Piece of gum ruins $1.5 million painting.

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just because it racks in a lot of money doesnt make it mindblowingly ground breaking. Just means theres sheep with rich people at the top saying "mm..wonderful piece of work" and the people under them saying "indeed"

i could do this with my ass http://graphics.jsonline.com/graphics/owlive/img/jul04/artwork0723_big.jpg
its just so simple id never think of doing something like that.

Originally posted by Unicron!
What dont I understand?Tell us what you udnerstood that I didnt.

I wasn\'t proclaiming my "understanding." I was merely pointing out that you cannot call it "an abomination" or a "piece of nothing" when you have never seen it in person.  That is a ridiculously uninformed opinion.  We now have two digital representations of the same painting, an they do not look alike.  Does this tell you something?  You cannot judge a piece of fine art based on a poor reproduction.  You need to see it for yourself.  I never really cared for the work of Jasper Johns until I saw a few of his pieces in Switzerland.  Only then did I see the depth of detail that eluded all the crappy photographs I had seen before.

Regarding the value, that is a meaningless number when applied to art.  It\'s like judging an internet company based on it\'s stock price.  As mentioned earlier, rich people buy art as an investment; not because it\'s especially good or bad.  The market value has no relation to the actual artistic value of the piece.

Originally posted by THX
u guys are just mocking what you don\'t understand.  admit it

Yeah therefore because you and I "dont understand" according to them, we should be convinced about everything they throw at us.

Is it a $1.5 million painting?Ofcourse it is.They said so.Its valuable then right?I just dont understand why.But they say they do know and we dont.Therefore the donkey can fly

Well the artist expresses what she feels by choosing a well blend of colors and abstraction.Trying to make the canvas reflect that feel to the person that views it without showing directly with images that  make any sense she tried to make use of new techniques of painting on canvas that would be unique, like a signature of hers.

I like some of her paintings but some are totally meaningless.That thing costing $1.5 million is overpriced.

The only reason this thing is priced so much I believe is because it belonged to an old artist of expressionism that influenced others with her new paint and canvas techniques

I and even a kid can do a painting like some of hers by just asking the kid to draw according to how he feels.The differece?Just not using her techniques.

like it or not it\'s worth more than your organs on ebay.

In Ebay even Britney\'s fart might be sold at a higher price

Originally posted by Coredweller
I wasn\'t proclaiming my "understanding." I was merely pointing out that you cannot call it "an abomination" or a "piece of nothing" when you have never seen it in person.  That is a ridiculously uninformed opinion.  We now have two digital representations of the same painting, an they do not look alike.  Does this tell you something?  You cannot judge a piece of fine art based on a poor reproduction.  You need to see it for yourself.  I never really cared for the work of Jasper Johns until I saw a few of his pieces in Switzerland.  Only then did I see the depth of detail that eluded all the crappy photographs I had seen before.

They look the same to me.Only difference is that the second pic looks darker.(actually the bigger pic looks even uglier)

About Johns\' work you can see a difference in quality in his compared to this specific painting.It might not pick your interest but dont necessarilly make you say "what a piece of crap" either.Actually they make you say hmm....interesting.
I am not saying that the artist of this painting sucks generally but soime of her paintings arent special at all.

Regarding the value, that is a meaningless number when applied to art.  It\'s like judging an internet company based on it\'s stock price.  As mentioned earlier, rich people buy art as an investment; not because it\'s especially good or bad.  The market value has no relation to the actual artistic value of the piece.

Which is the whole problem these days because art is starting to loose its meaning.

UNICRON YOU DON\'T KNOW HOW GOOD OR BAD HER PAINTINGS ARE BY LOOKING AT A POSTCARD-SIZED COMPRESSED REPRESENTATION OF IT ON A 2-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRONIC MONITOR

ARGHHHHH BLEEEEEEPHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH  UUUMMMMFFFFFFF

I am only refering to that painting and the second one I posted which are only patches of colors.Which even at the size of a tennis court wont change my perception

Not her paintingSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[clips]

this is artwork,...biatch!...:fro:


http://www.psx2central.com/forums/attachment.php?postid=483264

Are you sure it said $1.5 million, or $1.50?

w/ coupon it\'s buck fitty

look like good paintings to me...

id like to see everyone elses painting skillz :rolleyes:

Originally posted by Unicron!
Which is the whole problem these days because art is starting to loose its meaning.

"These days?" You mean like the last 1,500 years?  Investing in art has a long history... just like complaining about the high price of art.

Voice of fire.  (sorry bout the link, click open with firefox/explorer)

OTTAWA 1990  —- Ten years later the embers of Canada\'s biggest art scandal are still burning.

Within 72 hours of the National Gallery of Canada reporting that it had purchased Voice of Fire, a huge abstract painting by American artist Barnett Newman for $1.76 million, the media, the public and the government went ballistic.

The two-month furore that raged in the media and the House of Commons in March 1990 was Canada\'s biggest art controversy.

Article continued.... here

Originally posted by Coredweller
"These days?" You mean like the last 1,500 years?  Investing in art has a long history... just like complaining about the high price of art.

I disagree.It wasnt the same.Atleast thats what I think.Not that I would agree that its the right thing to do even if it is true that it was the same for the past 1500 years

Hey I made a $4 million painting.I found a new way to express deeply present society.
Life is upside down, with huge opportunities hence the door but life is still upside down.Anyone has the opportunities and rights to choose but no one can exploit them.
Or....I just turned my painting upside down and made the whole thing up adding value to it.

Which rich man-that appreciates my artistic work and understands the deeper meaning of my paintings unlike some filrthy, isignifigant everyday people, will buy this great piece of greatness I created?

*sarcasm*

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