falcon45ca Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 A couple mistakenly "vandalized" a piece of modern art valued at $440,000. Can it be called vandalism if it's undetectable from the original artwork? Is the original piece even art work? Can the couple be actually held responsible, given that brushes and paint was literally just sitting there in front of the "art work"? Couple mistakenly vandalizes $440,000 painting at exhibition (msn.com) 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil_314 Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 (edited) That looks just like the masterpiece my friends and I made during my friend's splatter paint birthday party 2 years ago. So that's where it went... Edited April 3, 2021 by Phil_314 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dazzle Posted April 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 3, 2021 (edited) 16 minutes ago, falcon45ca said: A couple mistakenly "vandalized" a piece of modern art valued at $440,000. Can it be called vandalism if it's undetectable from the original artwork? Is the original piece even art work? Can the couple be actually held responsible, given that brushes and paint was literally just sitting there in front of the "art work"? Couple mistakenly vandalizes $440,000 painting at exhibition (msn.com) I agree - this is not 'art'. The whole valuation thing about art is beyond stupid sometimes, and this is an example of it. Who (in the right mind) would pay 440,000 for a bunch of colours painted in an apparently random way, and the title of it being called "Untitled"? If the painting was supposed to celebrate art - it wouldn't be 'valued' at 440,000, but rather be priceless. And having other people contribute to that artwork - not just solely one person - is why the art is worth so much because people's genuine attempts to translate their artistic skills get put on display. Sadly, that's now how valuations of art work. I wouldn't be surprised if people wanted to launder money by picking up an art work like this, throw a bunch of money to artificially inflate the value of it, and then have a bunch of 'experts' come in and confirm its 'value'. The whole thing looks like a sham. Edited April 3, 2021 by Dazzle 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-DLC- Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 Art: Take a banana Duct tape.... The whole damn world's gone crazy. Also: I think they made it look better 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 They made it look better. Increase that made up value! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 When I was in high school. We visited for art class the Vancouver Art Gallery. The artist had: clothes hangers with paper mache fish hanging on them. A sculpted apple on a bed of grass (made all of clay). The only interesting thing was they took a bunch of wooden horses, hung them from the ceiling and made it look like a horse race. All were valued at starting at $10,000. The next day, one of my fellow students in the class took a window screen on a block of clay. Painted it green. Made an apple made out of clay. Then asked our teacher for $10,000. We all laughed. The teacher didn't. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4petesake Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 Sheer creative genius! Give it a cool name. “Black Fire 1”. Spoiler $84.2 million 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-DLC- Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 "Art" I mean come on, I know your kid made the original of this in Grade 4 out of plasticine but you didn't have to replicate and supersize it. (I call this one "COVID") 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammertime Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 Shart! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JoeyJoeJoeJr. Shabadoo Posted April 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 3, 2021 4 minutes ago, debluvscanucks said: "Art" I mean come on, I know your kid made the original of this in Grade 4 out of plasticine but you didn't have to replicate and supersize it. (I call this one "COVID") That one looks like it just lost it's precious. 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnkNuk Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 28 minutes ago, bishopshodan said: They made it look better. Increase that made up value! If they hadn't said anything would anyone other than the curators and the artist have noticed that the work had been 'vandalized'? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the grinder Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 15 minutes ago, debluvscanucks said: "Art" I mean come on, I know your kid made the original of this in Grade 4 out of plasticine but you didn't have to replicate and supersize it. (I call this one "COVID") i call it" im bent over laughing because someone paid me 250,000 to paint a mannaquein red " 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JoeyJoeJoeJr. Shabadoo Posted April 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 3, 2021 This looks a lot like a publicity stunt if you ask me. 4 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 4 minutes ago, UnkNuk said: If they hadn't said anything would anyone other than the curators and the artist have noticed that the work had been 'vandalized'? No kiddin. The coolest thing I ever heard about Abstract is that Jackson Pollock somehow painted in fractals that could be found in nature. https://blogs.uoregon.edu/richardtaylor/2016/02/08/fractal-analysis-of-jackson-pollocks-poured-paintings/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmm Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 38 minutes ago, bishopshodan said: They made it look better. Increase that made up value! definitely increased the made up value this whole thing reeks of Publicity Stunt is it even possible to "mistakenly" vandalize anything? from Miriam Webster _ To deliberately destroy or damage property Leaving open paint cans beside your $440,000 art in unprofessional at the very lease Put a guard on it if neccesary. or a sign "This $440, 000 masterpiece is the finished product, please do not accidently vandalize this piece by using the props provided" 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NewbieCanuckFan Posted April 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 3, 2021 (edited) I'm hesitate to state whether something is "Art" or not. I'm not in the remotely bit qualified to make such an evaluation. As I consider THIS a masterpiece: Edited April 3, 2021 by NewbieCanuckFan 3 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 (edited) Edited April 4, 2021 by Ghostsof1915 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBH1926 Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 If Picasso smeared fecal matter on some canvas, there would be droves of people saying it’s a masterpiece! Its like movies, if you say that they suck, movie critic says that you are too shallow to understand it. I have been into movies all my life so I always get a laugh after reading movie critics reviews. One of the most critically acclaimed movies is Un Chien Andalou from 1929. Its collaboration between Dali and Bunuel and it’s basically bunch of their dreams. Even though there is no plot line, but since it’s Salvador Dali and Luis Bunuel, critics have been ranting and raving about it for the last 100 years. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-DLC- Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 47 minutes ago, NewbieCanuckFan said: I'm hesitate to state whether something is "Art" or not. I'm not in the remotely bit qualified to make such an evaluation. As I consider THIS a masterpiece: But it is! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post -DLC- Posted April 4, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 4, 2021 "In the eye of the beholder". Except I think some people need glasses. Also, I think I could do this. 2 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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