[HHFi]

I recently went to the Dallas Museum of Art to see a touring display of older works, and while there, I went through a display by some modern artist who is allegedly some sort of genius. His "art works" consisted of gigantic squarish blocks of beeswax and jars containing pollen. One of his "works" was a small wooden shelf with five mason jars sitting on it, each containing a different amount of pollen. It looked like something you'd see in the corner of someone's garden shed. Luckily, there was a beautifully-printed flier for visitors, explaining why this worthless crap was supposed to be so brilliant. I never would have known otherwise.

[tictoc]

a display by some modern artist who is allegedly some sort of genius.

Dollars to Donuts, it was Joseph Beuys, generally considered in the art world Germany's greatest artist in the second half of the 20th century.

Chair with Lard (1963) Joseph Beuys

[Sam Cree]

"Luckily, there was a beautifully-printed flier for visitors, explaining why this worthless crap was supposed to be so brilliant. I never would have known otherwise."

Those kind of fliers are a sure sign the art sucks, IMO. I was recently at the art museum in Syracuse with my daughter. It had some truly beautiful paintings, but there was one, in a place of honor, that seemed unusually crappy and obtuse. Of course, it was the only one there that had a large printed poster next to it explaining all about how it was fighting for social justice and all the other leftist causes.

Lucky it had the note, nobody would have necessarily even known it was art otherwise, much less that it stood for a lot of crap, too.

[oyez]

At lest it was beeswax and pollen. Some artists get away with body fluids and religious icons.