Comments on: Exhibition of invisible art http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/exhibition-of-invisible-art.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 04:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: ChickieD http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/exhibition-of-invisible-art.html#comment-1429941 ChickieD Tue, 22 May 2012 15:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162109#comment-1429941 This is starting to feel like some low budget high school play. This is starting to feel like some low budget high school play.

]]> By: Waltb555 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/exhibition-of-invisible-art.html#comment-1429911 Waltb555 Tue, 22 May 2012 14:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162109#comment-1429911 I accidentally knocked over the Warhol sculpture and it shattered into a million pieces but it didn't make a sound. Sorry! I accidentally knocked over the Warhol sculpture and it shattered into a million pieces but it didn’t make a sound. Sorry!

]]> By: kingsleyd http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/exhibition-of-invisible-art.html#comment-1429817 kingsleyd Tue, 22 May 2012 12:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162109#comment-1429817 To be fair, some of the glib comments are just glib, not dismissive. I don't how you can not have a sense of humour about a work of art that consists of a blank page that has been intensely stared at for 1000 hours. It's ludicrous and wonderful. Nature of art, value of human attention, quantum theory, blah blah blah Ginger. I like it but man, you cannot stop me from taking the piss, it's just too easy, and as far as I can tell, always implicitly asked for when you give the public a piece like this. To be fair, some of the glib comments are just glib, not dismissive. I don’t how you can not have a sense of humour about a work of art that consists of a blank page that has been intensely stared at for 1000 hours. It’s ludicrous and wonderful. Nature of art, value of human attention, quantum theory, blah blah blah Ginger. I like it but man, you cannot stop me from taking the piss, it’s just too easy, and as far as I can tell, always implicitly asked for when you give the public a piece like this.

]]> By: schuyff http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/exhibition-of-invisible-art.html#comment-1429761 schuyff Tue, 22 May 2012 09:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162109#comment-1429761 i wonder if they've included a "nothing" by ray johnson. pat hearn wanted to do a ray johnson show. she asked me to talk to him (i was one of the small handful of people in contact with ray). i said: ray, pat wants to do a show with you (she was about the hottest gallery in new york at that time). ray said: okay, tell pat she can do a "nothing". pat advertised the show and sent out announcements but beyond that nothing happened. i wonder if they’ve included a “nothing” by ray johnson. pat hearn wanted to do a ray johnson show. she asked me to talk to him (i was one of the small handful of people in contact with ray). i said: ray, pat wants to do a show with you (she was about the hottest gallery in new york at that time). ray said: okay, tell pat she can do a “nothing”. pat advertised the show and sent out announcements but beyond that nothing happened.

]]> By: Mark Duanburge http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/exhibition-of-invisible-art.html#comment-1429712 Mark Duanburge Tue, 22 May 2012 07:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162109#comment-1429712  Paid with a blank cheque..  Paid with a blank cheque..

]]> By: chenille http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/exhibition-of-invisible-art.html#comment-1429639 chenille Tue, 22 May 2012 04:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162109#comment-1429639 <blockquote>...the same sort of people whose concept of "real art" is whatever the hell pieces of musty aristocrat portraiture and reverently safe apples on desks their teachers imprinted on them as "real art."</blockquote>What a strange knock on the establishment. You understand there are probably more people who recognize 4'33" as real art simply because their teachers said so than the opposite, right?

…the same sort of people whose concept of “real art” is whatever the hell pieces of musty aristocrat portraiture and reverently safe apples on desks their teachers imprinted on them as “real art.”

What a strange knock on the establishment. You understand there are probably more people who recognize 4’33″ as real art simply because their teachers said so than the opposite, right?

