My Kid Could Paint That - 5 Year Old Artist - Movie Trailer

[TheNowayhosa]

@junoXinu look buddy, art is a form of expressionism, anybody can do it. Art is an analysis of the human spirit, and the psyche. It doesn't matter if your 5 or 20... to understand what is going on here you must first have the eye to see why this is beautiful

[MrPickledpigs]

this is shit? wth?

This is what a five year would do, this isn't masterpiece at all. I am also a freelanced artist, I have seen children to her age drawing like this, the child has no talent at all. It's just a normal child painting.....

It seems as if the parents are just wanting to be on television =_=

[Lunarvx22]

@junoXinu Did you watch the movie? That was kind of the whole point of the film.

[metalnut92]

The people who attack Marla's work don't understand that many, many artists have struggled for years to capture the youthful innocence and carelessness of a child's paintings.

[amesguy515]

Bullshit.

[themike56]

gimme some weed a pipe and some paint and i could crete some pretty wicked shit!!

[ciyyico]

Another proof that abstract art is mostly just paint bashed on a canvas.

[izzygoboom12]

Anybody know where I can see the fill movie, online for free? I have to watch this for my english class and I can't find it anywhere on the internet :S

[ri3adi3dledi3]

@izzygoboom12 Netflix has it. I just got it in the mail -slept thru a lot of it tho!

[OFrostO10]

How can people be this stupid? The art is terrible, it has no mean and any 5 year old could paint like that. Akiane Kramarik is probably the youngest and the best painter I have ever seen.

[collinecoyopil]

@junoXinu inspiration and art is not a linear process. What about the very wong painter Akiane? Pure art is pleasure, it has nothing to do with "effort." That is why real artists who can touch a large range of people create from a place of pleasure, of joy, of fun, or from a strong feeling of connexion. Art is everywhere, this is the blue print of life, For me, it is not being on a pedestal, apart from the world, or thinking that we are better than the rest of the world, taht we are "privilégiés

[Cookies0159]

i feel like people arent appreciating the innocence of the work

they think wow she a kid she doesnt know what shes doing i could slop some paint on a canvas and call it art to but thats whats great about marla. shes young and having fun. she doesnt know what shes doing or that shes making art that is being sold for thousands . thats all on her parents but please dont attack the child

[cathycatma]

@junoXinu I hate people who say the phrase "I could do that" because the point is: you didn't do it, it doesn't matter whether you have the ability to or not, because the fact is you didn't. Its like someone saying to a sprinter : "I could do that, I wont, but I can."

[thomasward00]

Modern Abstract art is the work of the untalented.

[IMightBeJesus69]

the mom's pretty hot...

[harrymac16]

@junoXinu So Jackson Pollack is...?

You, as an artist, must've see videos of pollack. He takes a scaffolding tool and slops paint around. But he is no doubt an artist. When you say that you think that this isn't art, you're saying that any modern impressionist painting in the last 60 years isn't art. And Pollack is in the rare club of selling over 100 million along with Picasso... So i guess some people think it is. Im not trying to belittle you, I just think you're being a little closed minded.

[mans6363]

@harrymac16...I wonder if Pollack sold that many paintings because of the well known fact that he would mix his own semen, cig butts, spit, blood, and all kinds of other types of disgusting items in his paint, or did people really think he was talented. I have seen his up close, and I disagree about his talent. He was a guy filled with rage who slung paint around. Anyone can be an artist, as soon as they find a buyer and that buyer promotes the art to others. Boom...a fad starts.

[harrymac16]

@mans6363 Well why do you think that people would even want the semen, cigarette butts or any other kind of crap he mixed with his acrylic, it's because it is the mark of someone who is recognized within the art world as a master and a legend. And Many people have seen his art close up, I see it almost once a week at the Met, and I, and probably many others, disagree. The guy had something that you and I don't. Sure you can fling paint like him, but that doesn't mean you will produce...

