2 Year Old Fools Art "Experts"

[BMKal]

Interesting article on the news last night about how a 2 Year old's finger paintings have fooled at least one art "expert".

Two year old 'artist' scores Melbourne exhibition - Entertainment | thevine.com.au (http://www.thevine.com.au/entertainment/articles/two-year-old-'artist'-scores-melbourne-exhibition.aspx)


Actually, I thought some of her paintings looked quite good.

But it just goes to confirm what I have always believed - that these art "experts" and "critics" are a bunch of ******* who are nothing but a drain on the taxpayer and haven't a clue what they are talking about.

The merit of any piece of "Art" is in the opinion of the viewer.

[loanrangie]

Very true, some of their so called art doesnt look any better than my daughters drawings, and they get a grant for it :eek:.

[ATH]

I don't mind some of our taxes supporting decent art but not modern garbage by people like Damian Hirst.
What utter crap and it's no wonder a kids daubings can fool the so called experts.
Anyway why can't kids painting be called art, at least it's how the kids sees things even if they haven't the skill to show it properly, not like the rubbish turned out by the ton by "artists"!
And probably most of them are already supported by the taxpayer through the dole and other benefits as no one would actually employ them and they wouldn't be capable of actually working for a living.
The above proves I'm a moron I suppose.:)
Alan.

[mcrover]

There was a story going back a while ago about a blopke in the US who was an Art Expert who got done for selling forgeries of paintings that he had no idea they were not original.

They forger had picked a reasonably unknown artist to copy who got reasonable money for his paintings so not to attract attention to himself and had the whole art comunity convinced.

They had even had exhibitions where originals and forgeries where put up next to each other (obviously not of the same subject) and nobody noticed.

It was only when the Forger got caught that he admitted to all the copies and showed them how to identify that they were his and not original.

It makes the entire art world a joke and the story at the start of this thread just adds to confirm that art experts know bugger all.

We have a certain antique in our house that is worth a fair bit, more sentimental than monetary but in trying to get it insured we had to get an evaluation.

We had 1 place say up to $250k and another say $15k.......as an isureed value, so how does this help.

Oh.....and it cost $500 each to get them to write and evaluation :mad:

[Frenchie]

This is my Mum's cousin - what a legend! :D

Downfall of council house art fakers - Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1569620/Downfall-of-council-house-art-fakers.html)

[BMKal]

We have a certain antique in our house that is worth a fair bit, more sentimental than monetary but in trying to get it insured we had to get an evaluation.

We had 1 place say up to $250k and another say $15k.......as an isureed value, so how does this help.

Oh.....and it cost $500 each to get them to write and evaluation :mad:

And if you were ever unfortunate to lose it, which valuation would your insurance accept ? Or would they then go out and have their own valuation done from photographs etc - probably to an even lower value.

Doesn't instill a lot of confidence in their "profession", does it.

[CaverD3]

Me thinks the Emperor has new clothes. :angel:

Even when pointed out to them they don't see.

[rick130]

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It makes the entire art world a joke and the story at the start of this thread just adds to confirm that art experts know bugger all.

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The entire art world ??

One instance in each case ?

Sounds a bit Harold Scrubyish to paint the entire art world with the same brush :p

[Dmmos]

'Aelita's dad said as soon as she began drawing in her Montessori play group he could see her creations were different from other children's. "It immediately leapt out as a defined representation of something in an abstract form."'

:Rolling:

[clean32]

Montessori play group, uummm that sort of explains the parents attitude of there child

[Dmmos]

lol

[BMKal]

'Aelita's dad said as soon as she began drawing in her Montessori play group he could see her creations were different from other children's. "It immediately leapt out as a defined representation of something in an abstract form."'

:Rolling:

Yeah - but have a look at mum's name -

"Nikka Kalashnikova"

Sounds like a stolen russian machine gun that the gangsters use.