Art that people rave about that's actually shit.

[fractionMan]

i know this sounds shallow - and anyone who has seen her work up close will agree - but it looks shit when photographed! you have to stand very close to see the amount of work put in. Here is an attempt ( i have tried to save and post this pic for the past 10 mins, dunno why it wont save, sorry for the delay...)

http://weareoca.com/fine_art/tracey-emin-love-is-what-you-want/

I've seen loads of her work up close, it's still shite.

 

[Dr_Herbz]

Who is it by?

Me... it took half an hour in Photoshop and you can have it for half that price

 

[killer b]

jesus.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

I genuinely don't get "art". A pretty picture is, well, just that. Nice to look at. A sculpture can brighten the place up a bit.

The rest of it? Shit like the stuff on this thread? An utter waste of time, effort and money. Anyone finding "inner meaning" or other such twaddle from any of it needs to get out more.

 

[Bungle73]

Ah, a Mark Rothko. I like a lot of his work.

When they had the recent exhibition at the Tate a few years ago, I went twice.

I disagree. It is easy to take an acceptable photograph, depending on what style or genre you are following but to create an exceptional photograph definitely takes special skill. Further, exceptional photography definitely is art in my book!

Agreed. If photography isn't "art" then how come there are galleries all over the world with walls covered in photographs?

And how can you say the work of the like of Ansel Adams isn't art?

 

[fishfinger]

Me... it took half an hour in Photoshop and you can have it for half that price

Like I said, I don't particularly like it. And I'm afraid that even if I did, your price is far too high for me. I've never spent more than about £20 on any art.

 

[fractionMan]

Photography is easy. Good photography is fucking hard.

 

[Dr_Herbz]

Like I said, I don't particularly like it. And I'm afraid that even if I did, your price is far too high for me. I've never spent more than about £20 on any art.

Give me 20 quid and I'll email you a print size

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Agreed. If photography isn't "art" then how come there are galleries all over the world with walls covered in photographs?

It does seem to me that more often than not "fine art photography" can also be described as "blurry badly composed photograpy"

 

[fishfinger]

Give me 20 quid and I'll email you a print size

I've already told you, I don't really like it. Why would I want to pay for it?

 

[Cheesypoof]

Photography is easy. Good photography is fucking hard.

I dunno....i think with a good eye and camera, its not that hard. Its definitely not art, thats for sure...

 

[fractionMan]

I've already told you, I don't really like it. Why would I want to pay for it?

people don't buy 8 million quid artworks because they like them

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

people don't buy 8 million quid artworks because they like them

No, they buy them because they're colossal twats with too much fucking money.

 

[fractionMan]

I dunno....i think with a good eye and camera, its not that hard. Its definitely not art, thats for sure...

Try taking a good photo, then compare it to an actual good photo. You'll realise your photo is shit.

 

[Dr_Herbz]

people don't buy 8 million quid artworks because they like them

Fookin' spot on!!!!
They most likely buy them to tell people how much they spent on a piece of worthless shite!

 

[fishfinger]

people don't buy 8 million quid artworks because they like them

I don't buy 8 million quid artworks whether I like them or not.

 

[fractionMan]

I don't buy 8 million quid artworks whether I like them or not.

I have several dr herbz on my walls

 

[Cheesypoof]

Try taking a good photo, then compare it to an actual good photo. You'll realise your photo is shit.

yeh...done that. There is skill involved but its not art, and never will be.

 

[fishfinger]

I have several dr herbz on my walls

Good for you

 

[weltweit]

yeh...done that. There is skill involved but its not art, and never will be.

Define Art then?

 

[killer b]

I'm going to have to put this shit on ignore. it's like some kind of competition to redefine banal.

 

[Cheesypoof]

Define Art then?

no definition.

 

[fractionMan]

art:

 

[Dr_Herbz]

I have several dr herbz on my walls

Joking aside... I (used to) build websites for a living. Then I went on to search engine optimisation, and I can get pretty much any website to or near the top of Google... So... I wonder how long it would take to establish myself as a renowned artist?

A perfect example of how fucked up the art world is... Exit through the gift shop. It unearths the utter bullshit surrounding the art world, and how a complete no-mark made fortunes off the back of Banksy

 

[Andrew Hertford]

Yes I mean I think I see your point except that didn't Warhol operate a factory of workers also? and if you buy a car from Mercedes Benz, the original Benz didn't build it himself anymore it was probably mainly built by robots.

Warhol's prints/paintings were all about mass production and the imperfections made by the process itself, including having others do most of the work.

You'd be amazed at the number of household name artists today who do no more than email a sketchy jpg to a fine art studio and then simply sign their finished edition of screenprints, etchings, lithographs or whatever a couple of months later. Some are more hands on, but many let the printer do practically everything. Easy money, but of course not so easy getting to the stage where you can do that.

 

[fractionMan]

Joking aside... I (used to) build websites for a living. Then I went on to search engine optimisation, and I can get pretty much any website to or near the top of Google... So... I wonder how long it would take to establish myself as a renowned artist?

A perfect example of how fucked up the art world is... Exit through the gift shop. It unearths the utter bullshit surrounding the art world, and how a complete no-mark made fortunes off the back of Banksy

When I painted "what the fuck are you looking at?" on a canvas they took it off the wall and threw it in the skip. When tracy emin wrote the above on a bit of paper it's in the tate.

That's art.

 

[bubblesmcgrath]

I'm afraid I don't understand this at all.

His artwork is at a higher premium now....than prior to the Christies auction.
Mini balloon dogs are selling for $5000 a piece...

Define Art then?

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

 

[fractionMan]

Took me two more years to realise it.

I should have quit at foundation

 

[bubblesmcgrath]

When I painted "what the fuck are you looking at?" on a canvas they took it off the wall and threw it in the skip. When tracy emin wrote the above on a bit of paper it's in the tate.

That's art.

This ^^^^^
This has always bugged me....

 

[Dr_Herbz]

Shall we start the bidding at 2 million?