Shitty Art. (sometimes literally) Date Wednesday, April 24, 2024 - 04:29 AM PST Topic Rant Has anyone else noticed how much shitty art is out there, and how much of this crap is actually accepted in the art world?! Has anyone else noticed how much shitty art is out there, and how much of this crap is actually accepted in the art world?! I mean it seems as though anyone can be an "artist". I saw this picture one time of marilyn monroe. Someone had stuck a penis between her legs and called it art. It's hanging in the fucking Los Angeles Museum of Modern Art! I've seen shit in a bucket on display in the same damn museum that Van Gough's and Munch's hung! Cripes! What is this?! The Shitty Art Movement?! I swear, it's all about "shock - factor". That's fine the first couple times you see it, but after that it get's quite old. If you ask half these people what they are trying to say with their piece, they either can't, or, they recite some well-rehersed and rationalistic explanation of what they mean. This not only gives the unintelligent and trend-driven art critic something to gab about, but also, somehow, justifies their outlet of their own perversion in front of themselves and society. What about the great artists who perfect their own style and portray their deepest thoughts and perceptions of the world through their own medium. What about them?! Whatever happened to talent?! Now all you have to do is bite everybody else's style. Use the medium of shock-factor, slap some penis on, well, anything, and taa-daa! you have a piece of modern art worth hanging in the flippin' Getty! Yeah yeah, i know... Art can be anything that portrays thoughts or ideas... Well, Mr. Smartypants, that's all well and good, but then I guess it comes to a point of the deepness of the piece. I'm sorry, but "Shit in a Bucket"? No pun intended, but that's pretty shallow. I saw this piece one time by this schizophrenic guy. He liked to draw cats. His drawings were normal until he came down with the disease. Then they became these odd tripped-out representations of cats. I found these pieces quite interesting as that is how he saw things, and through his medium, portrayed them. (phew!) :0 Sam This article comes from Shmeng http://www.shmeng.com/ The URL for this story is: http://www.shmeng.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=267