[harrymac16]

@mans6363 Well why do you think that people would even want the semen, cigarette butts or any other kind of crap he mixed with his acrylic, it's because it is the mark of someone who is recognized within the art world as a master and a legend. And many people have seen his art close up also, I see it almost once a week at the Met and I, and probably many others, disagree. The guy had something that you and I don't. Sure you can fling paint like him, but that doesn't mean...

[harrymac16]

@mans6363 that we will produce a painting with the same composition of lines and splatters that he did. The reason he works are so sought after is because you can feel the anger that he was going through while painting these. His frustration with not having enough money for even heat in the winter and his struggle with alcoholism. He was painting to express and his was the first to do it in this manner, that is an artist. One who progresses art, whether we like it or not, its going somewhere.

[Cre8iveSignWorks]

i believe that we are all born with the capacity to be brilliant artists!...but only those who are prepared to put the time and effort in should be rewarded. these kids who do, will have a far larger chance of making it as an artist, where as the kids who do not continue to paint and draw probably will not. i dont think that her paintings are worth thousands now, but if she keeps up the time, energy and love to paint, then no doubt she will achieve and her paintings will be worth a lot.

[nashr1928]

This may be true about this individual but a thought pattern of design before the painting a 5 year old can not accomplish....

[hai2410]

I don't think Marla painted them, but I don't think Marla is to blame or arrogant or w/e. Lay off.

[grai]

@grai I believe he told the mother the kid was doing them alone and she needed to believe him

At the end of the doc when Marla says to her father "your turn dad" he looks like he wants the ground to swallow him up - from that point its all over

I believe the mother was innocent and the dads just a liar

[mormonboy08]

@junoXinu people pay $30,000 for art done by an elephant or a target shot by Ted Nugent after a certain point people start to lose their minds and the obvious good is overlooked for something out of the ordinary.

[mormonboy08]

Even if it's done by an adult it is as good as any I have seen done by some that get millions for their stuff so maybe it comes down to who it is doing it and not what it is .

[mormonboy08]

Even if it's done by an adult it is as good as any I have seen done by some that get millions for their stuff so maybe it comes down to who it is doing it and not what it is .

[mormonboy08]

I think anyone who paints should be entitled to call what they paint art since it is their creation if they are serious of course. Who would determine who was and wasn't an artist . I can understand artist getting upset when they see someone's ''art '' sell for millions and it is something a kid wouldn't claim . Wish people with money would buy some taste . But anyone regardless of how much someone else likes it if they are sincere is an artist .

[mormonboy08]

Even if it's done by an adult it is as good as any I have seen done by some that get millions for their stuff so maybe it comes down to who it is doing it and not what it is . Like the fashion industry and the dresses that could be designed by anyone .

[wlwak]

@junoXinu

Well why don't you slop paint on a canvas? After all, isn't that what Jackson Pollock did? The whole point of this kid is that she had some kind of balance in her pictures which little kids normally don't have. There is a difference between the crude representational art of infants and what she allegedly achieved.

The controversy is that she never did anything as sophisticated on film from start to finish. The one work she was filmed doing is clearly more typical of an infant.

[fasteddiejs]

This whole controversy exposes abstract art for what it is. It's a great documentary and i highly recommend it.

[lioxoda]

I don't think the work is fake, I think it's easier for kids to think of and construct abstract art cos their minds and perceptions are different and not fully conceived. But I do think giving a kid oil paint and a canvas might help lol, rather than a sheet of A4 and some poster paints. Tools are very important.

[nick1f]

This movie is extremely well conceived. The guy who made this movie is an advertising genius, he could sell anything to anybody.

[mysoulluvsmusic]

This family is full of crap.

[tnttntowny]

This is some great work but it really seems too sophisticated for a child to pull off... if Marta is the sole artist on these paintings, she needs to be studied...

if it is a joint effort of both Marla and her fatther, it should had been presented as so and the work would had been appreciated and admired just as much...

but if they are holding back that information, it qualifies the work as "fakes."

