$17 million crap

[essentialsaltes]

= $17,368,000.

Becca? Ice? Toren? Joyce? Anyone? Bueller? They look pretty easy to fake. I bet we could sell them out of the back of a van. "Psssst? Buddy... you wanna Rothko or a Mondrian, cheap? $5 million for one, or get two for $8 million."

ETA: new link to the art in question

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[aaronjv.livejournal.com]

She is weird, but not just because she sometimes likes modern art. I mean, she lives with me, how weird is that?

I did like some of the installation pieces in the Tate Modern.

Ooh...I think I just had an epiphany (again). I think I like art that tells a story, or suggests a story...the painting in My Last Duchess for example.

When I see something like the Rothko above, I'm not thinking anything. "Yellow, white, blue. That's nice." I move on. Of all the posts I've done on this thread, I don't think I've looked at it more than ten seconds. Still, some people like it, and honestly, I'd love it if more rich people gave that kind of money to LIVING artists a little more often. Like...filmmakers, for example.

[essentialsaltes.livejournal.com]

Since this appears to be my most fecund of entries, I'll venture a few more words.

For me, it doesn't necessarily have to tell or suggest a story, but I want art to cause at least some thought process, however trivial. The Rothko by itself inspires my brain to do nothing. The fact that it sold for $17M stirs up quite a few thoughts, but the thing itself is just.... bleah. It looks like someone is repainting a wall and made a couple test patches.
I can even appreciate modern abstract art that displays an interesting and/or harmonious shape.

But Rothko & Pollock just look like products created like this or this.

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[aaronjv.livejournal.com]

That second picture is Spike!

Kirsten is trying to train Spike. I think we should train him to paint.