]]> By: hellishmundane http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/exhibition-of-invisible-art.html#comment-1429598 hellishmundane Tue, 22 May 2012 02:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162109#comment-1429598 all art becomes invisible after leaving the gallery wall.  if the art is lucky it might hang up on a wall in a mansion for a year or two.  Then the interior decorator or the art consultant finds something better for that spot and the art is taken off the wall.  it is placed in a box or crate and stored away somewhere dark to be aged like wine.   maybe art historians will decide it had been a good year for the production of that work and they will insist it be taken out and sampled but it always goes back in the box to remain invisible to everyone but in their minds. all art becomes invisible after leaving the gallery wall.  if the art is lucky it might hang up on a wall in a mansion for a year or two.  Then the interior decorator or the art consultant finds something better for that spot and the art is taken off the wall.  it is placed in a box or crate and stored away somewhere dark to be aged like wine.   maybe art historians will decide it had been a good year for the production of that work and they will insist it be taken out and sampled but it always goes back in the box to remain invisible to everyone but in their minds.

]]> By: penguinchris http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/exhibition-of-invisible-art.html#comment-1429555 penguinchris Tue, 22 May 2012 01:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162109#comment-1429555 The wine glasses are empty though, right? The wine glasses are empty though, right?

]]> By: Garrett Eaton http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/exhibition-of-invisible-art.html#comment-1429554 Garrett Eaton Tue, 22 May 2012 01:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162109#comment-1429554 I'd like it better if it were the faded spots on a wall where paintings used to be...  all different shapes and such.  and empty sculpture plynths.  there's just something to the aesthetic of a white, empty space. I’d like it better if it were the faded spots on a wall where paintings used to be…  all different shapes and such.  and empty sculpture plynths.  there’s just something to the aesthetic of a white, empty space.

]]> By: kingsleyd http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/exhibition-of-invisible-art.html#comment-1429548 kingsleyd Tue, 22 May 2012 01:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162109#comment-1429548 One does one's duty. One does one’s duty.

]]> By: vrplumber http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/exhibition-of-invisible-art.html#comment-1429533 vrplumber Tue, 22 May 2012 01:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162109#comment-1429533 Is that a confession? Is that a confession?

]]> By: Fred Talmadge http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/exhibition-of-invisible-art.html#comment-1429524 Fred Talmadge Tue, 22 May 2012 00:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162109#comment-1429524 So if I frame a blank canvas am I liable for copyright violation? So if I frame a blank canvas am I liable for copyright violation?

]]> By: Ian Anthony http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/exhibition-of-invisible-art.html#comment-1429500 Ian Anthony Tue, 22 May 2012 00:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162109#comment-1429500 I enjoy the idea behind this exhibit and fully support it. I enjoy the idea behind this exhibit and fully support it.

]]> By: Bloo http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/exhibition-of-invisible-art.html#comment-1429478 Bloo Mon, 21 May 2012 23:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162109#comment-1429478 I'm sorry but that is NOT "1000 Hours of Staring".   That is "Albino Cows in a Snowy Field" by Andrew Whiteth I’m sorry but that is NOT “1000 Hours of Staring”.   That is “Albino Cows in a Snowy Field” by Andrew Whiteth

]]> By: juan http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/exhibition-of-invisible-art.html#comment-1429471 juan Mon, 21 May 2012 23:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162109#comment-1429471 I hope they show my favorite invisible work, "Erased De Kooning", I have always wanted to see it. I hope they show my favorite invisible work, “Erased De Kooning”, I have always wanted to see it.

]]> By: humanresource http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/exhibition-of-invisible-art.html#comment-1429472 humanresource Mon, 21 May 2012 23:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162109#comment-1429472 I didn't go. It was fantastic. I didn’t go. It was fantastic.

]]> By: n8zilla http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/exhibition-of-invisible-art.html#comment-1429434 n8zilla Mon, 21 May 2012 22:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162109#comment-1429434 the art may be invisible, but the pretentiousness must be blinding. the art may be invisible, but the pretentiousness must be blinding.

]]> By: Lemoutan http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/exhibition-of-invisible-art.html#comment-1429407 Lemoutan Mon, 21 May 2012 22:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162109#comment-1429407 Invisibility needs context. Without that context, you can't see what you can't see. This  exhibition's legitimacy draws from its attention to the unnoticeable. Drawing attention to the unnoticed would, however, be more difficult and more of an achievement. Invisibility needs context. Without that context, you can’t see what you can’t see. This  exhibition’s legitimacy draws from its attention to the unnoticeable. Drawing attention to the unnoticed would, however, be more difficult and more of an achievement.

