runs." Will Rogers
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