Would you pay 2 million GBP for art that SHREDS itself?
 

Apparently, that's the case. Banksy embodies Andy Warhol's classic quote about Modern Art: "making MONEY IS art..."

if i am billionaire then might be but still nope, i would rather give to some cancer charity/research institute.,

Yeah well they didn't really did they?

They paid 1 Million for a spray painted stencil, that because of the frame and the surrounding publicity, is now worth double what they paid for it.

In other words, whoever paid 1 Million for that picture, had it double in value in less than 30 seconds. 1 Million profit in 30 seconds for doing nothing is a pretty sweet deal...

Now that's insane amount of $ to spend for an artwork!

Not if it's going to double in value in less than 30 seconds... :2 cents:

Why not? Idiots like that paid for Jeff Koonz Ballon Dog $ 58 million...( about 43 mil. Gbp)

https://d2jv9003bew7ag.cloudfront.ne...-Sculpture.jpg

And this one of his artworks? Do not ask, just weep !

https://i.pinimg.com/236x/d3/43/b4/d...jeff-koons.jpg

The state of art is, indeed, in shreds . . .

balloon dog is brilliant and deserves its rightful place in modern art.

the other piece I have not seen nor am familiar with.

I forgot to take out the trash and it's piling up. ART

Classic Pop Art

Is this dude a hater or does have a point?

He encases vacuum cleaners in acrylic and charges massive amounts....just check jeffkoons.com :1orglaugh

....but as they say: " a sucker is born every minute" !

BTW this doggie .... about 25 cents..:1orglaugh

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BxvWeY02FAY/maxresdefault.jpg

Blame it on Marcel Duchamp . . .

just because you don't get art/can't afford it doesn't mean those who do are suckers. moreover, it's investment level art. it appreciates, making it a smart investment.

I've met dozens and dozens of people like you who can't find a way to enjoy modern art so they need to lash out at those of us who do and call us suckers. it's a shame.

besides, do you really think that the guy who spent $50 million misses the money? $50m is nothing to a lot of people these days.

but now you get idiots trying to copy the shredded work with their 40grand prints, making them worth a quid! :)

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-new...box=1539129126

nutter :thumbsup

Yes, because now given how viral this went that thing is worth 5 times as much.

Gotta love Capitalism, bro.

If that dude tried that shit in the Soviet Union under Stalin, he'd probably get a bullet through the brain.

Capitalism = rewards innovation/creativity/disruption

Communism = not so much

Google "artists shit"...he made like 300.000$ selling his own canned shit...

Art lovers are dumb fucks...when you listen to them it hurts your brain...

It's not ALL from art lovers though. I mean, where else can you legally purchase someone else's shit and not get looked down upon for it?

I would have bought the lot, if i could a4d it...

All of this is absurd lol
what kind of glue stick is this Jeff on?

...glue stick which made him millions I guess he has the art conniseurs like Dynamo sniff it :1orglaugh

A true billionaire and the art conniseur has spoken :1orglaugh:1orglaugh

https://afinde-production.s3.amazona...25b96acae1.jpg

I'm not going to apologize for appreciating art.

try and enjoy some sometime. maybe attend an art museum.

just to blow some minds

https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s...uTLluVwaqL.jpg

Fountain is sculpture produced by Marcel Duchamp in 1917: a porcelain urinal signed "R.Mutt" and titled Fountain. In April 1917, an ordinary piece of plumbing chosen by Duchamp was rotated 90 degrees on its axis and submitted for an exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists, the first annual exhibition by the Society to be staged at The Grand Central Palace in New York.

The work is regarded by art historians and theorists of the avant-garde as a major landmark in 20th-century art.

whoops, people didn't get Picasso either

"With Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, the Spanish painter Pablo Picasso offends the Paris art scene in 1907. Showing his eight-foot-square canvas to a group of painters, patrons, and art critics at his studio, Picasso meets with almost unanimous shock, distaste, and outrage.

The painter Matisse is angered by the work, which he considers a hoax, an attempt to paint the fourth dimension. "It was the ugliness of the faces that froze with horror the half-converted," the critic Salmon writes later.

The painter Derain comments wryly, "One day we shall find Pablo has hanged himself behind his great canvas."

https://www-tc.pbs.org/wgbh/cultures...icasso_big.jpg

Tate museum of modern art.. flies and cows head..
Right up of Dynamo alley...

http://www.mrexhibition.net/wp_mimi/...otoblog900.jpg

I'm not shocked you need to try and insult people who enjoy art.

I do always feel a tinge of sadness whenever I cross paths with someone who not only can't pause and appreciate and reflect on art for a moment but also need to attack those who do.

Hey, that is TATE MODERN in London....I am sure all of your friends appreciate this piece of art, looks like they all are mesmerized...:1orglaugh

I know that. I've been to the Tate. Sorry you can't/are unwilling to understand the value to society of art.