Don’t bother with the Tate modern in London UK, We went in 2012.
very pathetic,
the prices are on the description of the object,
1, it needs describing, what it is / or about.
2, how much £ for the junk.
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£42000, for a canvas in a frame, with a Slash in it.
3, If something is on the floor, don’t sit on it, or look over it to find what’s the other side.
Yes, I had been told off a few times,
4, the building looks better than the art, for an old power station.
Another example
https://qz.com/535482/italian-museum-cleaners-mistook-a-contemporary-art-piece-for-trash
H.P.
Quote from that article that says it all:
On Oct. 27, in a written statement announcing that the art piece had been reinstalled, the museum commented “This is not the first time this kind of thing has happened in the contemporary art world.”
Cheers,
M
Not all “Contemporary” art is “Modern”; some is true art using modern techniques. Many (MANY!) years ago I was in the same target pistol club as this guy, if my memory still serves he started as a welder in a local large chemical industry complex and eventually turned a hobby into a living…
Cheers,
M
In my opinion that is art, it requires skill to make it
and a keen eye for seeing and recreating details
an art critic may however decide to call it kitsch, a mere copy of nature …
Hah!
Perfect prank!
When I quit my first job back in January 1998 I had a pair of worn out shoes that I used indoors in the office (winterboots are not made for sitting at a desk).
I didn’t want to bring them with me and since we had those computer room floors (square slabs elevated above the concrete by short pillars) and I had one of those suction thingies to lift the slabs I simply deposited my old shoes under the floor.
Sometimes I wonder if they have been found or if they are still there …
Heres some pretty cool stuff made from junk,saw these at a downtown Asheville gallery
I think there was a similar thread on another group I infest, if it was here forgive me for repeating myself:
Modern Art:
Wargame:
Here’s some other Klaus Kuksi stuff:
Then there’s Jake and Dinos Chapman who utilise a lot of 1:35th scale stuff…
Cheers,
M
I often discuss this subject with two family members - both well educated and creative individuals. I am a big fan of the Wyeth family work , in particular the patriarch N.C. Wyeth .
The family members in question don’t consider Wyeth works art . They do , however, admire the work of Piet Mondrian.
While this is very subjective and to each their own , I am baffled. How can anyone think this has more artistic merit …
I never made such an assertion. Modern ideas and technology have opened the door to all sorts of new and beautiful examples of artistic expression.
Those pieces are quite nice and demonstrate a healthy measure of skill. In my opinion, the creator should go bigger, add more complexity, and bring in more colors.
Well, some would say the Mondrian is an “artist” communicating a concept of his own while the Wyeth is merely an “illustrator” employing basic techniques to assist the imaginatively-impaired to better enjoy someone else’ ideas. In the case of the former his chosen means of communication has failed utterly with me, I’d like to get hold of the Mondrian, photocopy various kit box ends and sides at suitable size, then collage them as if stacked on the horizontals and rename the work “The Stash”…
On the other hand, for written fiction I don’t really care for “illustrated” or “graphic” versions as I prefer the author’s words to draw pictures in my mind. It particularly annoys me with Tolkien’s works, despite the fact Ol’ J.R.R. did his own illustrations which aren’t without a charm of their own. (I have a suspicion that what he produced might not have been originally designed for publication but as a reference for his own use in creating his tales or for private display).
To blur the lines further, we have Rowland Emett who not only drew whimsical trains (amongst his other work) but increasingly modelled them, including functioning model railroads: can an artist also be a modeller, and vice versa?
Cheers,
M
To me some AI generated images come closer to being art than the various items staff from the museums pitched in the trash…
Go for it!
“Sketches” to rough out the ideas and compositions for my upcoming works of art:
Uncle Heavy Studios proudly presents:
Monomania:
and
Diversity
Already on a screen near You.
Well, these fora (forums) are all about constructive criticism, but as I haven’t seen Griff in the best part of four decades I doubt I’ll have the chance to pass on your comments; also as he will have turned eighty this year I suspect he’s rather set in his ways (if he’s still in production).
Hand Made Metal bird Sculpture by Gordon Griffiths Museum Piece Artist. | eBay
Cheers,
M
Visiting my daughter in NYC this weekend.
Latest piece of “ art “ on display at Madison Square …
Real creativity shown by removing some components and scattering them about …
Got back from Amarillo and one of their “art” displays was Cadillac Ranch.
There is also Slug Bug Ranch but didn’t stop by as it was very similar.
Now I can really dig the Cadillac Ranch!
Now we’re talking…
“The world’s most expensive banana” sold Wednesday night at Sotheby’s New York. That’s how auctioneer Oliver Barker put it as he was trying to eke out the last of the bids for Maurizio Cattelan’s viral artwork, Comedian (2019). The famed artwork, of a banana duct-taped to a wall, hammered at $5.2 million, with the final price (including buyer’s premium) being $6.24 million. It went to a client of Jen Hua, Sotheby’s deputy chairman, Asia. Shortly after the lot sold, Sotheby’s revealed Justin Sun, the Chinese billionaire and founder of cryptocurrency platform TRON, to be the buyer; since 2021, he has been a major buyer at auction.
I guess it does have some kind of…appeal? 
The ultimate show of wealth:
Buy the frigging banana,
peel it,
eat it,
duct tape the peel to the wall
and sell the new artwork
The art world has gone bananas …
From Wikipedia
" Comedian is a piece consisting of a fresh banana duct taped to a wall.[8] Cattelan purchased the bananas at a Miami grocery store for an estimated 30 cents.[9] The work includes a certificate of authenticity along with detailed instructions for its proper display, intended for its owner to use when displaying the work. The banana and the duct tape can be replaced as needed; the physical representation of Comedian is not the work itself.[10] It was Cattelan’s first artwork for a fair in over 15 years.[11] The piece was compared to Andy Warhol’s 1967 pop art fruit.[12] Emmanuel Perrotin, the gallerist exhibiting the work, stated Comedian is “a symbol of global trade, a double entendre, as well as a classic device for humor”.[13]"
