Re:The $2M Urinal: Why Hard Work Doesn’t Cut It (2018)
by TheOtherHobbes on Thursday March 07, 2019 @10:54AM
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I strongly suspect art museums had sanitary plumbing long before it moved to the gallery area.
Grayson Perry has a far more insightful critique.
https://www.windsorflorida.com/app/uploads/2017/11/Grayson-P...
If you have £15,000 to spare you can buy a print and hang it on your wall.
Re:The $2M Urinal: Why Hard Work Doesn’t Cut It (2018)
by baroffoos on Thursday March 07, 2019 @10:47PM
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Its the common conversation "I could have done that" "But you didn't do that"
Most things are easy to copy, coming up with the idea in the first place is the hard part.
Re:The $2M Urinal: Why Hard Work Doesn’t Cut It (2018)
by csomar on Thursday March 07, 2019 @11:19AM
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I'm confused. Does this mean that the "real plumber" was an artist; or the art museum didn't have WC before putting a urinal art piece.
Re:The $2M Urinal: Why Hard Work Doesn’t Cut It (2018)
by async_dev on Thursday March 07, 2019 @01:15PM
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Yeah, I can see how that's confusing. My take is that the first person to display a urinal (as an art piece) was an artist - but the second person to _try_ to display a urinal (as an art piece) was just a plumber (meaning: not an artist).
It makes an interesting thought experiment about what makes art, what it means to be "creative", and how the world may (or may not) appreciate your work...