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To: Abathar
Imagine getting a quarter mil for this piece of art by Cy Twombly.

Just... don't. I can't take it.

My wife says, "why don't you do stuff that sells like that?" I try to explain to her that no one really likes this crap. The prices are driven up by investors who want to make a killing buying and selling... paint on paper. I can't bring myself to call it art.

Anyway, my explanation has never worked.

18 posted on 10/09/2007 6:24:34 AM PDT by Aquinasfan (When you find "Sola Scriptura" in the Bible, let me know)
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To: Aquinasfan
paint on paper. I can't bring myself to call it art.

I had a professor once who was describing Dadaism. He said pretty much what you did. "It's really just a collection of stuff. Unless you can get somebody to pay for it .... and once somebody pays for it .... ahhhh .... then, it's Art!"

22 posted on 10/09/2007 6:53:21 AM PDT by r9etb
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