[retePtnecniV]

it doesnt madder if the kid painted it or her father

its just a kid painting and yes pretty much everyone can put colours on a canvas

and no, not everyone can make compostitions that actually transport sth

and yeah maybe its special because its painted by a kid and transports sth not everyone can

since its from a kid

if you like it buy it

if someone says its art and you believe it

then believe it

but never, ever judge abstract art, if you dont know what its about

[mylesh2000]

I saw this movie and it is clear that her father is the one doing most of the painting, in the DVD extras, a woman who owned an upstate NY gallery said that Marla submitted for her show and the gallery owner when she read Marla's statement was deeply offended becuase a 4 year old could NEVER have written that, for her parents to do this to her, to lead her to believe that she is an art genius is narcissitic on their part and WRONG!

[AngelNamedMichelle]

A genius? No. Lots of kids that age can paint like that. I'm sure I could.

[retePtnecniV]

true. ths whole my kid is a genius shit gets really annoying...

[popmovies]

@AngelNamedMichelle Noo, Lol, You dont understand..i Used to think. A piece of slop on a canvas worth millions.. But..If you read 'The age of art' You see something is hidden amongst these paintings..Something beautiful And unusual. its weird But its talent.

[AngelNamedMichelle]

@popmovies No hun, you don't understand. There is not much passion to slab paint on a canvas. Heck, when I create a 'masterpiece' by aimlessly throwing paint around, you can sell it from me for a million. True passion from the heart to recognize and paint such beauty is people who detail crevices onto their flowers or shade multicolors on structures of beautiful bodies. That is a real artist. A kid like Joshua Johnson is amazing, as for this kid, not so much.

[giiisy17]

@AngelNamedMichelle wow your a bitch=)

[AngelNamedMichelle]

@giiisy17 Why, yes I am.

[alexheard15]

@AngelNamedMichelle than do it

[jh04wa]

i dunno if this will make other older people or students happy after spending money in university to learn art alot while a 5 year old is earning thousands of dollars

[retePtnecniV]

now, that you did understand, what you think you understood, it would be nice for the older people to see you to behave different...

[Deepdesert]

people are paying for the gimmick not the art

there is just as good art hanging in any coffee shop, but nobody will pay thousands of dollars for those

[Sincerely2006]

I just saw the movie yesterday. For me this started like a joke which got out of control. In the interviews the mother recognizes that she is not interested in fame, but the father does want to be famous. I think he is the author of most of the paintings, which, by the way, are very nice. The ones that Marla paints while she is being videotaped are not that good. Besides the lines across some paintings are very long, her arms are short. How could she ever do that? Any CSI could determine that.

[mylesh2000]

yeah, I had a painting teacher say that he could tell by the way that the kid is holding the brush that she doesn't know what she is doing.

[jsm196523]

I want the soundtrack from the movie-at least a way to get artists on cd

[xoxAngelFirexox]

she's good for her age (if it's even her)

But, I think abstract art looks very.... effortless. Too effortless. I think realtist painters are far more talented and should be making far more money than these painters who just slosh paint anywhere. Even if it makes you think and it has an interesting, different look to it, it's not that great. I wouldn't waste all that money on something I could probably paint. Seriously.

[d0md0mt0mt0m]

True, instead of buying it just take a photo and paint it yourself LOL

[Javifoto]

Do you really think you could paint it?

So, do.

I don´t know about particullary cases, but art it´s not only what you see in a first watch ot the painting. Even from Velázquez or Rembrandt, to Picasso, Rothko or Kandinsky.

Please paint, and show us your mastery.

[Sasa6009]

Nah, not exactly true, I put a lot of effort into doing an abstract painting and it turned out shitty. n.n

[PinkLederhosen]

She is getting older now. Time will tell if she is the genuine article.

[nowherman64]

What sickens me about this story is the parents, nor, the art dealer are dumb. They realized that by advertising, or rather exploiting, the idea of "a little 4 yr old Picasso" they had a great marketing gimmick. And once the money started rolling in, the exploitation just grew. If the bad press bothers the mother so much, just quit shoving the child's work into the gallery scene. Just let the little girl create for the sake of creating. Who cares if she gets some help. If she does, own up .

