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A sentence written in block letters sells for $26 million
Posted on 10/20/14 at 8:45 am
Posted on 10/20/14 at 8:45 am
Christopher Wool is a so called artist whose portraits are simply sentences written in block letters.
This oneLINK was sold to the highest bidder for $26 million.
This oneLINK was sold to the highest bidder for $26 million.
Posted on 10/20/14 at 8:48 am to samson'sseed
Postmodernism destroyed art.
Posted on 10/20/14 at 8:48 am to samson'sseed
see mom and dad, let keep living at home with my art major from a private school. it might pay off!!!
Posted on 10/20/14 at 9:27 am to samson'sseed
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Shattering the art world with its catastrophic incantation, Apocalypse Now made its debut in 1988 during a collaborative exhibition with Robert Gober at 303 Gallery under the humble title, A Project: Robert Gober and Christopher Wool. Hung directly across from Gober's Three Urinals of the same year, Apocalypse Now emerged as the decisive, commanding and seemingly unmatched tour de force of Wool's contemporary output. An image so indebted to its time--to the grittiness of the Lower East Side, the graffiti battered walls, and the hard-edge punk scene--Apocalypse Now is no less powerful today than it was during its creation. Timeless and affecting, imposing and arresting, Apocalypse Now imprinted such a resounding impression that the Chief Curator of New York's New Museum, Richard Flood, still recalled a decade after its debut, "The first time I was really aware of work by Chris Wool was in a now legendary exhibition at 303 Gallery in 1988. It was a collaboration with Robert Gober and included Apocalypse Now, arguably one of Wool's most important paintings. It was probably the painting of the year, and one of the most emblematic pictures in the recession to come that would humble the art world the following year. It offered such a simple, reductive solution for moving on that it became a kind of late-eighties mantra" (R. Flood, "Wool Gathering," in Parkett, no. 83, 2008, p. 142).
Geez, what a load of shite. Art boner alert.
Posted on 10/20/14 at 9:32 am to samson'sseed
I know artsy people will just tell me I flat out "don't get it", but there is absolutely nothing special about that piece of art. I realize that an item's "worth" is simply what someone is willing to pay for it, but there ain't no damn way that thing is worth 26 million dollars. I wouldnt' buy that for 5 bucks.
Posted on 10/20/14 at 9:38 am to samson'sseed
My 6 year old grandson should be rich by now then. Jesus what moron bought that shite? Looks like it ought to be hanging on the wall with the rest of the kisch at a TGIF.
Posted on 10/20/14 at 9:55 am to WG_Dawg
Yeah, I don't get it either.
Posted on 10/20/14 at 10:32 am to samson'sseed
Yeah, but what does it MEAN?
Posted on 10/20/14 at 10:40 am to The Bruce
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Shattering the art world with its catastrophic incantation,
I wish we could post pics of turds because their incantations would shatter this:
Here's the "artist:"
Posted on 10/20/14 at 10:43 am to Kentucker
he has such a punchable face
Posted on 10/20/14 at 10:52 am to DrunkenStuporMan
It apparently takes thousands of words to describe this "work of art" that includes just 9 words. I suppose that makes it worth $26 million.
Posted on 10/20/14 at 11:08 am to samson'sseed
Looks like something I could get at Target. Good for him though he took some idiots trust fund money and will probably spend it back into system.
Posted on 10/20/14 at 1:23 pm to WG_Dawg
You don't spend $26mill on something because it looks nice. You spend it in order to tell other people you spent it.
The so-called piece of art is simply a tangible representation of their waste.
The so-called piece of art is simply a tangible representation of their waste.
This post was edited on 10/20/14 at 1:25 pm
Posted on 10/20/14 at 1:39 pm to tylerdurden24
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The so-called piece of art is simply a tangible representation of their waste.
This guy understands art, and the symbolism it represents.
Posted on 10/20/14 at 2:25 pm to tylerdurden24
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The so-called piece of art is simply a tangible representation of their waste.
And scene.
This post was edited on 10/20/14 at 2:26 pm
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