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i've seen the pile of candy at the art institute of chicago. at the time they also had a piece that was just a string of christmas lights strewn haphazardly on the floor. goddammit modern art.
Fucking pretentious art fucks. Fucking god damn it. Fuck! Seriously? I mean, I've heard of some really stupid shit (see modern art display in Chicago that Byram referred to...empty room with one pencil line drawn around it, empty room with a monitor showing a video of a guitar being dragged behind a car [11 minutes long], etc.) but this is definitely up there.
the worst part about the christmas lights was that it said in the plaque thingy that the artist gave no directions on how to set them up, rather it was up to the curator to decide how to place the STRING OF FUCKING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ON THE FLOOR because that is part of what makes it art. i could go to walmart the day after christmas, buy a pack of white lights on sale for 98 cents, mail it to the art institute with a note that says "do whatever the fuck you want with these" and that is somehow art. i don't rage about many things, but goddammit modern art and those motherfucking christmas lights.
My favorite piece of modern art is in London. It's a smallish cordoned-off room next to the main gallery, with all manner of trash strewn about the floor. The floor is almost not visible because of the sheer quantity of garbage sitting there.
That is the artwork. That's it.
Actually, it's funny- the whole reason that one got famous was because about three years back, the museum hired a new custodian, and he thought it was garbage and not "artwork", so he cleaned it up and threw it all away. The curators had a heart attack the next day, and used previously-taken photos to go out to the dumpster, and root through the trash for the exact things they needed, and rearrange them in the room.
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That is the artwork. That's it.
Actually, it's funny- the whole reason that one got famous was because about three years back, the museum hired a new custodian, and he thought it was garbage and not "artwork", so he cleaned it up and threw it all away. The curators had a heart attack the next day, and used previously-taken photos to go out to the dumpster, and root through the trash for the exact things they needed, and rearrange them in the room.
I hate modern art on principle.
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