[SuperM96]

I can paint. I can draw. I paint amazing things. And, where's my money from Oprah? They are doing this story because they think she is like Picasso. I can slap pint onto a canvas too! I can actually pain pictures. And wheres my art dealer? I really need to paint more.

[NoHabloPortugues]

Whoever's work it is, it sells. Who has to benefit most? Is it art? Is it expression? Isn't this a child enjoying making something on a canvas to her own liking, having a sense of composition and color which isn't hindered by years and years of being an adult? Is this pure? I do not see her paint a Rembrand, nor even a Picasso or a van Gogh. . . . but it is something interesting nontheless for quite a few collectors out there, and that she is so young helps a great deal in making it more special

[dirtvsmud]

maybe parents helped at first but i think she could do it

they show her topless—some old-fashioned old adults must be offended

[d0md0mt0mt0m]

More like modern adults. Pedophilia is everywhere don't you know... lol

[elise83092]

no, it's not bull shit. nobody says you don't put effort into your work, only you know that. This girl really is a great painter. please, go rent the movie: "My Kid Could Paint That"

and you would know what i am talking about.

[kyosinmyheart]

i watched the movie and wasn't bought into it.

[ytcarol]

I think many children who were encouraged with large canvases, beautiful paints & big brushes would produce appealing "abstracts". I used to do watercolor with a 3 year old, & once I showed her how to hold the brush, she made beautiful strokes, arranging them in a lovely & arresting manner on the 8 1/2 x 11 sheet. Had it been 4' x 5' & the brushes enormous, one might have thought her skill unique. Many children love color and would eagerly apply themselves as did Marla if urged.

[jtscreativemediapt2]

i saw part of this movie at school yesterday in art class.I find it very interesting that this little girl can come a artist at a young age.

[grafight]

although 4 and 5 year olds can do amazing things in what relates to motor skills, painting at an artist's level is very different. I believe this whole thing was a scam by the parents, aided by the media and the child was the main victim.

[arbresistance]

Marla paints. It is quite normal. If parents would leave their kids free to imagine and paint, there would be much more kids like Marla.

Very young my daughters were great painters (water colors, oil painting, gouache).

So all this seems quite normal to me.

The shame is to have used this child talent for publicity and business. The exposition of the child to the medias was a bad idea.

Just leave her paint in peace freely without any outside pressure. For her it must stay a game and a pleasure.

[villarte]

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[Yetibutt]

Its amazing how people can take one obscure mercenary pshycologist opinion and take it as absolute fact. 60 min should be ashamed for adding to the already polluted waters of TV culture. I could easily cherry-pick 100 famous paintings from 50 painters, and almost no one could do better than guess 50% of the time matching two together. It is sad how quickly people steadfastly believe they know somehting about a topic they have never before considered, because of TV "authority".

[spudssparky]

This was a really interesting movie. However the is not chance that Marla did those first paintings. A four year old kid wouldn't have the motor skills to add that kind of consistent brush strokes that are in the 'off camera' paintings. It's painfully obvious that the father was lying and helped her. If you can't tell this I have some swamp land to sell you in Florida. The movie isn't about the girl at all, it's a documentary about how easy it is for adults to engage in self-deception.

[Yetibutt]

Why do so many people think gratuituous insults are a form of logic? Motor skills? The movie itself shows "experts" duped by children's paintings. It also shows Marla paining "Ocean" on camera. Facts outweigh opinion with me, even opinion supported by strong adjectives and petty insults, so you can keep your swamp land.

[spudssparky]

They pretty much went over this in the documentary. "Ocean" is nothing like "Zane Dancing" or "Buildings." Those paintings show a level of detail that she clearly doesn't have the concentration for. When she turns to her dad and says, "It's your turn now" doesn't that tip you off? Most of people who perpetuated the lie had a financial interest in doing so. My insults are directed to those people.

[Yetibutt]

No two paintings by the same artist are identical. Did you see what the dad had painted? He sucks. I don't think he has the talent to paint like that or he would. People seem to assume that because the kid got famous, it was guaranteed that she would and that the parents knew in advance. No one can predict the future, not until after it happens at which point everyone can.

