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Monday, August 10, 2009

Art or Not Art?


Take the test here, and find out if the pictures above are paintings by a famous artist or a 4-year old.

HT:
John Stossel

Originally posted at Carpe Diem.

8 comments:

  1. I only missed one but that's because I love pugs and the pug fabric was, well, pictures of pugs. That's art I tells ya!

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  2. I got most of them wrong. One of the ones I got right was the pug fabric (not art)

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  3. I got most of them "wrong," too.

    Just because a 4-year-old paints something, it doesn't mean it's not art. Just because an "artist" paints something, it doesn't mean it's art.

    In college, I took a few art history courses and thus learned that most modern "art" isn't. Not that that's what the professor said, but . . .

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  4. Mark,

    Ok, you got me. You proved I'm not an art connoisseur: I cannot tell my a*s from a hole in the ground, if you pardon my French ;-)

    How about this one: If econ profs start teaching a lesson or two about art, maybe I should start teaching economics. After all: If art is an improvement over economics, how hard can economics be?

    Comparative advantage? Doesn't seem to be a very important concept

    ;-) Wonkish, as Paul would say!

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  5. Perhaps it only means that certain "schools of art" are quite juvenile.

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  6. I got 5 right out of ten. Sort of like calling heads or tails on a coin flip.

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  7. In defense of my poor score, I must say Stossel has found a group of true 4 year old prodigies.

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  8. I agree with the child prodigy theory. Some of those pieces by the kids sure look like art to me. I draw the line at trained elephants though.

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