Art

Skybird · 10-06-18, 06:45 AM

While I think he is usually hopelessly overestimated, this stunt he pulled I think is brilliant. I love it. Briliant way to comment on the distortions of the art market.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-new...cture-13371453

http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesells...a-1231896.html

Ironically the picture looked like a scissor-type silhouette (Scherenschnitt) anyway.

Eichhörnchen · 10-06-18, 07:09 AM

To my mind there's no hope for some people... the "head of contemporary art, Europe" then asserted that the shredded picture was a piece of art in itself. The Emperor can do no wrong

My problem isn't with the artist so much as the crowd of sycophants who scramble after him, holding aloft any scraps or crumbs he may decide to drop

Aktungbby · 10-06-18, 09:36 AM

ALL THE GREAT ONES DO IT LAD; IT'S CALLED CASTING PEARLS BEFORE SWINE'....

Skybird · 10-06-18, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

My problem isn't with the artist so much as the crowd of sycophants who scramble after him, holding aloft any scraps or crumbs he may decide to drop

And right this he has revealed, I think, in a way that I can only applaude. He probably has forseen the reaction of the art crowd.

There is a German idiom: Jemanden den Kakao zu trinken geben, durch den man ihn zuvor gezogen hat. It means to make fun of somebody (jemanden durch den Kakao ziehen/to pull somebody through the kakao), and afterwards making him think it was no joke at his cost, but a serious, gallant compliment (ihm den Kakao zu trinken geben/giving him the kakao to drink). He has pulled the whole business thorugh the kakao, and afterwards made them drinking it with serious face expression. Going... going... gone!

Better a demasking of the incapable fool cannot be staged.

August · 10-06-18, 11:24 AM

What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs hanging on a wall?

"Art".

Gargamel · 10-06-18, 01:02 PM

Pure Genius. Love it.

From the article I read, the piece was made in 2006? (The mirror link you provided forced me to answer a survey after reading one paragraph, screw that. )

So how did he pull it off? 12 years is a long time to have that waiting....

Catfish · 10-06-18, 06:40 PM

^ some good batteries.

10-06-18, 06:45 AM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,604 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Art While I think he is usually hopelessly overestimated, this stunt he pulled I think is brilliant. I love it. Briliant way to comment on the distortions of the art market. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-new...cture-13371453 http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesells...a-1231896.html Ironically the picture looked like a scissor-type silhouette (Scherenschnitt) anyway. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

10-06-18, 07:09 AM	#2
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,373 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	To my mind there's no hope for some people... the "head of contemporary art, Europe" then asserted that the shredded picture was a piece of art in itself. The Emperor can do no wrong My problem isn't with the artist so much as the crowd of sycophants who scramble after him, holding aloft any scraps or crumbs he may decide to drop __________________

10-06-18, 09:36 AM	#3
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 29,986 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	ALL THE GREAT ONES DO IT LAD; IT'S CALLED CASTING PEARLS BEFORE SWINE'.... __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

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August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs hanging on a wall? "Art". __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

10-06-18, 01:02 PM	#6
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,273 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	Pure Genius. Love it. From the article I read, the piece was made in 2006? (The mirror link you provided forced me to answer a survey after reading one paragraph, screw that. ) So how did he pull it off? 12 years is a long time to have that waiting.... __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

10-06-18, 06:40 PM	#7
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,765 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	^ some good batteries. __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.