Phanerothyme Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 I can't, what's your point? My point is, people are talking about art critics like they exist, yet can't name one, especially one that has been "fooled" in some kind of "sting" operation to see if they can distinguish between the Mona Lisa and and a copy of it made by an infant orang-utan. The aroma of inverted snobbery is blending with urban mythology, and it smells like poop to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingjimmy Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 My point is, people are talking about art critics like they exist, yet can't name oneSo what? I can't name any homeopaths, that doesn't magically validate their profession either. especially one that has been "fooled" in some kind of "sting" operationSorry to break this to you, but it has been done, multiple times to various different art critics and artists over the past century or so. Google is your friend, or do you really want me to go dig up a few examples for you? If it's any consolation critics can also apparently be fooled by intentionally bad poetry. edit: also who are you quoting with the "fooled" and "sting" parts? That had me kind of confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llamatron Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Why anger? If someone is willing to pay a lot of money for something you consider awful I don't see why it would make you angry. I quite like it, the idea of it. I wouldn't buy it, or put it in my house if it was even given to me, but if someone wants to call it art then so be it. I am angered that people accept that it is art and that people are stupid enough to pay that money for such pretentious rubbish. Is that ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica23 Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Can anyone here name an art critic, without looking it up? Is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica23 Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Was going to start a new thread (after going off on a tangent when arguing about page 3 girls) but this will do! This angered me: http://www.metro.co.uk/news/877093-blank-canvas-set-to-fetch-60-000-at-auction :rant:now that is not art! It isn't thought provoking! Its a pretentious joke! And on topic, of course it's thought-provoking. It has provoked you to the thought that it's a pretentious joke. In your head you have a set of criteria that, for you, constitutes art, and this piece doesn't match it. To reach that conclusion, you have thought about this work and decided that it doesn't meet your criteria. No? And - further food for thought - why can't pretentious jokes be art? Some of the best art is, intentionally, both... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llamatron Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 And on topic, of course it's thought-provoking. It has provoked you to the thought that it's a pretentious joke. In your head you have a set of criteria that, for you, constitutes art, and this piece doesn't match it. To reach that conclusion, you have thought about this work and decided that it doesn't meet your criteria. No? And - further food for thought - why can't pretentious jokes be art? Some of the best art is, intentionally, both... Only if you class "thought provoking" as making you answer any question. Such as "do you like the colour red?" That is not my idea of thought provoking! What you are saying is that absolutely everything is art. Everything makes me think something! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitisbad Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Only if you class "thought provoking" as making you answer any question. Such as "do you like the colour red?" That is not my idea of thought provoking! What you are saying is that absolutely everything is art. Everything makes me think something! that was my plan for my latest exhibition have you been spying on me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llamatron Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 that was my plan for my latest exhibition have you been spying on me? spying is art-you are part of my exhibition mwa ha haaaa:twisted: This thread is art and my foot is art! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica23 Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Only if you class "thought provoking" as making you answer any question. Such as "do you like the colour red?" That is not my idea of thought provoking! But it could be. Hypothetically, let's say you have Person A, who likes red, and Person B, who doesn't like red. They could have a stimulating chat about why exactly they have the preferences they do that could encompass the symbolic qualities of the colour, their own perceptions and experiences of it, notable reds they have known, etc etc. Just as your reaction to the blank canvas could be expanded, if one was so inclined, into a discussion of - as the article says - ''the seductive idea of nothing'' - which has so many possibilities for being thought-provoking I don't even know where to start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFKvsNixon Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 I am angered that people accept that it is art and that people are stupid enough to pay that money for such pretentious rubbish. Is that ok? Do you believe that there is more to art than just the finished product? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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