Thanks for the idea.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

And if Ryan Newman did it, it would be worth BILLIONS...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

who's that?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

me, duh...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I live in Michigan and there is a museum called the DIA (Detroit Institute of Arts). I don't know if it is still there, but, when I went a little while ago there was a painting about 8ft x 3ft that was red with a white line down the center.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Theres one at the Des Moines art Center, It is a completely white canvas with a tiny infinity sign in the corner in pencil. -_-

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I honestly don't understand modern art. I get it's supposed to be "deep" and "ambiguous", but I don't feel deeply moved by looking at a painting of a square and some lines...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

http://www.iarc.org/~4x1mk/starlock_26K.jpg Honestly, how can you not see the meaning behind this beautiful piece of art? It's obvious that the artist feels imprisoned by something and is looking at various paths trying to find which one is the right path for him, depending on how he got there, and most intersect at some point, which is where he is now. [/end bullshit]

by Anonymous 13 years ago

(vicki_ana):Actually, I interpret that as the feeling a happy person gets when they wake up in the morning and a burst of energy runs through them and all the different colors are all of the wonderful thoughts they have

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Definitely. Or a game of pick-up sticks. Either one, really.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

All Ellen has to do it touch the piece of paper and people will want it more.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

who?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I agree that many of these works are overpriced, but they are far from worthless. I think you're completely missing the point of modern art; it's not so much about aesthetic pleasure (which has been done a million times), but about discovering new ways to express one's self and one's society. Modern art is essentially a redefinition of culture, society, and expression through experimentation with media. So if Oprah did something similar now, it wouldn't be worth anything because it's been done before. But when this 'red line' painting was done for the first time, it was a total upheaval of hundreds of years' of artistic and cultural tradition. Context is very important to modern art, and it rejects the idea that pretty pictures are the best pictures because, ultimately, that's not what art is about.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

So the other painting I saw that was completely one color (grayish green), that was also a "total upheaval of hundreds of years of artistic and cultural tradition?' I think not.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Well I don't know which one you were talking about, so I can't say. As I said before: in modern art, if it's been done many times before, then it loses most of its value. But if it was Mark Rothko, then yes. He was quite a visionary, and he contributed a lot to anyone who bothers to learn about his work, or simply just read what he wrote.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

go back to mlia noob

by Anonymous 13 years ago

And if I did it it would be worth having someone find it and step on it.

by Anonymous 13 years ago