[Misc] But is it art ?

[Lyndhurst 14]

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/02/arts/design/gold-cube-niclas-castello.html

 

[B-right-on]

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/02/arts/design/gold-cube-niclas-castello.html

And another post behind a paywall

 

[Lyndhurst 14]

And another post behind a paywall

Try this

https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/a-massive-gold-cube-has-been-placed-in-central-park-today-020222

 

[Silverhatch]

Yes. But there again, I love Rothko and Anish Kapoor... It's all in the eye of the beholder.

 

[zefarelly]

ostentatious ****

perfect for the financial district of NY/London

 

[rippleman]

Not in my opinion, no.

It is a mechanical / chemical process. There isn't any artistic skill in creating it. If it had been sculpted into a gold elephant for example, different story.

But then I don't believe sawing a cow in half or throwing dirty washing over an unmade bed is art either.

(For those that love proper art, there is a huge vase created by Grayson Perry on display in Brighton Museum. Now that is art!)

 

[Questions]

I often throw dirty washing on an unmade bed and my wife also fails to see the artistic merit in it but then she is a Palastine.

 

[B-right-on]

What a ridiculous thing. With all the shite going on, some prat buys 410lbs of gold and thinks, I know I'll make it into a block, call it art and dump it in the middle of NY.

That's £8,000,000 just to buy the gold.

I've heard of 'more money than sense' used many times but this is more 'lots of money and feck all sense'.

Do something great with that money and art, build a wonderful house for the homeless or build a soup kitchen to feed the hungry of the city the likes of which have never been seen before.

 

[ShandyH]

Not in my opinion, no.

It is a mechanical / chemical process. There isn't any artistic skill in creating it. If it had been sculpted into a gold elephant for example, different story.

But then I don't believe sawing a cow in half or throwing dirty washing over an unmade bed is art either.

(For those that love proper art, there is a huge vase created by Grayson Perry on display in Brighton Museum. Now that is art!)

A chemical process wouldn't up as a cube in the park. The fact is that it has been created and presented as art should be enough. "Yeah, but I could make that" you'd probably say predictably, like someone would in some tedious, ill-informed pub conversation. Well you didn't and won't. The fact it has been made and presented as art should be enough. If you think it isn't "proper art" (whatever that is) because it doesn't have a nose, mouth and a pair of eyes and look like something which comforts your need for technical expertise in art, then bully for you.

It may not be very good art, but it is art.

 

[nickbrighton]

And another post behind a paywall

if you paste the link in google it will allow you to read the article

 

[BNthree]

And another post behind a paywall

Use 12ft.io to remove paywalls.

 

[Worried Man Blues]

Now if it were a Gold Stone..now you're talking

 

[Gabbafella]

I often throw dirty washing on an unmade bed and my wife also fails to see the artistic merit in it but then she is a Palastine.

I know it's a rough part of the world but are Palestinians not allowed to appreciate art?

 

[Badger]

I'm only interested if it contains a fire flower or invincibility star.