A Big Purple Piece Of Poo
Also known as art by Franz West, LA County Museum of Art.
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It amazes me what ugly shit (sometimes literally) passes as "art".
But bad as this is, what's really laughable is when they give an elephant (or something) a paint brush and have them splash on a canvas like a kindergartner fingerpainting and then have the nerve to call it art and ooh and ah about how amazing it is.
No, the emperor has no new clothes.
Posted by: T's Grammy at April 17, 2009 3:02 AM
Art should convey a message, an aesthetic view of life. I see nothing here that I wouldn't put on a dog park so the Goddess's Dog (and countless others) could mark their territory.
Lawn ornament, that's what they did with it. Some people at the LA County Museum of Art dumped this piece of crap outside of the museum. I guess SOME people working at the museum got good tastes.
Posted by: Toubrouk at April 17, 2009 5:40 AM
Is there a giant hand in a giant baggie hovering over it?
Posted by: BlogDog at April 17, 2009 6:04 AM
Very funny, BlogDog.
This piece took funding from not one, but two funds: The Caplan Family Contemporary Art Fund and the Frederick B. Weisman Contemporary Art Fund. It usually resides at the Baltimore Museum of Art. (They were apparently overstocked with poo so they loaned it out.)
Posted by: Amy Alkon at April 17, 2009 7:11 AM
I hope the tax payers didn't have to fund that piece of sh*t. Sorry, I couldn't help myself.
Anyway, I live near Omaha, and yes Omaha actually does have "art."
However, near the university they have some taxpayer funded art that looks like giant concrete sewer drains, and a few other pieces of "art" that would pass for material at the local landfill. All funded by the tax payer.
I'm sure that local tax payers are taking it in the shorts all over the country, for these pieces of "art."
I hope the taxpayers didn't have to pay for that grotesque display above!
Posted by: David M at April 17, 2009 7:11 AM
It's my belief that the only "art" that should be funded by taxpayers is architecture... I think it would be great if courthouses, etc. were pretty again.
As for this crap- pure waste. (No, really.) If an artist can't get a commission (or can't get someone to buy his work at a show), he should consider a career change.
"Just because no one understands you, doesn't make you an artist."
Posted by: ahw at April 17, 2009 7:34 AM
The problem with public funding for art, is the same problem you have when you see multiple people in a room trying to write a sentence. You usually wind up with something rather like that piece of "art".
Art was better off when it was privately funded and a certain amount of talent was required to be successful.
Modern art's only message seems to be that it has very little to say that is worth saying.
It was all over when Warhol signed a soup can.
Posted by: Robert at April 17, 2009 7:44 AM
Warhol was an asshole.
Posted by: ahw at April 17, 2009 7:54 AM
I've heard of tying a knot in a cherry stem with your tongue, but making a poo doughnut? THAT'S talent!
Posted by: Jay R at April 17, 2009 8:01 AM
Art like beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I have no gripe with "artists" and any piece they are inspired to create. I have a large (read huge, monstrous, mad as hell) super gripe when they expect me and other taxpayers to fund/buy what no one else wants. Let them sell their "art" on the open market; but, don't force me to pay for it.
Posted by: Jay at April 17, 2009 8:55 AM
That sculpture would go well with this sculpture that looks like a kidney I see every day on my way to work.
Posted by: Elle at April 17, 2009 9:10 AM
> Warhol was an asshole.
Well, meee-yow!
Andy's always spoken highly of your work....
Posted by: Crid [cridcridatgmail] at April 17, 2009 10:24 AM
Well, Crid:
Despite being an asshole, he DID manage to get individuals (vs. taxpayers) to pay for his work... so I'll give him credit for that.
Posted by: ahw at April 17, 2009 10:59 AM
looks like it's ruining the lawn.
Posted by: smurfy at April 17, 2009 1:52 PM
It's actually a cockring some passing giant discarded. Can't you people SEE that?
"Warhol was an asshole.'
Indeed. That's what killed him, eventually.
Posted by: Jim at April 17, 2009 3:51 PM
That's not giant poo art paid for by the taxpayer.
THIS is giant poo art paid for by the taxpayer (bonus points for non-European-invader historical frame of reference):
http://www.sanjose.com/underbelly/unbelly/Sanjose/Quetzy/quetzy.html
$500,000.
Posted by: Gog_Magog_Carpet_Reclaimers at April 17, 2009 7:45 PM
Ahh, once again the Philistines go, "Pbbbb!"
This is an illustration of fundamental principles.
The first one is "The Cluster Index". The Index is a number determined by counting the number of people involved in production. Background: as the number rises, it includes many who have no skill or comprehension whatsoever, but who have the power and inclination to make changes. This distorted the intent of the sculptor, who still managed to include the other principle in the display: "What Goes Around Comes Around Is Still The Same Old...". The bald statement is that nothing is new, and that political correctness prevents his art from having an edge.
It's a Mobius strip with no edge.
I'm surprised I have to explain these things.
Posted by: Radwaste at April 17, 2009 9:41 PM
Oops. I forgot the other statement this art makes: "If you paint a turd, you can pick it up by the clean end."
Posted by: Radwaste at April 17, 2009 9:43 PM
This is another funny bit about taste in art.
Thought to Have Merit
06/20/06 - WSJ OpinionJournal
An English sculptor loses his head.
In this year's summer show at London's Royal Academy of Arts, "Exhibit 1201" is a large rectangular tablet of slate with a tiny barbell-shaped bit of boxwood on top. Its creator, David Hensel, must be pleased to have been selected from among some 9,000 applicants for the world's largest open-submission exhibit of contemporary art.
(But, the critics liked the wrong part.)
Posted by: Andrew_M_Garland at April 18, 2009 6:12 PM
"It's a Mobius strip with no edge."
Mobius Strip - great band. Rocks MUCH harder since The Edge joined U2.
Posted by: Gog_Magog_Carpet_Reclaimers at April 19, 2009 8:21 AM
New Sig Test!
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