Sometimes when it comes to art, I feel like Mugatu from Zoolander. Honestly, is everyone else seeing something that I'm not? People look at modern "art" and think, 'wow, thats incredible and new and different. I really admire their work,' and I think 'what? Are they five?' So I feel like I'm taking crazy pills or something.
We watched a few documentaries on contemporary artists today, and two out of four were...ok, in my opinion, while the other two were completely and utterly ridiculous...in my opinion. And it's so ridiculous, in my opinion, to listen to people talk so seriously about utter crap (in my opinion).
On the positive side of art, we started talking about our new projects today, and they sound really cool. Basically we're making a book made up of six pictures, each made out of colored paper cutouts. We have to pick a character or a person as a subject, and I think I've decided on Edward Scissorhands. I love Tim Burton's movies, and I think it be super cool to cut out Edward Scissorhand's hair and scissors :P
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I agree. I went visited the Chicago Museum of Art a few years ago and one of the exhibits consisted of solid painted squares on top of solid painted squares. First I thought "Wow it must have been really hard to stay in the lines" but as I got closer it became obvious that painters tape was used. Luckily I was with a group of people equally as annoyed by modern art as I am so I didn't have to stay with them and pretend and ponder at the artists "masterpiece" we just moved on to the next exhibit.
When it comes to art analysis I think that some times whole groups feed off of what one person is saying. If one person says something everyone else feels the need to pitch in and prove that they see hidden messages in art as well.
Your new project sounds cool!
when I interned at the columbus museum of art, there was this huge canvas covered in yellow paint... That was it. It wasn't even paint splatters, or different shades of yellow. It was... Just... a coat of yellow paint.
ridiculous.
Your project sounds really cool though. Have fun :]
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