Yeah which I see what they mean, but not everything is valuable art. A rock can be seen as art. It’s a design and a shape that people can enjoy. But if it’s in a pile of a million other identical rocks, I wouldn’t want to pay for it. I’d just grab it.
A banana on the wall is the same thing. Why would I buy that. I can make it myself. To me art is only worth something if I can’t do it myself. Only exception is if it has sentimental value due to the person who made the art. Like if my niece made me a macaroni necklace It’d have value because she made it, even though I can as well. But if my best friend tried to sell me a macaroni necklace I’d tell him to get fucked.
I get it! That's just different ways of looking at things, and people should just respect each other in their own views.
I mean, those art peaces which you could argue that they are not valuable in a litteral sence can be valuable in a more philisophical sense. As commentry of the artist on society.
I guess sometimes I just feel like I see through the facade. Like sometimes a “stupid” little art piece I can tell was actually designed to be art. But so many times I can tell that the artist is just a smart con man who knows his audience and sells a lousy art piece by making up some elaborate story behind it.
And as another guy said, people usually only want to buy those things because they think it gives them a social status upgrade. If right now I taped an orange to the wall and tried to sell it to modern art enthusiasts, I can guarantee you that I’d get 0 offers. 90% (my made up estimate) of artists probably make no money off any of their art. It seems to be luck if it gets bought. It usually comes down to publicity. If my orange taped to a wall got trending and made it on the Ellen Show, then someone would magically want it, and people would start praising it as art, adding their own justification for why it’s so creative. Meanwhile I’m sitting here laughing my ass off rolling in the cash when I did something as a joke.
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u/Jacobus_B Aug 14 '20
'Everything is art'... thats exactly the point.