Matthew Collings :: This Is Modern Art ep.1 (1/5)

Episode 1 - I Am A Genius (1998)

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[jacu25]

My mate hung himself in a modern art gallery.

It was three weeks before anyone noticed.

[koreankayagum]

Let's all post as many of the modern art cliches as we can think of. You know, the kind of vague statements that are supposed to sound profound but aren't.

-"It's an exploration of the space between the viewer and the art object."

-"It challenges the viewer to reconsider their relationship to art and the gallery walls."

Has anyone else noticed that these types of phrases are bandied about, yet there's never any of explication, probably because there's nothing behind the vague statement.

[cyberslaw]

Well well, who would suppose that people would be fighting about art, and even more here than on a music hit video of a recently split federation, of some unknown communist country, and don't even say your not fighting but arguing because that is so gay!

[Mateusrmg]

@trinitaterion There are much larger insults to the poor, believe me... And you really make it sound really easy, to make a lot of money with art, have you actually tried? It's something close to impossible.

Besides, there are many many artists who work for a broad audience, and many many people with they're mind so closed that they don't even try to appreciate the object or the idea transmitted.

And you? Do you work for everybody? Does anyone? Really?

[SmartArtFart]

@koreankayagum Hahah ha thats good the way you done that! everyone should look at my attempts at Modern art you will not be unpleased /watch?v=rEJVisS0vgM

Let me Know what you guys think ??????

[isthis2much2day]

lol this is modern art ..... /watch?v=bjYNLZmy4f4

[thegreatfearblog]

@trinitaterion Served in what way? It gave pleasure to? Well, that's not the same at all. In many ways, it's the complete opposite. If modern art is a tool of degradation of the people, and classic art was not concerned with the people whatsoever, how can that be the same. Not that I agree with your statement. Classic art, particularly sculpture and architecture were not for the rich but for all.

[trinitaterion]

@NekoBeau

What i LOVE about the internet is that postmodern art cannot hide itself in the press and the condescending critics now contemporary art has to face itself against the people that feed them and accept their criticism without hiding themselves in the convenient "modern" label

[trinitaterion]

@Lerax429

The opposite! thats not my idea, is the reality, the percentage of people in this planet that can paint or draw with a high degree of skill is much much inferior to those who labels themselves as artists just because they do installations, performance, action painting etc

Make your own research, just go to the net and check every single living artist and youre going to find the truth. Right now maybe 100 people in this planet can paint "classically" compared to 109385793 modern ones!

[trinitaterion]

@koreankayagum

"Challenges the act of painting itself and the object of art becomes aware of itself, driving new emotions to the spectator"

"In this particular work, the painting denies itself and becomes a new paradigm for a rational space where the artist is free from the conception of form, being able to express his most inner feelings and thoughts"

hahah thats funny!

[trinitaterion]

@thegreatfearblog

Well then nothing has changed, old art was crappy cause it served the rich and the powerfull, modern art is crap for the same reasons + the lack of skill in the artist. (and many other things of course, such as the creation of a big legion of parasites "experts in modern art", randomness, etc).

[trinitaterion]

@CommanderHaddock

i personally dislike this art, because i find it an insult to farmers that work their asses off all day to feed people that do a work of art in 20mins charge $ and then go to get drunk

Ive read everything and know all the names and still im convinced most of it is worthless

The day artists work for everyone, not just for the "educated" elite (dont have to be pretty! they get respect Dont judge people that fast, their critic towards postmodern art is not something to dismissed