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Italian Artist Sells Invisible Sculpture for More Than $18,000
Newsweek ^
| 6/1/2021
| Sara Santora
Posted on 06/02/2021 2:43:33 PM PDT by simpson96
Anything can be a work of art, even nothing.
Italian artist Salvatore Garau recently auctioned an invisible sculpture for 15,000 euros ($18,300). According to as.com, the sculpture's initial price was set between 6,000 and 9,000 euros; however, the price was raised after several bids were placed.
Titled 'Io Sono' (Italian for "I am"), the 67-year-old artist's sculpture is "immaterial," meaning that the sculpture does not actually exist.
Though he's received much critique for the sale, Garau argues that his work of art isn't "nothing," but is instead a "vacuum."
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To: Rusty0604
Make sure it isn't a blank check ... 😀
I think I'll not by any invisible art...
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posted on
06/02/2021 5:11:22 PM PDT
by
Deplorable American1776
(Rest In PEACE, Rush H. Limbaugh III. You are missed already...)
To: HighSierra5
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posted on
06/02/2021 5:11:53 PM PDT
by
Deplorable American1776
(Rest In PEACE, Rush H. Limbaugh III. You are missed already...)
To: Seruzawa
Looks like something my youngest drew... 😀
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posted on
06/02/2021 5:13:05 PM PDT
by
Deplorable American1776
(Rest In PEACE, Rush H. Limbaugh III. You are missed already...)
To: Pollster1
At a well known museum of art a painting was hung upside down for 15 years... The artist saw it and told them it was upside down... He was angry...
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posted on
06/02/2021 5:16:54 PM PDT
by
Deplorable American1776
(Rest In PEACE, Rush H. Limbaugh III. You are missed already...)
To: GreenHornet
The certificate of authenticity is an obvious forgery.
The real certificate is invisible!
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posted on
06/02/2021 5:21:36 PM PDT
by
cgbg
(A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
To: simpson96
I doubt the ‘artist’ will be willing to take invisible cash for payment.
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posted on
06/02/2021 5:23:20 PM PDT
by
zeugma
(Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
To: Seruzawa
I once worked at a major museum. Some of the “modern works of art” were hilarious to us lowly non-artist employees. Some modern artists must be scam artists. The scam is their real work of art. If an “invisible sculpture” were on display, you can bet visitors would be taking photos next to it while they discuss its significance.
To: simpson96
I’m selling NFT videos of me flushing a toilet. Make offer.
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posted on
06/02/2021 5:44:41 PM PDT
by
Organic Panic
(Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
To: simpson96
To: HighSierra5
“People voted for an invisible President.”
The empty chair?
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posted on
06/02/2021 7:00:02 PM PDT
by
CottonBall
(MAKE REPUBLICANS WHIGS AGAIN!)
To: simpson96
To: Deplorable American1776
Total ignorance. This Matisse was hung upside down, which completely changes its artistic meaning:
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posted on
06/03/2021 7:37:53 AM PDT
by
Pollster1
(America is no longer in Claire Wolfe's "awkward stage")
To: simpson96
I have stolen it. Don’t believe me? Go look.
I will return it for only $10,000. OBO.
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posted on
06/03/2021 8:46:39 AM PDT
by
HeadOn
(Love God. Lead your family. Be a man.)
To: simpson96
Picture or it didn’t happen.
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posted on
06/03/2021 8:48:09 AM PDT
by
VastRWCon
(Fake News")
To: xp38
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posted on
06/03/2021 8:49:52 AM PDT
by
HeadOn
(Love God. Lead your family. Be a man.)
To: HeadOn
Send a photo with the certificate of authenticity and a current newspaper. :)
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posted on
06/03/2021 8:53:00 AM PDT
by
xp38
To: Deplorable American1776
They did those invisible shovel-ready projects a few years ago, so I’m thinking you are correct.
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posted on
06/03/2021 8:53:12 AM PDT
by
HeadOn
(Love God. Lead your family. Be a man.)
To: simpson96
He deserves every cent of it. Crazy fools out there beg to be abused.
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posted on
06/03/2021 11:17:04 AM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(God’s will is no concern of this Congress. —Jerry Nadler, 2021)
To: xp38
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posted on
06/03/2021 12:35:55 PM PDT
by
HeadOn
(Love God. Lead your family. Be a man.)
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