[spudssparky]

I saw the stuff his dad did, and he did indeed suck. But he obvously has a nack for lying. The bonus footage at the end of the dvd was even more incriminating. Just because it was abstract art doesn't mean we can't tell two artists apart. It's like saying you can't tell John Coltrane from Charlie Parker because it's all jazz. Well actually you can. This was also another horrible example of 'me too' journalism. Nobody stopped to do any investigation.

[Yetibutt]

I would have to see the paintings up close and personal. You can't see the brush work on the movie. Even good reproductions are not perfect, and in the movie they just flash up there for a few seconds.

[grai]

@spudssparky Also did you see the father's face? he looked like he was going to puke - and then how he started gabbling - he had GUILT written all over him

[KMAMCG]

I cant understand how people can be so dismissive of Marla... this world is too full of jealusy and thats what people are... Jealous! As for her parents, who can actually say that if someone saw your childs art and you could earn thousands from it you wouldnt do it?? Not many I would guess! Let the family do what they want, no1s ASKING you to buy the art are they,ignore it if you dont think shes got talent!

[benedictrove]

Out and out fraud. I saw the documentary and I have kids who draw/paint, she's no different. The parents pretend to be upset about that they might be doing to her, but then first chance they get they are out to make more money. You can SEE in the documentary she says she doesn't want to do it and she asks her dad to do it for her. Also, kids don't do Mickey Mouse ears, that is too contrived.

[pattypeppermints]

art fraud is art fraud

[vlct0ria]

I have to admit, even as a person who normally has no preference for art, I think her paintings are very interesting, colorful, and engaging, regardless of the fact that they were painted by a child. And if I had a few thousand bucks to spend on some art, I would seriously consider Marla's work. The world just has problems facing the fact that this little girl possesses a special talent and vision that many artists could only dream of discovering.

[grai]

@vlct0ria I loved the paintings too (altho its clear the dad played a massive part ) do you think if you saw them on a wall by an adult you would find them so appealing - seperate from the idea that they represent a child's joy for life?

just asking

I can't decide!

[MoBushin04]

Great family - survived the Communist Broadcast Assult - real movie. I wish them well.

If you rent 10-15 movies/month, check this movie out. Very committed hard working parents, talented daughter, and who is the real opportunist - the greedy liberals that are overpaid to do TV.

I won't buy the art but I got something out of the 80 short minutes of this movie.

[melo1223]

Who are you to say what is art and what's not. You decide because you have a Master's in art? Or does a 4 year old who doesn't even write or read yet, decides what is art. I mean, come on, I am not saying that Marla is not talented. I believe we all have some type of talent that we discover sooner or later. Her parents happen to have all the tools that she needs for art. Yet, is not extraordinary talent. It's just that critics don't know where to draw the line.

[Lorizh]

Wow, I cannot believe that there are idiots out there paying thousands of dollars for a 4 year old's paintings, lol. I mean she's 4! It's abstract, it's a 4 year old! Its not like she's painting like Rembrant or Monet' (that would be impressive, not abstract). I think people should pass a test before being allowed to be rich, lol. I'm going to get my kids some canvas, oils, brushes and let em' LOOSE! Wahoo..got a bridge to sell too. Anyone have the names of the fools who ponied up the dough?

[psychowoman]

What I don't think you're taking into account here is the rest of this child's painting ability. Yes, it is abstract, and yes, she is four. But have you really taken a look at the incredible composition and flow of her paintings? If painting abstractly was really so easy, everyone would do it. But only a select few actually succeed at it. What does that tell you about Marla?

[Lorizh]

Well I did watch a dateline (or 20/20) where they went to a preschool had a ton of 4 year olds paint a painting, brought it to a Gallery where there were art critics and they all raved about it and told the story of what the artist was thinking and the brush strokes and so on. They were so embarrassed when they found out it was done by a preschool. Marla's dad paints the canvas (so that shoots down one of their theories about her ability) and then he tells her where to put the paint. cont...

