~ ART ~ appreciation...

"A large-scale metal sculpture by American artist David Smith has become the most expensive work of contemporary art ever sold at auction, fetching 23.8 million dollars at Sotheby's in New York.

Five bidders competed for Smith's "Cubi XXVII" which was the starting lot at a Wednesday evening sale of 54 contemporary works that brought in 114.5 million dollars."

They say art is suppose to inspire thought. Upon seeing this here are some of my thoughts:

1) Why is this guy wasting good metal?
2) This guy didn't get real good grades in shop class in high school did he.
3) There where a about five individuals there than had more money than common sense.
4) The National Endowment of the Arts has failed miserably.... If there are rich people that will pay this kind of money for this collection of scrap metal then obviously art appreciation is lacking.

5) I know poor people within a mile of my house with similar "pieces of art" in there front yard that get orders from the city telling them to clean it up or they will be fined.

6) Maybe if I give My nine year old a tube of super glue while playing with her wood blocks I could have something similar.

7) was this guys granddaddy PT Barnum?

My thought's are to get the ole welding machine out and polish uo some rust iron . I would gladly take half the price for mine and I can guarantee it will inspire thought .
I would be thoughting what to do with 11 something mil. and would definately come up with a idea .

That art represents the essence of mankind. I feel better just looking at it. Ahhhhh.........

Art is really subjective. I might not understand why that piece of art fetches $20+ million but I'm sure there are some here that can't understand how a Rembrant does the same thing and 17th century art is what I love the most.

LOL! if worthless is defined as 23mil...

How unrefined you must be. Do you eat spaghetti with your hands?

Only a cretin would not see the beauty in that masterpiece. Definitely worth twice what they bought it for.

I've actually met Stevie Wonder a couple times. He lives out by me and is a really nice guy. He goes surfing every morning along the same stretch as me so I've caught a couple waves with him. He has a custom modified board to help him surf.

...*dry humps russell's aquatic interests*...

...*dry humps russell's reply*...

...*drum roll, cymbal crash*...

I was gonna maske the same sort of crack about his car, but you beat me to it.

Old man? OLD MAN?! How dare you?!?!?

Oh alright, it's a fair cop. Here, have a bastage.....

As for the avatar, not quite. It's from the original poster of Dawn Of The Dead (The 1970's one, not the 2004 remake).

Alright that was kind of a low blow, i dont know how old you are but i just got the 35yr old vibe for some reason....you could be 18 for all i know, then again you could be 90....

Are you closer to being an AARP member then your highschool graduation? then you're old.

I am not saying you dont know where you got it from....but its so close to an extremly famous film character, with eye shadows like that, the shading, the skull shape and everything....its so close.

that would be cool.....when you go to the Q&A ask why there are so many horrible zombie/horror movies.

I just saw your location, you are into what i would call soccer....

I just wated Top Gear last night with Vinnie Jones on it, he got ejected from a soccer game in 5 seconds!!

The host was like..."how do you even get to a player to hit them within 5 seconds?" he said "i was running flat out"

i love that guy even more now...I never knew he was a soccer player, and that he was a famous soccer player, and that he is known for being a huge badass soccer player.

To me, he is an actor...thats all i know him for because soccer is for girls and homo's

I downloaded all the episodes known to man...from 10/20/2002 to 08/07/05
The file was 26GB, and it has 60hours, 6min, 48seconds.

I have watched the first 6 shows.

i stubled into it when i was looking for a written review of the enzo....i found a video review via google videos....and then about 6months later i found this collection online...so i DL'd it.

Most of the humor translates, but americans take one hell of a beating on that show....lol, and there are some things i dont quite get about certain car companies/certain cars/ or when they talk about certain areas in the UK and i can tell they are making regional jokes (like we make fun of the people in the south and in West Virgina) but i obviously dont get those.

I loved the SRT-10 one....the host kept saying how it was beast and hard to control but a lot of fun...lol. He also said the Corvette wasn't a good car and it rankedVERY high on the laptimes....and they have said hundreds of times americans can't build great cars....even though the fordGT40 was only *slightly* good when it came out, and the new GT was behind only to the Enzo and porcheGT2 and MclarenMercedes....not a bad place to be.

It is a great show. They've just started showing the new series, and it's just as good as always. Gotta love The Stig!

Vauxhall! European arm of GM. And he's right, they are shit. Over here they are, anyway.

Yeah, but we pay $1.80 a litre, so that's why mpg is so highly valued. And if you have a big car, engine wise, they tax the bejesus out of you.

Vauxhall! European arm of GM. And he's right, they are shit. Over here they are, anyway.

There is NOTHING european about Vauxhall. It's the British arm of GM. The European (German) arm of GM is Opel.

Hey, i dont mind if other peopel have SUV's, my mom has one and my dad has a truck.

its just something people buy for no reason too often. YOu can have an SUV but dont bitch about how low your MPG is.....you chose it.



That last part makes me laugh....its funny how often i hear people say thigns like that...."give me the same power, less gas usage, and cheaper" "i want a bigger tv, i want it to last longer, better image, cheaper but better quality", "i want a faster cpu, runs cooler, more overclockable, and chaper"

its amazing how much we demand as consumers, if we demand too much they skip out on quality.....not singling you out, its something we all do but its funny to think about it someimes.

Tv's now fall apart after 5 years because the makers have removed some of the exspensive parts that make them last....it does two things. 1, lowers the cost of the tv, and 2 makes the tv break more often so you buy more tv's.

the reason those old TV's lasted so long is because they had 2 pieces in them that current TV's dont have, and the pieces they do have are made to be CHEAP not made to be QUALITY parts.

Think about it like this....you can get a 27" tv for $160. In 1960 when you bought that TV that lasted 30 years....was it that cheap? even when you ignore inflation a 27" TV would have been more then $16o.

ANd yes, a plasma is a huge cost....but if they sold a $4,000 50" plasma that they told you lasted 5-6years without any precaution, and they sold one that would last 30years without any other precaution for $12,000 NOBODY WOULD BUY THE $12,000 ONE!!!

We want it cheaper and better....quite often when those two are pushed to the limits you will get cheap but not better.