Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for August 12, 2020

Crap e dium.

Let the reader beware.

Where’s all the surreal crap?

And here’s a whole room of that crap that Van Gogh couldn’t sell. How good of an artist could he have been, anyway?

(Yes, I do know he is considered one of the greatest painters of all time, and I agree with that, but I’m not a curmudgeon.)

And I PAID to come in here?!?

This is why I dislike our local Gallery. The Art is questionable if the ‘Artist’ didn’t dump his waste can on the Gallery floor for a sucker to buy it up!

Eh. I would agree that a lot of art is crap. But some of it is very fine indeed. However, I much prefer to figure out for myself which is which, rather than read some or listen to some “art critic”.

How nice! Corner stone of our culture is a loo.

Museum needs a litter box that people can walk through to reach the next room.

Several years ago in my city there was a “bad art” exhibit. It was truly bad art, some even done by accomplished artists. I said to one of the curators that I’m concerned I could see one of my pieces up there. He said I’m not the only one who told him that.

The museum needs a roped in area with a large green carpet, a statue of some kid and a porch with a rocking chair. They could call it The Recovery Room.

Sturgeon’s Law: 90 per cent of everything is crap. (Theodore Sturgeon)

Just like all other forms of art nowadays, it’s “you scratch my back…”! Look at the poetry – the published, but unknown “poets” all sound the same. Everyone writes to the pattern others of their ilk pretend to understand and pat each other on the back. They even “TEACH” creative writing, begorrah!

[Sorry for the rant!]

The 1% for art idiocy that all public buildings must now adhere to is the greatest generator of crap around. Large amounts of scrap steel are welded together & they call it art.

The old bitty checking out the mug, is she giving it the raspberry or is she sucking on a soother?

Bad art is more tragically beautiful than good art, because it documents human failure. – Ryan Gosling as Henry Letham in the movie Stay

Curmudgeons may acknowledge the crap but many discerning people, not in the curmudgeon group, would also view it as crap.

“You p;aid for this crap? My 6-year-old granddaughter can do better!”

and the analogy can surely drawn the crap endured with Trump. To be or not to be is crapulous and in need of strong drink whenever he opens his mendacious, fat mouth.

Curmudgeons are inveterate strong black coffee drinkers. Must be a decaf tea cup and spoon.

Scowls required.

What’s missing are the signs for the Men’s & Women’s (& however you identify) crappers…

Of COURSE Wiley left the Crapola out! Just showing us the Crap! There’s probably a line.

Where’s the “Pretentious Crap” sign? Or, is that on the front door?

“Crap. Crap. Crap. Crap. Crap. Ahhhh… now THAT’S good work!” -Joker

The signature often determines the value of the piece rather than the appeal.

I’ve seen a whole lot of modern art, and some is quite good. But a whole lot of it I simply don’t get at all. It’s two squares on a canvas or something. Not even interesting colors. Why is it in the museum?

Lotta landscape luvers here. . .

One of my favorite artists, Carl Barks, also thought modern art was crap. As both a comic book author & artist, he was able to illustrate his distaste in several of his Disney duck stories.

I didn’t see any curmudgeons. Aren’t they supposed to be on display?

Eye of the beholder and all….

A banana duct taped to a wall is not art, the rest I’m not qualified to judge.

From SNL…If it’s not Scottish, it’s crap.

Funny!

I happen to think the art in today’s strip is very NICE “crap”! ;) Better than I could do….

The crapola gallery sounds fun

It has to be ‘ART’ because the con artist who produced it says it is.

It’s not about art, but the whole “old curmudgeon” thought process. Hilarious!

Dross is in the next gallery.

I love that piece on the right, the one under the CRAPOLA sign.

Just goes to show ya, gambling on art is a crap shute!

Wiley’s art is never crap

So, apparently, I am a curmudgeon. Not sorry.

Well that’s just pure unadulterated crap.

“Don’t touch the crap.”

I think if you distinguish between a “gallery” -a store featuring art works of numerous artists for sale; and a “museum” – a public or private institution that displays curated works of usually accomplished artists, it will become much easier and enjoyable. Any creative endeavor by an individual can be called “art”. A house is a form of art – a skyscraper – autos ( oh so many ) are an art form.

“Attention patrons, now available at the snack barCrap on a stick”

“Alright, I’ll take you to the museum, but I won’t like anything, I promise”

Crapshoot.

“I don’t know crap, but I know what I like.”

Next door is the ichthyology museum displaying carp.

I once went to an exhibit at the National Gallery in DC with a friend. As we were wandering through the halls, we came across a canvas just to the right of the doorway leading to the next gallery. It was about 3′ × 2′ and, apart from some slight texture change that could’ve been a wide brushstroke, was flat, and all white. It was titled something like “Study in White,” but could’ve easily been “Polar Bear in a Snow Storm.” My friend glanced at it momentarily as we passed through the door, then turned to me and said, “Gee, I wonder when he knew he was done.”

If it doesn’t involve Wonder Woman, then it’s crap.

art falls into the same categories as religion and politics, pretty much useless but we all spend a lot of time arguing why we are right.

I don’t like it, but is it art?

Is that woman blowing a raspberry??

As Marshall McLuhan said “Art is anything you can get away with”.

Don’t forget Craperoo from me to you!

(Theodore) Sturgeon’s Law: 90% of everything is crap.

(Theodore) Sturgeon’s Law: 90% of everything is crap.

I know what I like….

I know what I don’t like….

You probably don’t agree with my choices….

So… which of us is right? ….never mind, I already know your answer 8^/

One definition of art is that is has to make you think. That limits its audience greatly. Many of the rest only think about its worth in cash terms, reverting back to the group not thinking. It’s doesn’t have to always make you think warm & fuzzy thoughts, just make you think. Curmudgeons lose out far too much, too easily. That’s a wasted life.

If Artists had to earn money just from the sale of their art, there would be far less crap art.

Yeah, there may be a lot of crap in that museum, but there’s some good s##t there too.

90% of Everything is Crap.

So, where is the room with the 10% in it?

Which way to the crapper ?

Modern artists don’t have the skill of the classic ones so they do nonsense stuff that cannot be compared with anything.

Some contemporary art is crappy indeed, maybe because it intends to play with minimalist ideas.