Comments on: The Last Supper Made Out Of Rubik’s Cubes http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/26/the-last-supper-made-out-of-rubiks-cubes/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:21:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Skipweasel http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/26/the-last-supper-made-out-of-rubiks-cubes/comment-page-1/#comment-1878703 Skipweasel Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:32:03 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/26/the-last-supper-made-out-of-rubiks-cubes/#comment-1878703 Why can't we question art? Do we have to roll over and accept everything uncritically? The trouble with not being allowed to question the justification for a piece of "art" is that it means that anyone can produce anything and call it art. While in itself that isn't necessarily a problem, it causes a lot of trouble later when the artist expects public funding to be allowed to continue to play in the sandbox. I could probably bullshit a justification for it as well as the next reader - perhaps it's to highlight the underlying enigma that is Christ's betrayal and willing self-sacrifice. Perhaps it's to demonstrate an underlying order beneath the chaos of man's freedom to choose. Who knows. That's why I asked "why"? Or would you rather I just looked at it and smiled vaguely and said "Look at the lovely blurry colours, isn't it pretty."? Why can’t we question art? Do we have to roll over and accept everything uncritically?

The trouble with not being allowed to question the justification for a piece of “art” is that it means that anyone can produce anything and call it art. While in itself that isn’t necessarily a problem, it causes a lot of trouble later when the artist expects public funding to be allowed to continue to play in the sandbox.

I could probably bullshit a justification for it as well as the next reader – perhaps it’s to highlight the underlying enigma that is Christ’s betrayal and willing self-sacrifice. Perhaps it’s to demonstrate an underlying order beneath the chaos of man’s freedom to choose. Who knows. That’s why I asked “why”?

Or would you rather I just looked at it and smiled vaguely and said “Look at the lovely blurry colours, isn’t it pretty.”?

]]> By: Rich T http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/26/the-last-supper-made-out-of-rubiks-cubes/comment-page-1/#comment-1878701 Rich T Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:31:46 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/26/the-last-supper-made-out-of-rubiks-cubes/#comment-1878701 Fun fact: the Last Supper was held in a rented room above the first bowling alley. Fun fact: the Last Supper was held in a rented room above the first bowling alley.

]]> By: Gauldar http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/26/the-last-supper-made-out-of-rubiks-cubes/comment-page-1/#comment-1878685 Gauldar Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:25:12 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/26/the-last-supper-made-out-of-rubiks-cubes/#comment-1878685 He just asked a question, he didn't actually state it was frivolous. Just a single "Why?" does seem very vague in what Skipweasel... but to me it's a pretty valid question. What drives us on our daily activities, or drive to create that which does nothing, yet means something to us. Why indeed. If "Why" had a flavour, what would it taste like? Why am I even asking this question? Why not? He just asked a question, he didn’t actually state it was frivolous. Just a single “Why?” does seem very vague in what Skipweasel… but to me it’s a pretty valid question. What drives us on our daily activities, or drive to create that which does nothing, yet means something to us. Why indeed. If “Why” had a flavour, what would it taste like? Why am I even asking this question? Why not?

]]> By: JimRL http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/26/the-last-supper-made-out-of-rubiks-cubes/comment-page-1/#comment-1878676 JimRL Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:32:26 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/26/the-last-supper-made-out-of-rubiks-cubes/#comment-1878676 Why not? ^ Getting sick of the amount of people on this site who question every creative creation...why, what's the point, who cares...ect Why do you even live? You boring people disgust me. Why not? ^

Getting sick of the amount of people on this site who question every creative creation…why, what’s the point, who cares…ect

Why do you even live? You boring people disgust me.

]]> By: Skipweasel http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/26/the-last-supper-made-out-of-rubiks-cubes/comment-page-1/#comment-1878666 Skipweasel Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:48:37 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/26/the-last-supper-made-out-of-rubiks-cubes/#comment-1878666 Why? Why?

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