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Complex Numbers #553010 added December 2, 2007 at 8:16pm
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...But is it art?
HELL NO it's not art.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=4992...
What it is, is a scathing criticism of the "art world" and pretentious art snobs who don't know what the hell they're looking at. If they can't see meaning in it, they'll damn well pretend there is one, make some shit up, and buy the fucker.
"I thought people would figure it out. But a collector paid £20 for The Best Loved Elephant. He said he liked the flow and energy of the picture.
Nor is it a commentary on the painting skills of a snot-nosed two year old. Quite the contrary; it indicates exactly what I've been saying for years: Modern art can be done by two-year-olds.
It's kind of like the monkeys-typing-Shakespeare thing; you know, a million monkeys on a million typewriters will eventually produce the works of Shakespeare. Well, the Internet has clearly disproved that old canard, but it seems one monkey can produce the works of today's "abstract" artists.
At least poetry is still immune from... wait, nevermind. It's not. |
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