Italian Artist Sells Invisible Sculpture for More Than $18,000

[JustGeorge]

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THat's your best post yet.

 

[Quagmire]

THat's your best post yet.

It's very artistic.

 

[Quagmire]

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Tastefully understated.

 

[Secret Chief]

Tastefully understated.

Thanks. I created it with pixels and soul.

 

[Twilight Hue]

Looks like someone got conned hard.

Yeah and the biggest thing back in the hey day was people selling the Brooklyn Bridge. Lol.

 

[PureX]

How the heck can you have variations on silence?

You know, I'll give a (reluctant) pass to a painting that is just a big red dot in the middle of the canvas. But this one simply doesn't exist.

I get that you are offended by people laughing at an invisible painting, but truly that's all it deserves. Maybe if you could explain what it is that you think we should be getting from this "work of art'? I'm open to persuasion, but .....

You can laugh at whatever you want. What is unfortunate is that a major supposed news outlet published this kind of 'point and snicker' BS and people like you think it's "news". And worse yet, they walk away telling themselves that they are oh so superior, and that the rest of humanity is just so foolish, that they deserve to be dismissed and disregarded. Because this is exactly the kind of horrible and divisive idiotic thinking that the billionaire owners of these giant media outlets want us all to think, and feel. Because as long as we are turning on each other, we are not turning on them. And they can continue to rob and pillage the masses while they pile up the wealth for themselves.

 

[PureX]

In what sense do you say it's 'phony'? That it never happened in reality?

In the sense that it tells us nothing, and is intended only to provide us with an excuse to point and snicker at others while we feel oh so superior in ourselves.

When did this become "news" in your way of thinking?

 

[blü 2]

In the sense that it tells us nothing, and is intended only to provide us with an excuse to point and snicker at others while we feel oh so superior in ourselves.

It tells us that an idea can be sold if its wit is resonant enough, no? It warn't my bucks and I dare say waren't your bucks, but they were someone's bucks, and as long as there are people who think like that, there's the potential for a buyer later on.

 

[PureX]

It tells us that an idea can be sold if its wit is resonant enough, no?

You didn't know that? You needed Newsweek to tell you that?

It warn't my bucks and I dare say waren't your bucks, but they were someone's bucks, and as long as there are people who think like that, there's the potential for a buyer later on.

So how is that news?

Maybe the artist had a friend pose as a buyer to try and legitimize his concept art with a sale.

Maybe the artist's mom bought it. Moms do that sort of thing.

Maybe the real artwork was the 'sales pitch'. Ever heard of an artist named Christo? He had a long career based on the negotiations he went through with various communities to gain permission to execute some wild installations type artworks.

But this story had nothing to do with presenting anyone with any actual news. So we have no idea why this event occurred, or even if it actually did occur. Because the whole purpose if this story was to slander the "silly artists" and to encourage lots of self-righteous ignorance and animosity toward them.

Don't you think we ought to be asking ourselves WHY this is what a giant news corporation is fobbing off as "news"? And it's not this one story. These kinds of stories are being pushed off on us as "news" constantly, by a whole array of giant news corporations. It's so common that no one even bothers to wonder about it, anymore. At last when Jerry Springer did this sort of thing he would hire actors to play the fools on stage so the audiences had someone to shout their insults at and feel superior to. How did Newsweek become a cut-rate version of the Jerry Springer Show? And why?

 

[Alien826]

But this story had nothing to do with presenting anyone with any actual news. So we have no idea why this event occurred, or even if it actually did occur. Because the whole purpose if this story was to slander the "silly artists" and to encourage lots of self-righteous ignorance and animosity toward them.

You don't think it might just be presenting something that is amusing to the vast majority? I just returned from a medical appointment where the waiting room TV featured one of those channels that show people doing silly things. All in all I found it distracting and sometimes amusing and it passed the time while I waited for my appointment. It didn't have to be "news" or have some deep meaning. Just diversion.

 

[blü 2]

You didn't know that? You needed Newsweek to tell you that?

I needed the reference to Newsweek since I hadn't seen it before.

The particular instance rather than a vague generalization about the vagaries of human nature is the news. Why else would they report it?

I totally fail to understand your indignation. Humans do weird things all the time. Why should we not read about it?

 

[Viker]

Well it will never clash with the decor lol


Italian Artist Sells Invisible Sculpture for More Than $18,000

Italian Artist Sells Invisible Sculpture for More Than $18,000

Though he's received much critique for the sale, Salvatore Garau argues that his work of art isn't "nothing," but is instead a "vacuum."

www.newsweek.com

I know it's old news but........


