I wrote all this when I still (more-so) had a foot in the fine art world, and it’s amazing the various reasons for rising stars (although always accompanied by technical skill as well)
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Walking into the art museum galleries, Rodrigo said, “So, Thoos, you think this museum is pretty boring, yeah? Does that mean you don’t know much about what’s here?” Those threw their arms in the air and started giving a tour, painting by painting, and said, “Of course I do! For instance, that’s a Gurnnock. She’s from planet Heizeron, although she didn’t truly develop her style until she was accidentally stranded on the puolzak second moon. Heinrip Qip had ocular mirror disease which, although fatal, produced some very interesting paintings. Everyone knows that Prahhk had no talent whatsoever, but what he didn’t have in talent he made up with a really expensive p.r. team. This one… so there was this bar-bot model 43921-0 who fell into some water and then seemed to not follow its programming, and it started painting instead. Which brings up the question of “can robots make art?” Grinning, Rodrigo said, “It’s probably a good career move to never die.” Pondering, Thoos said, “Actually, it felt it was becoming self-derivative, and so it threw itself into more water to try to get a second inspiring short-circuit. But instead it just rusted into a brick.”
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To me, art is amazing although some of the ‘modern art’ leaves me ????? A banana duct taped to a wall? Come on man! 🙂
Your response is precisely what the artist was intending to convey – he thought Modern Art was… well, stupid.
So he tried to mock it, and people found meaning in his mockery.
There’s some kind of poetry in that.
Was Thoos an art major? This is the most lengthy & focused information I recall coming out of them.
With creeping horror, I realized I’ve run into each of these types of actual artists in the real world (or as real as you can get living between shows), and watched some of them indeed turn themselves into bricks. I won’t mention names here, but I’ve also run into flagrant and unapologetic plagiarists whose works, they continue to claim, were the actual original, although painted five years later. Yee!
Any chance we might get a review of alien music?
Sigh. I want my own gasket universe, so my wife and our pups can go hang out. The world is getting stranger by the day. We will have an art museum named the Hamishsonium and naturally feature a Christopher Baldwin section prominently. No bananas will be allowed.
Thx for the uplifting/inspiring story, Chris..