'Berlusconi's fat' moulded to art

BBC ^ | 20 June 2005 | BBC

[little jeremiah]

Moral Absolutes Ping.

All I can say it at least the fat removal was consensual.

Regarding "crap as art", it has been done quite a few times. In sealed cans, as "decorations" on a picture of the Virgin Mary, plasticized replicas, and a lot more.

Percentage of modern artists who are mentally ill? Should we all just roll on the floor laughing right now?

Freepmail me if you want on/off this pinglist.

Note: I think it noteworthy that in a culture which has, at least according to the intellectual elites, done away with any vestiges of moral absolutes, the art world is like an illustration of the madness that has overtaken them. What's almost worst is the idiots who buy this filthy insanity and write articles about it, or visit galleries and museums.

Classic naked Emperor.

[Antoninus]

Oh, right. Art isn't about an individual spending weeks and years pouring out his soul on a canvas to celebrate what is good, noble, and beautiful about the world, the divine, and mankind. It's about taking five minutes to make stupid meaningless piles of junk for elitist losers to spend their inheritance acquiring and fawning over.

[flying Elvis]

It certainly had some clever lines. "I am Joe's seething rage."

[Aquinasfan]

So all I have to do is tell a few lies, steal an idea from a Hollywood movie (in this case Fight Club) and I can sell some "art" for big bucks (or euros)?

No. You have to be an officially recognized "artiste." Getting the official recognition from the "art community" is the hard part.

I'm an illustrator by trade, and I find all this exasperating. Thank God that realistic art is still valued in the advertising industry, at least.

[Aquinasfan]

Yet another reason why I will never understand art.

You understand art. You don't understand crap being passed off as art.

[Aquinasfan]

I wonder what the difference is as far as the percentage of artists who are afflicted with mental illness as opposed to the general population as a whole?

They're crazy as foxes. They're laughing all the way to the bank.

The only "mystery" is why otherwise seemingly intelligent people buy this junk. The answer is simple. It's speculation. They buy this junk for $1,000 today and hope to sell it for $10,000 tomorrow. No one actually likes this garbage.

You just don't want to be the last one holding the bag when the music stops... Which is why modern art is the longest-running practical joke in history. The keepers of the investment can't afford the joke to end.

[beaver fever]

"crap sold as art ping"

"Don't give this sculptor any ideas."

Sorry it's already been done

http://entre_nous.typepad.com/entre_nous/2004/01/merde_dartiste_.html

[Fawn]

I don't know how much fat Berlusconi had, but if one bar fetches $18,000, then Ted Kennedy by himself could pay down the national debt.

LOL! Throw Barney Fwank and Nadler in there and they can feed the entire world!

[mcg1969]

Well be fair now, Antoninus, it probably took him more than five minutes to make that pile of junk. Maybe ten. :)