Now I know there's someone I could sell the Brooklyn Bridge to. Maybe offer them some really sweet swamp land in Florida.... for a nominal cost, of course.... nothing too expensive.

 

[PureX]

I needed the reference to Newsweek since I hadn't seen it before.

The particular instance rather than a vague generalization about the vagaries of human nature is the news. Why else would they report it?

Why else indeed!

I totally fail to understand your indignation. Humans do weird things all the time. Why should we not read about it?

I know. And that is what is so sad. This kind of schoolyard slander has been passed off as “news” by these giant corporate media phonies that no one even questions it, anymore.

 

[blü 2]

This kind of schoolyard slander has been passed off as “news” by these giant corporate media phonies that no one even questions it, anymore.

Well, you're entitled to your view, but it's not one I share, nor do I understand why such a little footnote to the world would stir you to wrath.

 

[We Never Know]

when Jerry Springer did this sort of thing he would hire actors to play the fools on stage so the audiences had someone to shout their insults at and feel superior to. How did Newsweek become a cut-rate version of the Jerry Springer Show? And why?

Funny you mention Jerry Springer. Have you ever watched any of these judge shows they have today?

They are just like Jerry Springer but played out in a court room. Hell even Jerry Springer became a judge and has his own court show.

Judge Jerry - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[PureX]

Well, you're entitled to your view, but it's not one I share, nor do I understand why such a little footnote to the world would stir you to wrath.

Why do you presume that my objection is an expression of "wrath"? And why can't you pose any sensible rebuttal to my point except to say that it's just an opinion when I have bothered to clearly explain that it's not just some blind opinion, it's reasoned and evidenced, and therefor not the equal of your blind (unexplainable, apparently) opinion? How are you ever going to learn anything when you feel this mindless need to 'fight' against or to dismiss any objection to your position?

 

[PureX]

Funny you mention Jerry Springer. Have you ever watched any of these judge shows they have today?

Yes, those came about the same time as the Springer Show, and they serve the same purpose. They are "point and snicker at the losers" shows. Because some people like to point at other people that they think they are superior to, and snicker. They like thinking they are so much better than those "losers".

So WTF is Newsweek doing serving that kind of lowbrow idiocy? And it's not just Newsweek, is it. It's a whole array of giant corporate media conglomerates. Why do YOU think they like stirring us up against each other so much?

 

[We Never Know]

Yes, those came about the same time as the Springer Show, and they serve the same purpose. They are "point and snicker at the losers" shows. Because some people like to point at other people that they think they are superior to, and snicker. They like thinking they are so much better than those "losers".

So WTF is Newsweek doing serving that kind of lowbrow idiocy? And it's not just Newsweek, is it. It's a whole array of giant corporate media conglomerates. Why do YOU think they like stirring us up against each other so much?

Dont know what to tell you.

Google the title of the thread. Many outlets ran the story
Besides Newsweek... Art News, New York Post, NPR, The Independent, Fox, The Washington Examiner, Times of India, Artnet News, Yahoo, Snopes, to name a few.

 

[PureX]

Dont know what to tell you.

Try thinking about it some.

Google the title of the thread. Many outlets ran the story
Besides Newsweek... Art News, New York Post, NPR, The Independent, Fox, The Washington Examiner, Times of India, Artnet News, Yahoo, Snopes, to name a few.

Of course they did. The big question is WHY? Because it's certainly not news, and was not even pretending to be. It was just more 'point and snicker' phony journalism. Coming form supposedly reputable outlets. And they do this crap all the time. So much so that people don't even notice it, anymore. They donlt even notice that t is not news, it's just deliberately divisive pointing and snickering.

 

[blü 2]

Why do you presume that my objection is an expression of "wrath"?

Because your post sounded cranky, of course.

And why can't you pose any sensible rebuttal to my point except to say that it's just an opinion when I have bothered to clearly explain that it's not just some blind opinion, it's reasoned and evidenced, and therefor not the equal of your blind (unexplainable, apparently) opinion?

I didn't dispute the facts. I disagreed with the conclusions you drew from them. They fuss you, it appears. They don't fuss me.

How are you ever going to learn anything when you feel this mindless need to 'fight' against or to dismiss any objection to your position?

I have no mindless need to fight. Nor do I have any mindless need to agree with you when in fact I don't.