The House On The Roof

Started by TehBorken, Oct 25 06 06:33

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TehBorken

Oct 25 06 06:33
 Cool.  

That "house" on the roof of the Viennese Museum of Modern Art is actually an exhibition, titled "House-Attack" by Erwin Wurm:[/p] [blockquote] [em]The art project, entitled House-Attack by top local sculptor Erwin Wurm, is supposed to look as if the house has fallen out of the sky and landed on the famous museum in the centre of the Austrian capital.[/em][/p] [em]It actually took two cranes to put the huge sculpture into place, which is complete with a red roof, window boxes and a TV antenna.[/em][/p] [em]The artist said his work was a statement against over-development.[/em][/p] [/blockquote] [a href="http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2044019.html?menu="]Link[/a]
   
The real trouble with reality is that there's no background music.

kitten

#1
Oct 25 06 08:53
TehBorken wrote:

 The artist said his work was a statement against over-development.  


 That is an interesting concept.  I think he did it because it was fun, and had to make up an explanation in order to justify doing it.
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Russ

#2
Oct 25 06 10:13
Really? You thought it was an interesting concept?

  I guess it is in a way. My first thought is wow, theres no where else to put it? Which is in a way connected to overcrowding which is his idea. My next idiot thought, was I wonder how much the rent is and what it comes with.
Mercy to the Guilty is Torture to the Victims

Lise

#3
Oct 25 06 10:48
There's art and there's art. I never can understand the meaning of abstract art.
Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry.
Bill Cosby.

TehBorken

#4
Oct 26 06 07:01
 Lise wrote:
There's art and there's art.

Lol, apparently "art" is whatever anyone labels anything they want to call "art". I wouldn't necessarily call it art, but I liked the picture.
The real trouble with reality is that there's no background music.

Gopher

#5
Oct 26 06 11:32
There's an art in everything, one of the greatest arts I know of is that which is necessary to understand art in its abstract state.
A fool's paradise is better than none.

Russ

#6
Oct 26 06 11:33
ok i dont have that.
Mercy to the Guilty is Torture to the Victims

kitten

#7
Oct 26 06 11:35
I've always thought only the abstract artist could understand his/her own creation.  First it is painted, and then the explanation follows.  
Thousands of years ago cats were worshipped.  They have not forgotten.

Gopher

#8
Oct 26 06 11:37
Too right, Kitten. How many times have you been to an art gallery and have had to read the title of a painting before knowing what it is? - or is supposed to be!
A fool's paradise is better than none.

kitten

#9
Oct 26 06 11:43
Not frequently.  I don't understand how several random strokes can illustrate the meaning of life, or some such thing.  The patronizing tones when you admit your ignorance don't go down too well with me either.

  Alas, it is time to depart.  Peace be with you.
Thousands of years ago cats were worshipped.  They have not forgotten.

Gopher

#10
Oct 26 06 11:45
And with you, as you make your usual artless retreat from this board.
A fool's paradise is better than none.
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