March 25, 2005
But is it Art?

Ron gets a no-prize people will stare at with their heads cocked sideways for bringing us proof of what we've suspected all along:

Many a visitor to New York's Museum of Modern Art has probably thought, "I could do that."

A British graffiti artist who goes by the name "Banksy" went one step further, by smuggling in his own picture of a soup can and hanging it on a wall, where it stayed for more than three days earlier this month before anybody noticed.

Probably the weirdest "modern art" exhibit I ever saw was at the Hirschorn in, I think, 1996. They were featuring some artist specializing in "ancient Korean glazes" or some such thing. Turned out the exhibit consisted of giant squares, all painted slightly different shades of olive green. The redneck sorta just leapt out of me and I think I said, a bit too loudly, "oh hell all you need for this is a Home Depot and a power painter!"

I tend to be amused by such nonsense. Ellen wants to set things on fire.

Posted by scott at March 25, 2005 10:16 AM

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I tend to agree with Ellen!

Posted by: Pat on March 25, 2005 06:40 PM
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