Modern Art

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

I was at MOMA a few weeks ago. There was some awesome stuff there, including Van Gogh's Starry Night, and some Munch. They also had this amazing painting:

Then you go to the post-1930 floor and it's like artists just got lazy. Paint a canvas white and say the art is in the minute differences between brush strokes? Add a red stripe? Meh. If I could replicate it myself in <30 minutes, I'm not impressed.

A Starry Night looks a lot different in person than it does on screen in print. I didn't realize how much texture/depth it had. It's really something you have to see in person. I also remember seeing one of Dali's paintings and thinking how much smaller it was in person then I thought it would be. Can't remember which piece it was.

 

[HeXen]

I like freaky, scary art. I have this old painting from my childhood still, about 30 or so years old of a dead tree with moon. I wonder if its worth?

 

[OlafSicky]

A Starry Night looks a lot different in person than it does on screen in print. I didn't realize how much texture/depth it had. It's really something you have to see in person. I also remember seeing one of Dali's paintings and thinking how much smaller it was in person then I thought it would be. Can't remember which piece it was.

That aplies to the Mona Lisa also. You go to see it and then you are blinded by all the Asian tourist taking photos. It's the size of a postage stamp.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

I like freaky, scary art. I have this old painting from my childhood still, about 30 or so years old of a dead tree with moon. I wonder if its worth?

Ivan Albright's, Picture of Dorian Gray.

Nothing beats standing in front of his work. This painting is about 7' x 3.5' and was painted less than an inch at a time with a single and three bristle brush. When you look at it you immediately notice the details; after about 5 minutes you realize the details have details.

It's terribly unfortunate that the owners and museums do not make more of the artwork they hoard available online.

 

[Jeff7]

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Ivan Albright's, Picture of Dorian Gray.

Nothing beats standing in front of his work. This painting is about 7' x 3.5' and was painted less than an inch at a time with a single and three bristle brush. When you look at it you immediately notice the details; after about 5 minutes you realize the details have details.

It's terribly unfortunate that the owners and museums do not make more of the artwork they hoard available online.

I'd call that "art." Not necessarily pleasing to look at, but it certainly has a great amount of detail and imagination.


Then there are the ones that Gintaras posted:
Printer Malfunction
and
Paper Left on Photocopier

Though in that context, he'd still be called "ahead of his time," since he died before either of those devices had been invented.