Conceptual art is worse: inventing vague important-sounding blather to describe the most mundane things, like a photo of a rock. A snow job par excellence.
Always had a student or two argue when I told them all art is abstract. I’d refer them to a small reproduction of an Ansel Adams photo of Mt. McKinley in the text and and ask if that was abstract. “No, of course not, it’s a photo so, it’s real!” So… Mt. McKinley is only an inch and a half high, and black and white? And nothing moves on it?
‘Realistic’ art tends to abstract enough visual elements viewers don’t realize the art is an abstraction.
Some works of art can be accused of being scams. I once saw a large framed piece in a major NY gallery that was simply a canvas painted all black. I would have happily painted that for 1/10th what the artist earned!
Art is 1st and foremost supposed to make you think. You do not have to necessarily like it or even agree or accept it. If you think about the art then the artist has made their point
In the ’70’s, I taught Freshman composition while pursuing a graduate degree and was dismayed by all the “William F. Buckley” copyists who seems to believe that five syllables were always better than two. It took a semester, but I managed to get many of the students to break the habit by circling every unnecessary and/or ambiguous term and insisting that they write out the definition of the term, give an explanation of why it was chosen and provide an appropriate [shorter, more specific] term to use in its place.
But now we have the opposite problem — everything reduced to tiny “smiley” faces.
Ratkin about 1 year ago
Famous P.T. Barnum moneymaker: “This way to the Egress.” Once out you couldn’t get back in without buying another ticket.
lalapalooza Premium Member about 1 year ago
what about antonyms?
Richard S Russell Premium Member about 1 year ago
The next gallery over, the one with the huge crowd? That was the peak of his salacious period.
danketaz Premium Member about 1 year ago
Says maybe a little too much.
Enter.Name.Here about 1 year ago
And only $20,000 per piece.
wallylm about 1 year ago
Unreal
Superfrog about 1 year ago
This is a fine exhibition, display, presentation, show, offering, performance, representation, exposition of his work.
Imagine about 1 year ago
Too abstract for my taste.
MichaelAxelFleming about 1 year ago
Those who overuse the thesaurus may become synonym toast.
Pogostiks Premium Member about 1 year ago
Conceptual art is worse: inventing vague important-sounding blather to describe the most mundane things, like a photo of a rock. A snow job par excellence.
wi3leong Premium Member about 1 year ago
The long one doesn’t work for me
keenanthelibrarian about 1 year ago
Well, I’ve learned more about abstract art than I thought possible, or was told/taught me ever …
LawrenceS about 1 year ago
Always had a student or two argue when I told them all art is abstract. I’d refer them to a small reproduction of an Ansel Adams photo of Mt. McKinley in the text and and ask if that was abstract. “No, of course not, it’s a photo so, it’s real!” So… Mt. McKinley is only an inch and a half high, and black and white? And nothing moves on it?
‘Realistic’ art tends to abstract enough visual elements viewers don’t realize the art is an abstraction.
WDemBlk Premium Member about 1 year ago
Happy Fourth of July. Everyone have a great & SAFE day,
William Bednar Premium Member about 1 year ago
I prefer the “Da Da” period.
Adolf Trump about 1 year ago
Have a good holiday!
Whether you put ketchup or mustard on your weiner, you’re OK with me.
We put both on, at home. }:-)
batesmom7 about 1 year ago
Some works of art can be accused of being scams. I once saw a large framed piece in a major NY gallery that was simply a canvas painted all black. I would have happily painted that for 1/10th what the artist earned!
mindjob about 1 year ago
I just bought a painting of a polar bear chasing bunny rabbits on an iceberg in a snow storm
morningglory73 Premium Member about 1 year ago
Looks like we are staying away from politics. Smart move.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member about 1 year ago
I thought the thesaurus was extinct along with most of the other ’saurus’s.
sandpiper about 1 year ago
Bet he’d hate crossword puzzles with short answers.
WickWire64 about 1 year ago
Art is 1st and foremost supposed to make you think. You do not have to necessarily like it or even agree or accept it. If you think about the art then the artist has made their point
GreenT267 about 1 year ago
In the ’70’s, I taught Freshman composition while pursuing a graduate degree and was dismayed by all the “William F. Buckley” copyists who seems to believe that five syllables were always better than two. It took a semester, but I managed to get many of the students to break the habit by circling every unnecessary and/or ambiguous term and insisting that they write out the definition of the term, give an explanation of why it was chosen and provide an appropriate [shorter, more specific] term to use in its place.
But now we have the opposite problem — everything reduced to tiny “smiley” faces.
Richard S Russell Premium Member about 1 year ago
Here all this time I’ve been settling for merely a saurus, when this guy had access to the saurus!
PaulGoes about 1 year ago
Someone stole my thesaurus and I don’t have the words to say how mad I am
mistercatworks about 1 year ago
Ephemeral?
[Unnamed Reader - e476da] about 1 year ago
A grand effort to say nothing.
aussie399 Premium Member 10 months ago
And so many art (and food, wine and film) critics sound like they’ve swallowed 4 thesauruses and 6 dictionaries.