Banghi (Chimp) Makes a Monkey of Art Expert

The Australian ^ | December 19, 2005

[CzarNicky]

While Banghi likes to paint, she is not able to build up much of a body of work as her mate Satscho generally destroys her paintings before they can get to the gallery.

Everyone's a critic.

[inquest]

BWWAAAHAHAAAAAA!!

[Mad_as_heck]

If the monkey didn't employ human blood, feces, or urine as a media, didn't defame Jesus or the Virgin Mary, and didn't give his creation a pompous title such as "Bush Brain: NeoCon Nightmare" it probably was more worthy of admiration than 90% of the artwork produced in the last 20 years.

[Blennos]

This is more evidence that the greater part of what is called modern "art" is mere sham.

[Humidston]

I was thinking of that great saying, "A sucker is born every minute!'

Heheh...

[sweetliberty]

I saw that episode on Beverly Hillbillies once.

[Anti-Bubba182]

Lol! Modern art.

I can't believe people pay big money for this. One reason may be that since even an expert cannot reliably tell the difference between the work of a "master" or a chimpanzee, anyone can have an opinion about the "work". Rich dummies can sound learned discussing these things.

I saw a piece on TV some years back about a former Wallstreet Type who left his career for the art world. He learned the art blab-speak lingo very well and was quite successful. One of his "works" was a display of three wet/dry vacs. arranged in a tier to give an idea.

I have to believe after a showing he had to go off by himself and laugh at the people who bought this.

[Sacajaweau]

btt

[Blood of Tyrants]

And one of the biggest buyers of monder "art" is the various governments and colleges. There was an "art" exhibit at a local university that consisted of a square frame of welded steel about 9 ft sq. Inside it were several pedistals of pieces of u-channel steel that had been cut to various lengths and welded to the steel pedistals. And that was it. I'll bet they paid $50,000 or more for it.

It is a sham to relieve stupid, gullible people from ther money.

[Sacajaweau]

Revised Title choices by a roving mind...

Evolutionary Art

Rhesus Pieces

Monkey Shines

Chimp Panzee

Chimp Chump

[Tribune7]

ping

[IronJack]

If this doesn't put the final nail in the coffin of the art posers, then it's proof that they are sustained only by their lackeys in the media.

[TimeLord]

I work security at the Fogg Art Museum @ Harvard. Some of the modern-art paintings are utter crap. Mark Rothko & Jackson Pollack are at the bottom of the turdpile.

[IronJack]

This art debate is an endless one, but I have to agree with you on Jackson Pollack. I'm not familiar with the other clown. I would think it's about time this Deconstructionist/Post-Modern conceit died its inevitable death so art can return to an endeavor that elevates Man rather than diminishing him.

[IronJack]

I just looked up Rothko. You're right. Utterly banal. He's got one called "White Over Red." You guessed it: it's a streak of white over ... yep, a streak of red.

Brilliant! [yawn]

[coloradan]

Jackson Pollack:

Mark Rothko:

This is the stuff of sheer artistic genius... or maybe a chimp, I can't really tell.

[TexasTransplant]

Modern Art

LSD

Coincidence?

[Frank_2001]

Agreed! On the bright side, though, 99.9% of them are probably Democrats;)

[Frank_2001]

LOL!