Traditional Art

I think art depends a lot on context. It’s promoting something to you and asking you to respond to it, and how you respond to it depends a lot on who you are and what you think about.

This image makes me think about ecological destruction and the emptiness of capitalism, but I don’t think every person who looks at it feels despair - it probably depends on whether they spend time on a website with a community called FuckCars or not lol. It leans into a mixture of surrealism and realism. It’s interesting how she’s leaning into realism to kinda draw out that sense of disgust and revulsion. Waterbed by her seems to lean more into her softer surrealism, because she’s not wanting us to feel the same kind of uncomfortable.

Similar to the idea of “it’s just a typewritten letter,” I absolutely love Duchamp. I got to see his Fountain and one of his Wineracks on a tour of Europe. “It’s just a urinal.” But goddamn did I break down in tears. The Winerack was a lucky surprises (I saved a pesky in-law from causing an international incident there lol).

It’s art because he took it out of context and told us to think about it. He said, “maybe everything is art or nothing is. What do you want to do about it?”

Those "framed letter" pieces just make artists look like pretentious pricks.

The worst example I've seen is an oak tree. What is hilarious is apparently I only saw an artist's "copy", not the original.

In that case I would probably read the letter before I try and make a judgement, if it's something emotionally charged then sure I get it.

If it's lorem ipsum, I genuinely don't understand how it's art but you do you, artist. I've had people try to explain their art to me and I still didn't get it.

It really is something that's subjective.

Also something I don't get: painting something and then covering it with layers and layers of single color paint. I am willing to accept others find it thought provoking, I find it a waste and honestly want to fingerpaint a little stick figure on the blank space. Surely that would add to the art? (again, I don't understand it)

Unfortunately, people seem to think that just because something elicits a reaction of “this is not art” that that qualifies as eliciting the required reaction that makes it “art”. Still being irritated over the subjective claim that a framed letter is art, IMO, doesn’t validate that the claim that the letter is art. The artist or viewers can call it what they wish.

That's the new slogan for Disney World, I heard!

Might reach out to these guys? She seems kinda under appreciated.

That's kind of like a chef having a photo of a turd with some chives on it. I only hope you want this to remind you of what to stay away from.

Yes, yes... have those citizens driven before you and hear the lamentations of their environmental activists!

I watch Foodfight! at least three times a year. Just thinking about it means that I will watch it on YouTube tonight, to avoid opening my sealed copy.

Average US city

We park at the back because when the park's all full and everybody's struggling to get out, we'll be the first to leave!

My biggest beef with Lemmy art communities. I think largely due to restrictions from instances, the image quality is almost always dissapointing here.

it's the greatest ever parking lot in the same sense as the usa is the greatest country on earth.

it actually kinda sucks.

It's an acrylic painting. It was in the Crocker Art Museum, but idk if its moved.

Edit: https://www.crockerart.org/art/detail/the-worlds-greatest-parking-lot-ethel-greene-2022-29-1

It's an urban hellscape with no wildlife radiating heat back to the upper atmosphere instead of sequestering it into the biosphere. I cannot even grasp how you romanticize that