She said that the idea is probably to laugh at the well-meaning people and their Emperor's New Clothes who would be so decadent as to pay thousands for such a thing.
Your mum is a wise woman.
I'm an art major, and I think most modern art is crap. I had to spend a whole semester on Picasso, at least I could respect his art, compared to most. Someone in the comments had it right, no one wants to say something is crap anymore, feeling that they will look stupid for not 'getting it'. There's nothing to get! That guy painted a canvas with three strokes of a squeegee, it's random marks on a canvas, my cat spends more time making a composition in her litterbox if I give her paint. Course they will tell you that "it's all about the process of making art, not the result".
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Date: 2005-02-26 04:24 am (UTC)Your mum is a wise woman.
I'm an art major, and I think most modern art is crap. I had to spend a whole semester on Picasso, at least I could respect his art, compared to most. Someone in the comments had it right, no one wants to say something is crap anymore, feeling that they will look stupid for not 'getting it'. There's nothing to get! That guy painted a canvas with three strokes of a squeegee, it's random marks on a canvas, my cat spends more time making a composition
in her litterboxif I give her paint.Course they will tell you that "it's all about the process of making art, not the result".