The Mind-Blowing Genius of Modern Art

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[Fastfapp]

That dog painting was actually fire lmao

[DmonHiro]

I love the "Finally, a human" line.

[MrLennart]

I my country, some journalists once decided to test the “my 5 year old could do that” argument. The got some “art” from a local kindergarden girl, announced an exhibition, hyped it up and gave it a compelling backstory about being from some anonymous super talented international artist.
Turns out you actually CAN get art critics and the art community in general to hail the crayon drawings of a 5 year old as genius level social commentary.
The reviews they wrote are funny AF when you know they're writing about a childs drawing.

[weill]

Felt bad for the "poor black guy" and his beautiful dog painting. Masterpiece video.

[kag]

I always mention this example but the stand out absurdity came when I did Graphic Design in secondary and there's an art piece called 'An Oak Tree' which is a glass of water on a shelf with a wall of text. It is to this day probably the most baffling piece of 'art' I've ever seen because I make that shit every morning but no ones putting my cups in a museum. The only reason artists like this succeed is because they know how to be needlessly pretentious and people who are equally so, who happen to have a lot of money buy into it

[RickyBBlessed]

This is not even an exaggeration. I was on cruise a few years ago and decided to check out an art auction and boy oh boy was it a shock to me what passed for high quaity art.

There was this one collection (Peter Max) that looked like it was done by a 6th grader and yet it sold for the highest amounts. But the creative artist who did awesome art on metal by a heating process and look s majestic sold for a fraction of the Peter Max paintings. I left so confused how such beauty and creativity could be outshined by wacky doodles.

[jstall]

As someone that studied art pretty deeply, this isn’t exactly wrong, but there’s certainly a lot of history and theory to consider… that being said, the outside perception of the art world kinda gets forgotten and glossed over by people within it. It’s easy to forget that a lot of it is in fact a way to store wealth at the end of the day.

[OnedeC]

these vids are art even if they ain’t modern

[joshualouis]

Owning modern art isn't about the art. It's the flex on how much you spent on the art. I once watched someone spend millions to buy the concept of nothing. We set up a pedestal in his home with a light shining down on it.

[DreamWizardMedia]

You know, La Croix could've *shaken* up the art world by buying the unnamed artist's painting for an insane amount.

[vismaykedilaya]

"I once smeared my feces onto a canvas and now everyone thinks I'm a literal god" had me dying

[nottherealendie]

I know this isn't related to the sketch itself, but we really do appreciate your commitment to your new year resolution of creating more sketches. These video ideas are amazing and your improved productivity is very inspiring to us creators!

P.S. As an artist myself who sometimes make abstract art I feel this on a spiritual level lmao. The whole point of abstract art is to convey emotions, not meaningless gestures for commercial purposes.

[jakesevern]

“I will rip out my kidney….RIGHT NOW!”
Wasn’t expecting that 💀

[Netherwolf]

Yeah sadly the art world is pretty much a scam. Unless you're connected to people who will provide you with good words, the related family member of someone famous, or you're willing to do certain things under the table that.... shouldn't be said aloud, its really hard or next-to-impossible to make it big in the art world :(

[benfurtado]

'When you see things and values that aren't there, you may not recognize true talent when you see it.'
Great critic and social commentary btw!

[JohnKoenig-dblk]

I've often thought that one of the most difficult jobs in the world has to be custodian in a museum of modern art. That poor slob has to be constantly asking himself, "Is this an exhibit, or did someone just make a mess?"

[nabilwabar]

2:39 Sold to the RICH BLACK GUY all the way in the middle!!

[metric]

I have heard of a theory, that crap art that sells for mind-bogglingly high prices are commodities used by the uber rich as a medium of payment in the black market. I'm no expert on the topic, I just know the existence of this theory, and all things considered, it is very much possible. No one gets would willingly buy shit like this for prices that high, especially not avaricious billionaires.

[Youthsoldiers]

I'm a exceptionally above average artist (hobby) and this Hits home so hard, I once spent nearly a week illustrating a dudes Harley Davidson exactly as if it came right out of a photograph and dude gave $20 even though it soon brought more higher paying clients and attention still, thanks bro 😂 gotta start at the bottom of the mountain I suppose.

[CardinalCadette]

The film team from my highschool made a video making fun of modern art... for a film convention.

The plot was basically someone was supposed to make this art for a rich gal coming to visit, but they had artist block, and just sold a blank canvas fir like a lot of money to this person. It was honestly a well shot video ngl