Comments on: Brilliant Work of Modern Art, or Actual Garbage?

By: the blonde photographer

the blonde photographer — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:28:43 +0000

my mom and her corndogs…works every time!

By: michaelpopovici

michaelpopovici — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:41:15 +0000

I have a hard time calling it art because it wasn’t deliberately created as art. I think that’s my definition of art. Someone’s deliberate expression. Is it aesthetically pleasing and would I hang it on my wall? Yes, and I might even still call it art despite it not being the definition of art.. Cool picture…

By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:53:57 +0000

I almost like it, but if you look close the black looks too much like pooh, …otherwise I would have said it was art. But now it’s nothing. NOTHING I say, okay it’s art.

By: John Shore

John Shore — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:52:04 +0000

And can I just say, by the way, that I’m shocked–SHOCKED, I say–to see how many of you thought it would be funny to select as your answer the one that asks why I spend so much time hanging around in alleys anyway.

Man. Give you people an INCH …!

By: John Shore

John Shore — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:50:48 +0000

“Modern garbage.” I love it.

And, Penlee, it DOES seem like something a cat would like. Or create, actually.

So it’s art again!

By: Penlee

Penlee — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:56:17 +0000

My cat Sammy would just love that to play with now I have confined him to indoors!

By: Judy

Judy — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:13:58 +0000

Modern garbage. Don’t take it home, John. I’m pretty sure a dog’s lifted its leg on it. Look, but don’t touch!

By: John Shore

John Shore — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:46:22 +0000

Ellen: It’s art. No, it’s garbage. I mean it’s art. It’s … artsy garbage.

Blonde Photographer: Yes, it is your third grade solar system project. And your mom traded it to me for a CORNDOG. You should probably talk to her about that.

Mike: $100, and it’s yours.

By: Candace

Candace — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:28:23 +0000

Obvious garbage. Because I say so

Still, the whole “charge more to sell more” thing is true. They’ve done actual studies.

I read into it that PT Barnum was right.

Candace
(Who is visiting her mom on the coast of Oregon, perhaps for the last time thanks to the fact that flying now officially sucks too much to wanna do any more of it. Ever. And this is BEFORE the new scanner thingy where any TSA dipwad will be able to see under my clothing.)

By: Mike (FVThinker) Burns

Mike (FVThinker) Burns — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:48:58 +0000

There is actually a correct answer to your question. It is art if you say it is art.

I recently heard on public radio (an awesome information resource…you should all subscribe and listen) about someone that literally took dumpster garbage and compressed it into cubes and sold it as art. It was not really artistic expression, but he was curious as to people’s reaction. He started selling them at $5 and did, indeed, sell some. He then raised the price to $10 and …. wait for it…sold MORE of them. He kept raising the price and the sales kept increasing. My recollection is that he stopped at $100/cube. Read into that what you like.

So your alley discovery???…It is art if you say it is. How much do you want for it?