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This is art?

 

Patrick:

Here is a Koons that you may find interesting -  




I wouldn't call it art but, yet,  it was prominently displayed in a museum.  That "sculpture" is two basketballs suspended in a tank of distilled water  (couldn't run the risk of some microbes deteriorating the basketballs ?)

Or, how about a Damien Hirst spot painting that was done entirely by assistants following the design by the artist [?].  This went for more than a million dollars.  The list could go on and on.  These prices for contemporary art and how the prices evolved is the subject of the book.  Incidentally, Hirst really did purchase a dead white shark, inject it with 224 gallons of formaldehyde for preservation and place it with a gallery that sold it for 12 million dollars.

This post rates more than a "keep smiling".

Laugh  out loud

Harv

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Who here likes pop art?

 
By: patrick_y : September 18th, 2012-21:57
Just procured these Andy Warhol edition soup cans earlier tonight....  

Not a fan of tomato soup...

 
By: DRMW : September 18th, 2012-23:08
The best is Campbell's chicken noodle soup. So what are you gonna do with the procurement of these cans? They made over a million of these and called it limited edition, are people actually collecting these and hoping they go up in value? -MW

Not sure I've had Campbell's Tomato Soup...

 
By: patrick_y : September 19th, 2012-10:08
I may just have to open a can and try it myself... I was actually thinking of some crazy ideas of finding a shadow-box frame and putting the soups inside said frame. Kind of a bit of Americana in the kitchen. But I think it's more of a pipe dream than rea... 

I love it, Patrick!

 
By: AndrewD : September 18th, 2012-23:53
I would buy soup as well if they looked like this. Much nicer to be greeted by this sight when you open the pantry door. "I knew Andy (Warhol). The reason he painted soup cans was that he liked soup." Robert Indiana, American pop artist. Andrew

My favorite is Warhol and Lichtenstein...

 
By: patrick_y : September 19th, 2012-10:19
Who knew that 1960s pop art would become "instant classics" relatively quickly.

Oh I like that!

 
By: patrick_y : September 19th, 2012-22:27
I really like that! Awesome! And so true... Will we one day consider Max Busser & Friends to be a "Pop artist" in horology? If it happens, it started here, on PuristSPro...

Contemporary Art

 
By: Harv : September 20th, 2012-06:01
Don't laugh at what some people think is art , what they are willing to pay for it and why they do it. You will get a good laugh from "The $12 Million Stuffed Shark - The Curious Economics Of Contemporary Art" by Don Thompson. It was published in 2008 by ... 

Some people find Jeff Koons to be unoriginal and over priced.

 
By: patrick_y : September 20th, 2012-09:36
Let's say there was a modern pop artist, that would be Jeff Koons. And some people find his "balloon dog" to be overvalued.

This is art?

 
By: Harv : September 20th, 2012-11:45
Patrick: Here is a Koons that you may find interesting - I wouldn't call it art but, yet, it was prominently displayed in a museum. That "sculpture" is two basketballs suspended in a tank of distilled water (couldn't run the risk of some microbes deterior...  

That was Jeff Koon's first piece of art...

 
By: patrick_y : September 21st, 2012-00:40
The basketballs in water was Jeff Koon's first piece of art. Originally sold for $3500 or thereabouts. Today, it's worth many times that. I agree, Jeff Koon's art is a questionable medium, but art is very much a questionable discussion to begin with.