Better don't kiss me, Kate

Skybird · 10-09-07, 07:49 PM

http://www.courttv.com/news/2007/1009/kiss_ap.html

A woman goes on trial for having left lipstick on a piece of modern art, or better the carricature of art, a painting that is called "White Star" by Cy Twombling. And as the title suggest, the painting is a whity whiter-than-white White. It is so white that it costs over 2.8 million dollars, and sees the woman being sued for I think 6500 dollars. The ingenious creator of this white White wanted her to pay 2.9 million dollars.

I really wanted to show you what this White Star was looking like, but as a matter of fact it is so meaningless since it is simply a frame surrounding a white White that Google Picture did not give me any results on it - probably never ever has anyone cared to put up this masterpiece, becasue people would think that their monitor is broken. However, if you see these pictures, you certainly will see my argument when I just ask: where is the art?

http://www.iconoduel.org/images-site...itled_1970.jpg

http://www.londonkoreanlinks.net/blo...2/twombly3.jpg

http://www.thecityreview.com/f04ccon1z.jpg

"White star" even does not feature the artist's difficult effort to create lines with his pencil. It only is white on white, with white background and white foreground, all of the same white. I saw it on TV. I think it was a piece of unused empty paper.

The only art here is how to turn that into 2.8 million dollars. This art is old and has a long tradition. It is called alchemy: turning lead into gold.

10-09-07, 07:49 PM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Better don't kiss me, Kate http://www.courttv.com/news/2007/1009/kiss_ap.html A woman goes on trial for having left lipstick on a piece of modern art, or better the carricature of art, a painting that is called "White Star" by Cy Twombling. And as the title suggest, the painting is a whity whiter-than-white White. It is so white that it costs over 2.8 million dollars, and sees the woman being sued for I think 6500 dollars. The ingenious creator of this white White wanted her to pay 2.9 million dollars. I really wanted to show you what this White Star was looking like, but as a matter of fact it is so meaningless since it is simply a frame surrounding a white White that Google Picture did not give me any results on it - probably never ever has anyone cared to put up this masterpiece, becasue people would think that their monitor is broken. However, if you see these pictures, you certainly will see my argument when I just ask: where is the art? http://www.iconoduel.org/images-site...itled_1970.jpg http://www.londonkoreanlinks.net/blo...2/twombly3.jpg http://www.thecityreview.com/f04ccon1z.jpg "White star" even does not feature the artist's difficult effort to create lines with his pencil. It only is white on white, with white background and white foreground, all of the same white. I saw it on TV. I think it was a piece of unused empty paper. The only art here is how to turn that into 2.8 million dollars. This art is old and has a long tradition. It is called alchemy: turning lead into gold. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.