Comments on: This Art is All that It is Cracked Up to Be http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/this-art-is-all-that-it-is-cracked-up-to-be/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:37:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mindpimp http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/this-art-is-all-that-it-is-cracked-up-to-be/comment-page-1/#comment-254924 Mindpimp Fri, 19 Oct 2007 09:05:25 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/this-art-is-all-that-it-is-cracked-up-to-be/#comment-254924 What a load of old bollocks. (tm) I like the idea of it, in fact, it looks well executed and quite interesting. I don't like paying that amount of money or the "oh, $symbolism" or the fact it's a food wide and 3' deep in places. I want to break in at night and fill it full of pollyfilla. Apparently that would be art too. What a load of old bollocks. ™
I like the idea of it, in fact, it looks well executed and quite interesting. I don’t like paying that amount of money or the “oh, $symbolism” or the fact it’s a food wide and 3′ deep in places.

I want to break in at night and fill it full of pollyfilla. Apparently that would be art too.

]]> By: sam http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/this-art-is-all-that-it-is-cracked-up-to-be/comment-page-1/#comment-250405 sam Sun, 14 Oct 2007 12:46:36 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/this-art-is-all-that-it-is-cracked-up-to-be/#comment-250405 This is great. I think it is quite an art to be able to convince a museum to pay alot of money for a crack in the floor. Also, watching people fall is fun. This is great. I think it is quite an art to be able to convince a museum to pay alot of money for a crack in the floor. Also, watching people fall is fun.

]]> By: Nora http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/this-art-is-all-that-it-is-cracked-up-to-be/comment-page-1/#comment-249976 Nora Sat, 13 Oct 2007 22:24:39 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/this-art-is-all-that-it-is-cracked-up-to-be/#comment-249976 omg Ted! :D lol Call me weird, but I like the crack. At least a lot more than the white canvas painting. If you look at that crack, and imagine each curve and jagged edge being meticulously sculpted and painted in various shades to imitate a real crack, its a lot of work. Even IF nature could do it in a second. You sort of have to appreciate it the same way as you would a set/prop designers work. Stage sets and movie props often look very commonplace and natural, but they take a LOT of work to get that way by people who never get a ounce of appreciation. You don't think about the scenery in a movie when its good. You only notice it when its BAD. If you didn't notice a thing, then most likely it was done by someone who labored meticulously over it, for weeks and possibly months. plus...this reminds me of Indiana Jones and the Last crusade. Hmm... wonder if theres a tiny chalace stuck down there somewhere. :P omg Ted! :D lol

Call me weird, but I like the crack. At least a lot more than the white canvas painting.
If you look at that crack, and imagine each curve and jagged edge being meticulously sculpted and painted in various shades to imitate a real crack, its a lot of work. Even IF nature could do it in a second.

You sort of have to appreciate it the same way as you would a set/prop designers work. Stage sets and movie props often look very commonplace and natural, but they take a LOT of work to get that way by people who never get a ounce of appreciation. You don’t think about the scenery in a movie when its good. You only notice it when its BAD. If you didn’t notice a thing, then most likely it was done by someone who labored meticulously over it, for weeks and possibly months.

plus…this reminds me of Indiana Jones and the Last crusade. Hmm… wonder if theres a tiny chalace stuck down there somewhere. :P

]]> By: c-dub http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/this-art-is-all-that-it-is-cracked-up-to-be/comment-page-1/#comment-249848 c-dub Sat, 13 Oct 2007 20:52:04 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/this-art-is-all-that-it-is-cracked-up-to-be/#comment-249848 Why does every else's definition of art have to be the same as yours to be valuable? Why are you all so happy to be narrow-minded and intolerant? (Having said that: ted's post really made me laugh.) Why does every else’s definition of art have to be the same as yours to be valuable? Why are you all so happy to be narrow-minded and intolerant?

(Having said that: ted’s post really made me laugh.)

]]> By: ted http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/this-art-is-all-that-it-is-cracked-up-to-be/comment-page-1/#comment-249784 ted Sat, 13 Oct 2007 19:31:34 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/this-art-is-all-that-it-is-cracked-up-to-be/#comment-249784 If they like that crack, I have another one I could show them for five bucks. If they like that crack, I have another one I could show them for five bucks.

]]> By: Austin Storm http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/this-art-is-all-that-it-is-cracked-up-to-be/comment-page-1/#comment-249689 Austin Storm Sat, 13 Oct 2007 17:47:58 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/this-art-is-all-that-it-is-cracked-up-to-be/#comment-249689 Art *irritating* life. Art *irritating* life.

]]> By: Darel http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/this-art-is-all-that-it-is-cracked-up-to-be/comment-page-1/#comment-249651 Darel Sat, 13 Oct 2007 16:59:55 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/this-art-is-all-that-it-is-cracked-up-to-be/#comment-249651 £300,000? For a cracked floor? Stupid museum. I could nail a panda bear to mailbox and call it "art", but that certainly wouldn't make it art. £300,000? For a cracked floor? Stupid museum.

I could nail a panda bear to mailbox and call it “art”, but that certainly wouldn’t make it art.

]]> By: James Laughton http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/this-art-is-all-that-it-is-cracked-up-to-be/comment-page-1/#comment-249588 James Laughton Sat, 13 Oct 2007 16:01:18 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/this-art-is-all-that-it-is-cracked-up-to-be/#comment-249588 i thinks its laughable that people are too stupid to fall into it! haha great piece of art i thinks its laughable that people are too stupid to fall into it! haha great piece of art

]]> By: Tom http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/this-art-is-all-that-it-is-cracked-up-to-be/comment-page-1/#comment-249549 Tom Sat, 13 Oct 2007 15:31:28 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/this-art-is-all-that-it-is-cracked-up-to-be/#comment-249549 Why don't they just fill it in with a clear acryllic? That would stop all the injury and mayhem. Why don’t they just fill it in with a clear acryllic? That would stop all the injury and mayhem.

]]> By: Tim http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/this-art-is-all-that-it-is-cracked-up-to-be/comment-page-1/#comment-249452 Tim Sat, 13 Oct 2007 13:37:20 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/this-art-is-all-that-it-is-cracked-up-to-be/#comment-249452 Yeah, people these days really are stretching the definitions of 'art' and 'artist' Yeah, people these days really are stretching the definitions of ‘art’ and ‘artist’

]]> By: musca http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/this-art-is-all-that-it-is-cracked-up-to-be/comment-page-1/#comment-249218 musca Sat, 13 Oct 2007 09:35:24 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/this-art-is-all-that-it-is-cracked-up-to-be/#comment-249218 Too true!!! Too true!!!

]]> By: Carruthers http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/this-art-is-all-that-it-is-cracked-up-to-be/comment-page-1/#comment-248968 Carruthers Sat, 13 Oct 2007 05:36:13 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/this-art-is-all-that-it-is-cracked-up-to-be/#comment-248968 Yet another example of so-called "artists" giving art a bad name. When I see an "art" piece that the artist says is a political statement of some sort OR the art is just a pile of no-talent crap I feel like smacking them round the side of the head. This is only "neat" because it's an example of the boundaries of moronic human behavior that we should all agree are laughable. Yet another example of so-called “artists” giving art a bad name. When I see an “art” piece that the artist says is a political statement of some sort OR the art is just a pile of no-talent crap I feel like smacking them round the side of the head. This is only “neat” because it’s an example of the boundaries of moronic human behavior that we should all agree are laughable.

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