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(The Local (Sweden)) Interesting In the future, everything will be faked for 15 minutes   (thelocal.se) divider line 34
More: Interesting, Andy Warhol, Brillo, Julian Assange, Sweden Democrats, Israeli citizens, Expressen, modern art, Moderna Museet  
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ZAZ [TotalFark]
2010-09-04 08:51:31 AM
In the future, everything will be faked for 15 minutes

If you keep faking for 14:30 after I'm done I might start to suspect it isn't real.
 
coco ebert [TotalFark]
2010-09-04 11:03:06 AM
I kinda think Warhol would have gotten a kick out of that.
 
rebelyell2006
2010-09-04 12:50:19 PM
The Local reported in 2007 on revelations that a large number of Warhol's Brillo boxes, which were donated to Moderna Museet, were worthless copies.

And how do you apply value to genuine Warhol Brillo boxes?
 
stirfrybry
2010-09-04 12:50:49 PM
coco ebert: I kinda think Warhol would have gotten a kick out of that.

I think so. He seemed to be mocking the world. He's like an art troll. I bet he would giggle with delight that so many were tricked.
 
loathable cockroach
2010-09-04 12:54:08 PM
stirfrybry: coco ebert: I kinda think Warhol would have gotten a kick out of that.

I think so. He seemed to be mocking the world. He's like an art troll. I bet he would giggle with delight that so many were tricked.

Came here to say this too.
 
simon bennet robbins oppenhiem and tap
2010-09-04 12:59:57 PM
FTA:
The Local reported in 2007 on revelations that a large number of Warhol's Brillo boxes, which were donated to Moderna Museet, were worthless copies.

oh yeah well, as oppossed to th-


rebelyell2006: And how do you apply value to genuine Warhol Brillo boxes?


Dammit! Well put sir. It needed to be said.
 
Barakku
2010-09-04 01:01:53 PM
It's kind of sad to think that all that investigation and forensics could have been used on something scientific, instead of determining whether these cheap mass produced cardboard boxes were cheap mass produced cardboard boxes or instead simply cheap mass produced cardboard boxes.
 
skinink
2010-09-04 01:02:38 PM
If they can't verify Warhol's works then how can anyone verify a lot of things sold under Jackson Pollock's name?
 
chaddsfarkprefect
2010-09-04 01:04:40 PM
Can't tell them apart at all.
 
Jonathan Hohensee
2010-09-04 01:05:29 PM
If past Fark threads have been any indication, this news obviously invalidates everything artistic ever.
 
wobbly knob
2010-09-04 01:05:49 PM
"They sell for up to $100,000 dollars."

Suckers.
 
Cataclaw
2010-09-04 01:07:18 PM
Came here for "It's a FAAAAKE", leaving very disappointed.
 
unfarkingbelievable
2010-09-04 01:07:54 PM
Everything? I'd love to see Mother Nature fake a hurricane.
 
zulius
2010-09-04 01:11:34 PM
The weekly 'The Local Finest':
www.thelocal.se wtf is this?
 
KWess
2010-09-04 01:12:38 PM
skinink: If they can't verify Warhol's works then how can anyone verify a lot of things sold under Jackson Pollock's name?

IIRC, later in life Salvador Dali sold a large number of blank, signed canvasses.

Agree with other posters...Warhol would approve. His studio was called 'The Factory' for a reason, he was broadcasting his sham to the world.
 
cryinoutloud
2010-09-04 01:17:48 PM
The works in question are Brillo boxes, pieces inspired by the real cardboard packaging of Brillo soap pads from the United States. They sell for up to $100,000 dollars.

If I were an artistic genius, I'd also see the beauty of cardboard boxes. Trying....trying........no, can't do it.
 
Timdesuyo
2010-09-04 01:21:36 PM
I don't even get a faked 15 minutes. I get a "What? No. I'm going to sleep. Go away."
 
Electric Dream Machine
2010-09-04 01:22:09 PM
www.bedeviant.com
 
GLove88mph
2010-09-04 01:23:39 PM
The works in question are Brillo boxes, pieces inspired by the real cardboard packaging of Brillo soap pads from the United States. They sell for up to $100,000 dollars.

This is why I farking hate modern art.
 
Denial_of_Death
2010-09-04 01:28:24 PM
the works were mass produced in Skåne in southern Sweden in 1990 at the request of the museum's former head Pontus Hultén. Hultén later sold on the works for millions of kronor

i15.photobucket.com
 
Mykeru
2010-09-04 01:30:54 PM
Cheap mass-produced fakes?

Sounds about right for Warhol.
 
Piffle
2010-09-04 01:30:57 PM
www.deckmonster.com

/it's only a model
 
texdent [TotalFark]
2010-09-04 01:56:16 PM
content.ytmnd.com
 
Orlphar
2010-09-04 01:58:59 PM
So these fakes are famous now... that's gotta be worth something.

/art is worth what the highest bidder thinks it is worth... no more, no less, no matter what any "art experts" say
 
FloydA [TotalFark]
2010-09-04 02:09:24 PM
chaddsfarkprefect: Can't tell them apart at all.

i105.photobucket.com
 
I Blame Society
2010-09-04 02:11:40 PM
coco ebert: I kinda think Warhol would have gotten a kick out of that.

This.

While my understanding of Pop Art is minimal, this is exactly the sort of thing Warhol would have loved.
 
ApeShaft
2010-09-04 02:46:46 PM
zulius: The weekly 'The Local Finest':
wtf is this?


Probably Teddybears Sthlm...

http://www.myspace.com/teddybears
 
whammer
2010-09-04 02:52:38 PM
"Oh no! My Warhols are all fakes!?"

www.abc.net.au
 
catpuncher
2010-09-04 02:59:25 PM
Orlphar: So these fakes are famous now... that's gotta be worth something.

/art is worth what the highest bidder thinks it is worth... no more, no less, no matter what any "art experts" say

Take your greedy capitalism elsewhere.
 
wildcardjack
2010-09-04 03:36:37 PM
I don't get it...

The originals were fakes of originals? How could you tell?
 
aerojockey
2010-09-04 03:45:04 PM
You receive a substantial donation of Warhol art. Do you A) send it to art experts to be appraised as realistic, B) investigate the ownership history of the donated art, or C) just assume it's real and put it on display.

I wonder if all the Corn Flakes boxes in the LA museum are real.
 
shucherfase
2010-09-04 04:21:45 PM
2.bp.blogspot.com
 
RandomExcess
2010-09-04 05:13:14 PM
Max Headroom
 
jayessell
2010-09-04 09:03:59 PM
From the comments:

16:38 September 4, 2010 by markusd
I'm wondering how exactly this authentication board was able to differentiate the worthless copies from the worthless originals.


THIS
 
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