There is a great deal of noise in the press about that Russian guy who left his signature on a Mark Rothko painting. Here is a part of the painting with the addition:
But I believe that after a few years they will start looking for it from the right angle. So that's why I did it.May the connoisseurs of the art and treasurers of Tate spit in my face and beat me black and blue, but frankly I can see some truth in what the vandal is saying. The painting is much more alive now.
As for the other case mentioned here - a man pissing in a Duchamp "fountain":
As for kissing a Cy Twombly canvas (like this one, I wonder?) while wearing lipstick: not sure anyone, the author included, will notice. So it's neither here nor there.
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4 comments:
I see it as an act of vandalism pure and simple. Seen these works many times and they always have an effect on me. I find them rather hypnotic in a very pleasant sense
I don't know about Rothko, frankly I can say that I don't grok his art.
But the urinal does have a hypnotic effect on me, in one sense at least - desire to pee in it ;-)
Snoopy, you can be so gross on occasions, and sober too! Actually, I'm with Shaun on this one. after all, the guy made some comment about Duchamp putting a moustache on the Mona Lisa, but he didn't do it on the real one: a proper artist knows better.
Is it possible that the vandal is a poor artist and knows it? And took it out on a much better one?
Guilty as charged, Brian!
At least I fessed up not to understand Rothko, but I shall fight for my stance on Duchamp's urinal, at least ;-)
As for that vandal - who knows. Vodka could have been a motivator in this case...
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