]]> By: Lemoutan http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/exhibition-of-invisible-art.html#comment-1429404 Lemoutan Mon, 21 May 2012 22:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162109#comment-1429404 Infinite Infinite

]]> By: Lemoutan http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/exhibition-of-invisible-art.html#comment-1429402 Lemoutan Mon, 21 May 2012 22:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162109#comment-1429402 I know quite a lot about art, but I don't know what I like. I know quite a lot about art, but I don’t know what I like.

]]> By: Lemoutan http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/exhibition-of-invisible-art.html#comment-1429400 Lemoutan Mon, 21 May 2012 22:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162109#comment-1429400 <em>Thank</em> you. Thank you.

]]> By: Lemoutan http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/exhibition-of-invisible-art.html#comment-1429401 Lemoutan Mon, 21 May 2012 22:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162109#comment-1429401 No No

]]> By: Lemoutan http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/exhibition-of-invisible-art.html#comment-1429399 Lemoutan Mon, 21 May 2012 22:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162109#comment-1429399 And what if he dozed off? Would that count? And what if he dozed off? Would that count?

]]> By: Marky http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/exhibition-of-invisible-art.html#comment-1429372 Marky Mon, 21 May 2012 21:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162109#comment-1429372 I hope they've increased security, if any of these pieces were stolen... How are sales? I hope they’ve increased security, if any of these pieces were stolen…

How are sales?

]]> By: Jim Nelson http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/exhibition-of-invisible-art.html#comment-1429316 Jim Nelson Mon, 21 May 2012 21:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162109#comment-1429316  Yes, but things like this get too precious. When you have to read the description of a piece to even understand what it's about, the artist as communicator has failed. I love a lot of modern work - things that are *about* something. Dadaism, to me, is intellectual laziness, or trolling with a grad degree. What is it about people who are into modern art that they're highly offended by people calling this stuff crap? Not everybody likes all forms of art...  Yes, but things like this get too precious. When you have to read the description of a piece to even understand what it’s about, the artist as communicator has failed. I love a lot of modern work – things that are *about* something. Dadaism, to me, is intellectual laziness, or trolling with a grad degree.

What is it about people who are into modern art that they’re highly offended by people calling this stuff crap? Not everybody likes all forms of art…

]]> By: ImmutableMichael http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/exhibition-of-invisible-art.html#comment-1429312 ImmutableMichael Mon, 21 May 2012 20:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162109#comment-1429312 Mmmmmmm.... Anchovies. Sorry, what were you saying? Mmmmmmm…. Anchovies. Sorry, what were you saying?

]]> By: cservant http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/exhibition-of-invisible-art.html#comment-1429306 cservant Mon, 21 May 2012 20:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162109#comment-1429306 Paid in invisible money. Paid in invisible money.

]]> By: DreamboatSkanky http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/exhibition-of-invisible-art.html#comment-1429296 DreamboatSkanky Mon, 21 May 2012 20:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162109#comment-1429296 "Yeah, there was no painting.  I saw it."  - Capt. Geoffrey T. Spalding “Yeah, there was no painting.  I saw it.”  - Capt. Geoffrey T. Spalding

]]> By: vrplumber http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/exhibition-of-invisible-art.html#comment-1429268 vrplumber Mon, 21 May 2012 19:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162109#comment-1429268 That doesn't look invisible enough. Get rid of the paper and then I will be able to contemplate its invisibleness more fully. That doesn’t look invisible enough. Get rid of the paper and then I will be able to contemplate its invisibleness more fully.

]]> By: cymk http://boingboing.net/2012/05/21/exhibition-of-invisible-art.html#comment-1429267 cymk Mon, 21 May 2012 19:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162109#comment-1429267 Since its been brought up several times, 4'33" isn't just silence, its four and a half minutes of the ambient sounds of where ever its performed. That I think is the beauty of it. Since its been brought up several times, 4’33″ isn’t just silence, its four and a half minutes of the ambient sounds of where ever its performed. That I think is the beauty of it.

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