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Usagi · Post by **Usagi** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 20:19 -0700

.....Im a bit lost in your meaning...

miyamoto musashi · Sun Nov 14, 2004 20:23 -0700

an art gallery bought three stripes for 18 million dollars. meaning you dont even have to be a good artist, stupid people will still like it because they are too confused to hate it. there is a similar 2 million dollar painting that is a very small checkerboard.

Usagi · Post by **Usagi** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 20:26 -0700

I see now..Yea there are art like that...I wouldent call them stuped though, the art has a meaning to the people who buy it, and however much...but really, I would try the same style of work befor I would buy a peace for a good amount of money.

miyamoto musashi · Sun Nov 14, 2004 20:29 -0700

exactly, i mean, why buy it when you can paint the three lines yourself

takematsu · Post by **takematsu** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 7:16 -0700

Ah, but they are three HAND PAINTED stripes, with all sorts of texture and... junk. You know, I'm a writer, my brother and wife are artists, we're friends with a lot of artists, and I totally understand how the whole "art" thing works-- as has been written elsewhere, the attitude someone brings to the task can elevate bolting tires to a car to an art-form, but... man, alive, it's the PERFORMANCE in that case, not the end product. I'm sure watching Barrett Newman carefully painting that thing was fascinating, and having painted a room in out house with four horizontal stripes without mechanical aids, I understand the effort and the feeling of accomplishment, but I don't agree that there's as much inherent artisty remaining in either my or Newman's work as there is in say, an issue of UY or an engraving by Albrecht Durer. Voice of Fire is... big, and has darn straight lines, but the skill required to produce such a work is limited. I know that a lot of my friends will get mad at me for this, but I can't help but hold that a totally abstract work is less art-filled than one which at least suggests a representation of something to the viewer.

*pantpantpant* I'd best go have a lie-down.

miyamoto musashi · Tue Nov 16, 2004 15:16 -0700

i saw it up close today, all you need is a paint roller, and some tape.

and it is massive, and sure, it must have been alot of effort, but 18 million iis a little much.