Speaking of, there was a thing on the news the other night about a pile of packing winning a 15, 000 art prize. Some people were on the news complaining about it. It's just a pile of rubbish! the claimed. I must say, I felt very superior in understanding why it was more than just a pile of rubbish. Cos now I'm art aware and all that
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Gallery Visits
Auckland has ALOT of galleries. I have lived here pretty much my entire life, and not really realised this until this year, when by the advent of starting elam, I got vaguely art aware and whatnot. So today was basically spent traipsing around various galleries. One exhibition that was on consisted of three tents and mounds of bark. As my friend said, I just don't get it. Even with my new art awareness, sometimes it just seems like people make stuff purely to be weird and confusing. Which may of course be the point. Much like around elam, where I frequently have to ask of a mound of stuff/pile of wood etc is a work or just a mound of stuff. stress.
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Ah yes, the rubbish/art thing is the debate of the week - Like apparently they pretty much tipped rubbish upside down or something but in saying that, I dont think the artpiece actully reflected the artist's inability - apparently he;s really intelligent and stuff so mre interesting the underlying message/his motivations/intentions?
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