Sometimes the stupidity of the art world is beyond comprehension.

Kittyfrisk

I used to work in an art faculty but not as an artist.
 One time the small gallery in the building had just had a student exhibition taken down. The stepladders & some wood brackets for holding window blackouts were left in the space. I walked past this daily & a thought occurred to me...
Rearranged the blocks, typed up some complete & utter pseudy bollocks, printed it out & stuck it on the wall next to the ladders.
It was left there for over 5 weeks until a senior fine art lecturer spotted it, but several times we saw students & visitors observing it as 'art'  :-D

RaymondLin

@Kittyfrisk ;

Bravo !!! That is amazing.

Fretwired

@Kittyfrisk ; .. genius .. :-)

Didn't something like that happen in real life?

This is also good ..

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/27/pair-of-glasses-left-on-us-gallery-floor-mistaken-for-art

carlos

A lot of the contemporary art world is a scheme for rich people to "park" their money and speculate on it. It's so safe that you can even get art galleries (public or private) to pay your insurance while you park your art piece. If it gets stolen or damaged you get your money back, meanwhile, it appreciates in value as it's being displayed and gaining fame/notoriety. Great deal.

WiresDreamDisasters

https://twitter.com/GiancarloSopo/status/1203875430803087367

Jalapeno

WiresDreamDisasters said:

https://twitter.com/GiancarloSopo/status/1203875430803087367

Awesome !

Fretwired

WiresDreamDisasters said:

https://twitter.com/GiancarloSopo/status/1203875430803087367

Like I said .. a stunt .. :-)

Kittyfrisk

You should see what I did to the watercooler...

earwighoney

Kittyfrisk said:

You should see what I did to the watercooler...

A very moving commentary on the troubles in Hong Kong and the oppression of the Chinese government.

phil_b

Kittyfrisk said:

I used to work in an art faculty but not as an artist.
 One time the small gallery in the building had just had a student exhibition taken down. The stepladders & some wood brackets for holding window blackouts were left in the space. I walked past this daily & a thought occurred to me...
Rearranged the blocks, typed up some complete & utter pseudy bollocks, printed it out & stuck it on the wall next to the ladders.
It was left there for over 5 weeks until a senior fine art lecturer spotted it, but several times we saw students & visitors observing it as 'art'  :-D

when I do this at work in a public area I have to erect a safety barrier around the ladder. If I did this I would be sacked

axisus

Kittyfrisk said:

You should see what I did to the watercooler...

Not sure I'd want to drink from Darth Vader's t*ts ...

p90fool

ten77guitar said:

If the artist is renowned anything they create will be valuable, even if it’s a bit crap. It’s no different than a "Masterbuilt" Fender.

FTFY.

DB1

Sassafras said:

Police were later deployed to guard the replacement banana.

What did you do today, daddy?
I was a banana's bodyguard, son.

Was there really any need to involve the peelers?

Kittyfrisk

axisus said:

Kittyfrisk said:

You should see what I did to the watercooler...

Not sure I'd want to drink from Darth Vader's t*ts ...

It was preferable to dealing with algal growth in the bottle accelerated by exposure to daylight :-)

Kittyfrisk

phil_b said:

Kittyfrisk said:

I used to work in an art faculty but not as an artist.
 One time the small gallery in the building had just had a student exhibition taken down. The stepladders & some wood brackets for holding window blackouts were left in the space. I walked past this daily & a thought occurred to me...
Rearranged the blocks, typed up some complete & utter pseudy bollocks, printed it out & stuck it on the wall next to the ladders.
It was left there for over 5 weeks until a senior fine art lecturer spotted it, but several times we saw students & visitors observing it as 'art'  :-D

when I do this at work in a public area I have to erect a safety barrier around the ladder. If I did this I would be sacked

It was not in a public area & it was not being used as as work equipment, otherwise I'd completely agree with you.

Haych

And then you get an artist says he doesn't want to paint at all
He takes an empty canvas and sticks it on the wall

Hurling_Fruitmig

What do the massed critics think of this untitled 1969 work in nylon and steel by American artist Robert Barry spotted at the Whitney gallery in NYC a couple of years ago? Thats a real chap, positioned to stop people walking into it.