Number 18, 1950 by Jackson Pollock
Two untitled paintings, 2016 by my six year old child
Posted on 05/28/2016 11:01:25 AM PDT by BenLurkin
hould children be allowed in art galleries?
In 2014 Jake Chapman caused a minor furore, and prompted a lot of column inches, when he said that taking kids to galleries was a “waste of time”.
He told The Independent parents were "arrogant" for thinking their children could understand artists like Jackson Pollock or Mark Rothko, adding "children are not human yet".
The two children in this video, which has been going viral in recent days, clearly couldn’t give a hoot what Jake Chapman has to say about their appreciation of art.
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And as their parents look on, filming their offspring enjoying themselves, the kids get up close to one exhibit – a sculpture called “Angel Is Waiting” by Shelly Xue – and start touching it.
One of them pull sit away from the wall, it falls back – and breaks.
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Two untitled paintings, 2016 by my six year old child
“My son understood from a very young age that you do not misbehave in public. I have no idea how I taught him that, but I do find that parents who allow children to misbehave in public are extremely annoying.”
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There are thousands of videos like this on youtube. There are restaurants who now ban children because of their bad behavior. That’s not the child fault that’s the parents fault. Why the mom in this video does not bust his butt I’ll never know.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1xm567Pvz8
If I can do it, it ain’t art.
Apparently these adults were not living up to their title, as they should have not allowed their children to play like that with something that didn’t belong to them. I couldn’t really see what the artwork looked like, though it was reportedly an angel with wings, but that is irrelevant. I get so upset with adults that do not rein in their children when they are out in public.
Some yes, some no.
A friend and I took our young kids to an Edward Hopper exhibit at the Whitney. They were totally entranced. Just stood there staring at the paintings.
Then again, some kids were taken to a performance of “The Good Times Are Killing Me” and could not see the basic fact that these were actors. They started taunting the “racist” depicted in the show afterwards and calling her names.
You have to prepare them. Things we take for granted are new to them. Some things are too advanced period. A little at a time, also—don’t tire them out.
When I was in 7th grade our class went to the Museum of Modern Art. We had to write up our experiences afterward. I made fun of some of the art but was not criticized for it. It was the beginning of a lifetime of art “appreciation.”
How prophetic that the artist would also rename the artwork the name for the United States due to the votings and actions of completely Godless people....”Broken”.
Justice would be the “parents” being presented with a court order to pay for their spawn’s handiwork.
Number 18
Is that 18 messes?
(Champions League :) )
I've been telling my daughter that since she was 4 years old.
She'll be 18 this year. So now, her status is "almost a person."
She'll probably need lots of therapy when she's older. Hopefully, she'll be able to afford it after she buys me the beach house she's contractually obligated to provide me once she wins her first emmy, grammy or tony award.
How does one “ruin” a Jackson Pollock? The artist himself frequently urinated on his own paintings...
In the case of most modern “art” I would have been snickering in the background while watching them.
Good thing they didn’t step on that pair of glasses.
The one on the right is far superior to the Pollack. I can see the fun your child had making it!
The below not pertaining to your artistic six year old at all:
I hate talentless art that has to be “understood” by the elite artist who is probably a horrible arrogant freak.
The good news is the UK has more abandoned coal mines than ever to store the paintings in for the duration.
Modern art was created to deconstruct and destroy the concept of art.
Along with a much needed spanking.
Why would you be in a museum of modern art at all then?
Yes. There is not enough of an appalled reaction on this thread. I am appalled.
Whether I like something or not means nothing. The thing is in a museum. It has a value to someone. You do not touch it. The children and the parents’ behavior was completely unacceptable.
If that family received a bill for $500,000 and had their wages garnished for the next 50 years, I would consider it justice.
Art matters.
Civilization matters.
You will be sued by Pollock for infringing on his invented concept style of art. Shortly.
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