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But I know what I like.
You Call That Art?
People got very excited about Christo's latest public art work, "The Gates," in New York's Central Park. For two week's 7,500 metal gates draped with orange fabric were staked along 23 miles of the park's footpaths. Some people called "The Gates" a masterpiece. Others called it an ugly nuisance.
The best part of the article is where they took reproductions of masterpieces, and placed them alongside "non-art".. framed bits of fabric they got from a discount store, paintings by elephants and four year olds, and had people, both art critics and the general public judge them. The results? The art world is full of crap.
People got very excited about Christo's latest public art work, "The Gates," in New York's Central Park. For two week's 7,500 metal gates draped with orange fabric were staked along 23 miles of the park's footpaths. Some people called "The Gates" a masterpiece. Others called it an ugly nuisance.
The best part of the article is where they took reproductions of masterpieces, and placed them alongside "non-art".. framed bits of fabric they got from a discount store, paintings by elephants and four year olds, and had people, both art critics and the general public judge them. The results? The art world is full of crap.
You Call That News?
Some people like it, some people don't.
It's not worth the fuss, and it certainly isn't news.
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Quite honestly, I wonder why it took so long for any media outlet to try this sort of test. And of course, the people that decide on What Is Art are going to ignore this, or dismiss it with some sort of babble about how we peons don't 'understand' what Art is.
As far as The Gates, I will acknowledge that I found it less offensive than some of his other well-publicised works - simply because it didn't COMPLETELY obscure the natural beauty of its setting (Central Park, in this case), the way most of his other works seem to do.
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My general reaction to Christo projects is that they invariably sound stupid but end up looking quite beautiful. I wouldn't call them deep, but then I don't think art has to be deep.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4187537.stm
http://jpdavin.com/newsdayart.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2946040.stm