[Lorizh]

They actually compared the painting Marla did with the camera's rolling compared to her so called work and they were nothing a like. It is the Dad who is doing the painting. They're using Marla. She is an adorable 4 year old who paints like, well a 4 year old plain and simple. In the film she gets bored, she wants to stop, she just wants to be 4. There is no fire in her eyes when she paints and experts who saw her paint said "she is not a protege' she is a 4 year old painting" cont.

[Lorizh]

So as adorable as she is (and she is adorable) she is not what her parents are pushing her to be. She is no more talented than the average 4 year old. Just a great marketing scheme by her parents and the art dealer. Shame on all of them. Again, I wonder if these dummies who purchased what they thought were a 4 year old's paintings will want their money back now that the father has been caught in the act?

[AlphaSigma10]

it was once stated, that realistic art was great in the ara prior to photograph discovery; thereafter, however, a photo could make a much more realistic image than a painter; and art shifted to itself: make something a photo cannot make; -and marla has done it!

[AlphaSigma10]

it is not like, "if children can do it, it is a con game"; but rather, if children can do it, then why is it so hard for adults to do the same? I find it interesting how quickly innocence is being dragged through the dirt of these adult minds, as if attempting to cover up their own lost ability to be pure and free, even in the giant, ugly face of a hostile, insulting world

[AlphaSigma10]

abstract art is being independent of learned form; it shows life beyond concrete form, it demonstrates that bounderies set by form-dependent art are learned and unnecessary in expressing creative experience and expression; it is a freedom only narrow minded people are opposed to

[AlphaSigma10]

i (seriously) also believe that children still have memory of the light within them that they lived prior to incarnation; i am a near death experiencer, and being in the light is being one with the inexpressible beauty of the living colors of our God-world

[AlphaSigma10]

picasso said it took him (4) years to learn how to paint like a grand master, but it took him a lifetime to re-learn how to (be and) paint like a child; children are the greatest artists because they are true to themselves, they live their art in great originality and innocence, and without fear and reservation

[hotpointautomatic]

haha most of the comments are negative because most artists will go to school and live well below the poverty line trying ever so hard to get recognition as an artist. But this little girl is the center of attention and her painting are selling for thousands of dollars. in other words jealously brings negativity.

[mrhannahg]

I find this rediculous.

abstract art only works because there is a story behind the scene, a reason why that line goes there and that blob of paint goes there. the artist has thought it through.

this is just a child with a lot of very expensive materials, being humoured by her parents and the rest of the world.

[Oceania2000]

She's very cute - but I fail to see the genuis. Most kids try and paint realistic images, for her art she is a little unusual.

Perhaps her parents prepare the canvases and give her some tips on occasion, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's all her work - with paint range prepared by her parents. Perhaps she's good at stopping before it becomes muddy and confused. Very sweet child! Good on her.

[eas85]

watch her video of Fairy Map, for a kid she obviously got something going on. i am no fan of abstract paintings nor do i barely understand them, but i could tell no ordinary child has such gift

[TheBazoombas]

Oh pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeee!

She paints like any kid can!

Abstract is shit anyway.

[VintageSunset]

she has a gift for painting, but shes no genius.

[fedorianart]

FACT ONE ) PICASSO WAS A GENIUS 'COz HE COULD PAINT REALISTIC!!! ART AT AGE 4!!

FACT TWO ) HE DECIDED TO PAINT WHAT WE TERM ABSTRACT CUBIST JUST TO MAKE MONEY, for it was a fadd at the time.

FACT THREE) HIM AND DALI CLEARLY STATED "we fooled them all, we dont know how to paint we just paint." Fin

abstract expressionism is just colourful DECO.

[geniusschool]

Genius of the art form of painting? I'm that and the genius of the athletic exercise of tennis. I'm actually the first renaissance genius. Welcome to my school.

[fattyfactcats]

hahhha

[ameritxell]

ademas parece ser que si disfruta realmente la elaboracion de sus cuadros asi como las exposiciones

[ameritxell]

Me quede con el ojo cuadrado jaja con los primeros cuadros me gusto como se ven los colores