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Why are the ugliest and simplest paintings worth the most? I mean, can you imagine if Oprah finger-painted a red line on a piece of paper? That'd be worth millions. amirite?

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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.

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@I live in Michigan and there is a museum called the DIA (Detroit Institute of Arts). I don't know if it is still...

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

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...

ChubbyBunniezs avatar ChubbyBunniez Yeah You Are +9Reply
@ChubbyBunniez I honestly don't understand modern art. I get it's supposed to be "deep" and "ambiguous", but I don't feel deeply...

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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]

AnnDeevas avatar AnnDeeva Yeah You Are +6Reply
@AnnDeeva Honestly, how can you not see the meaning behind this beautiful piece...

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

ChubbyBunniezs avatar ChubbyBunniez Yeah You Are +10Reply
@AnnDeeva Honestly, how can you not see the meaning behind this beautiful piece...

(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

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

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sorry no clue. Famous writer? actor?

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wow dude just googled her, 52 year old actress, why the fuck you so mad for bro?? I might get a lot of negative votes for this but really? Frankly, I don't see what's so important about her. Maybe her shows or crap

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@wow dude just googled her, 52 year old actress, why the fuck you so mad for bro?? I might get a lot of negative...

nvm, i see she was on american idol. Sorry, I don't watch american idol. I just youtube some of the most famous ones. Never had much time watching it

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@TalkingRice nvm, i see she was on american idol. Sorry, I don't watch american idol. I just youtube some of the most famous...

...she's not famous for American idol. She is a standup comedian and has her own talk show and had her own sitcom. That stupid if people only know her for American idol. She is Dory from Finding Nemo

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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.

@YourStupid I agree that many of these works are overpriced, but they are far from worthless. I think you're completely missing...

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.

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@So the other painting I saw that was completely one color (grayish green), that was also a "total upheaval of...

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.

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

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

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