December 19, 2005
Modern Art
In case you needed any more proof that "modern art" is a racket and a monkey could do it.
- A GERMAN art expert was fooled into believing a painting done by a chimpanzee was the work of a master.
The director of the State Art Museum of Moritzburg in Saxony-Anhalt, Katja Schneider, suggested the painting was by the Guggenheim Prize-winning artist Ernst Wilhelm Nay.
"It looks like an Ernst Wilhelm Nay. He was famous for using such blotches of colour," Dr Schneider confidently asserted.
I'm sure.
My 3 year old daughter's finger painting also makes extensive use of blotches of color. I'm framing it all for sale to suckers.
- "I did think it looked a bit rushed," she told Bild newspaper.
No doubt. But much of the world will savor for some time your "misjudgement."
For what it's worth, I'm not an art basher. My favorite artist is probably Andrew Wyeth. Though no one would confuse his work with modern art.
(tip to The Steel Deal)
On the web Posted by AlexC at December 19, 2005 2:59 PM
There's an elephant that gets 500 bucks for its art in Portland Oregon.
The image I used for that post was done by 'Washoe' of Koko fame. She has her own website and gets 100 bucks a pop.
P.T.Barnum was a visionary.
Posted by: Steel at December 19, 2005 11:55 PMWell heck, that's your problem AlexC... your favorite artist is of the "realist" school. Modern "art" deals exclusively with the non-real.
My favorite remains... James Russell Sherman: http://www.threesources.com/archives/001710.html
Posted by: johngalt at December 20, 2005 4:04 PM | What do you think? [2]