Cleaner Mistakes $14K Worth of Art for Trash, Tosses It

Newser ^ | 02/20/2014 | By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff

[Mr. K]

I just knocked over my trash can in my cubicle- they can have it for $10K

[Mr. K]

I remember going to an art gallery with my college are history course, and there was a piece of crap hangin on the wall.

The professor got into a discussion with the student about how it was good ‘art’ because of “his politics”. I remember thinking “what the hell does his politics have to do with this stain of a blob of paint on the wall”

So apperently if you think the ‘correct’ way it’s art. Otherwise its a pile of trash. I am sure thie ‘artist’ has good politics.

[wbill]

loudly stated “THAT’S CRAP!!”

I thought it, pretty loudly. Kept my mouth shut, in the interest of preserving the marital peace. :-)

One of the pieces I saw this past weeked was three large squares on the wall, each a slightly different shade of blue. The artist said it was to "Help Homosexuals achieve equality in society by bringing together all people to....." etc etc etc. That's the only one that got me laughing aloud.

Really, I walked out of the exhibit thinking "I can be a modern artist. Easy-peasy." I think it would just be a matter of saying the right socially correct, vapid things about whatever "work" I choose to display. Then, if someone calls "BS", it would only be a matter of feigning disgust / disdain and saying, "You're simple unable to comprehend the motivation behind the artiste.", or somesuch.

Only problem would be needing to engage with the vapid morons on a regular basis. And, wrestle with my conscience...is it wrong to take advantage of people, when they WANT to be taken advantage of? :-)

[LizardQueen]

Yes, the “art” is in the description and the price tag, not the actual “piece” LOL.

I was at the Guggenheim in NY with a friend and there was a thing on the wall that I was actually oddly attracted to.
It was a lot of splats of ketchup red and mustard gold, with some silvery aluminum shards and chunks in it.

The title was something really obscure, like “Torment of the Palladins” or something.

I went up to the docent and said “I like that one. It should be named ‘Tornado Hit The Deli’” .

My friend wanted to sink into the floor LOL but the docent actually laughed and said that he loves hearing about what people see in the stuff. To him, that was the art, not the thing on the wall. It was like a Rorsach test. Clearly, I was hungry LOL.

[Organic Panic]

I would be happy to donate a can of garbage for this guy for free.

I have ZERO respect for “shock” artists and other clown artists like this. Throwing garbage on the floor is not art. It does not inspire interacting with our environments. It does not encourage thought provoking activity. It’s garbage on the floor.