Zuerst die Fuesse (Feet First)

"The wooden sculpture by the late German artist Martin Kippenberger depicts a frog about 130 centimetres high [51"] nailed to brown cross and holding a beer mug in one outstretched hand and an egg in another. ... Kippenberger's works have been shown at the Tate Modern and the Saatchi Gallery in London and at the Venice Biennale, and retrospectives are planned in Los Angeles and New York. ... Museum officials in the northern bilingual Alto Adige region near the Austrian border said the artist, who died in 1997, considered it a self-portrait illustrating human angst."
From: http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=409e5a8b-26ac-49ec-9c7 4-ac7119354ac9

"Martin Kippenberger (25 February 1953 in Dortmund - 7 March 1997 in Vienna) [age 44, cancer] was a German artist known for his extremely prolific output in a wide range of styles and media as well as his provocative, jocular and hard-drinking public persona. Kippenberger was "widely regarded as one of the most talented German artists of his generation,"[1] according to Roberta Smith of the New York Times."
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Kippenberger

Who is more of a dumbass, the cleaner, or the curator that paid for that art?

vpb: If your "fine art" looks like a stain and can be wiped up with a sheet of Bounty then your art isn't all that fine.

Verily, this.

Have someone make another one, if you need one.

I can live without it.

FTA:
In 1986, a "grease stain" by Joseph Beuys valued at around 400,000 euros was mopped away at the Academy of Fine Arts in Duesseldorf, western Germany.

Man... I have towels in my kitchen worth 400,000 Euros!!

I'm just sayin', nobody mistakes Van Gogh's stuff for a water stain or a car wreck...

Because People in power are Stupid: Hmmm. What is Art™?

If it's useless and has no purpose, then you know it's Art™.

I'm pretty accepting of a wide variety of art "styles", but unintentional damage done to this piece of shiat is not worthy of INTERNATIONAL NEWS.

modern art is neither

/nuttin

If this were my art I would applaud the cleaning lady, add her as a co-artist, and double the price. Give her half.

1) Spend $100 and minimal time creating 'art' that looks like a mess
2) Insure said 'art' for $1.1m
3) Profit

Step 1: shiat on the floor and call it art
Step 2: insure masterpiece for 1 million
Step 3: Profit

Except I'm sure someone has already done this.

Step 1: Create artwork called "Bag of garbage"
Step 2: Insure for $1M
Step 3: Convince snooty museum to display "Bag of garbage"
Step 4: Now we wait.
Step 5: Profit!

oh, it's Germany.

that explains it.

Xenomech: [www.thelocal.de image 468x284]

I'm pretty accepting of a wide variety of art "styles", but unintentional damage done to this piece of shiat is not worthy of INTERNATIONAL NEWS.

You just don't understand the meaning, man.... here, smoke this.....

Who does the cleaning in Germany? Domestic or imported?

The late contemporary master had created a tower of wooden slats under which a rubber trough was placed with a thin beige layer of paint representing dried rain water.

What, exactly, does dried rain water look like?

vpb: If your "fine art" looks like a stain and can be wiped up with a sheet of Bounty then your art isn't all that fine.

Came to say this. I'm glad to see it was the second post.

Anyone that would pay $1.1 for a bucket of paint splashed onto wooden slats is a farking moran.

Mega_Doof: .

What, exactly, does dried rain water look like?

Apparently dry beige paint.

Mega_Doof: The late contemporary master had created a tower of wooden slats under which a rubber trough was placed with a thin beige layer of paint representing dried rain water.

What, exactly, does dried rain water look like?

It depends upon the message the rain was trying to convey about the state of man.

markie_farkie: [www.showtimearabia.com image 470x282]

Cleaning woman?


This is some of the finest art ever made. Love that farking movie.

vpb: If your "fine art" looks like a stain and can be wiped up with a sheet of Bounty then your art isn't all that fine.

This. shiatty art is shiatty.

Sounds like a high-end insurance swindle to me.

Grapple: FTA:
In 1986, a "grease stain" by Joseph Beuys valued at around 400,000 euros was mopped away at the Academy of Fine Arts in Duesseldorf, western Germany.

Man... I have towels in my kitchen worth 400,000 Euros!!

That's nothing... I could have paid off the national debt with what I've flushed down the toilet.

monkeybiscuit: Who does the cleaning in Germany? Domestic or imported?

Turks.

kingoomieiii: "the Martin Kippenberger installation titled When It Starts Dripping From the Ceiling, which was valued by insurers at 800,000 euros ($1.1 million), she said.

The late contemporary master had created a tower of wooden slats under which a rubber trough was placed with a thin beige layer of paint representing dried rain water.

Taking it for an actual stain, the cleaner scrubbed the surface until it gleamed."

He created a 3D still-life of a real phenomenon. He didn't dump a pint of ice cream on the floor.



Art.

The Slush

My first ever simulpost! And almost exactly the same thing.

Thank you Mr. Slush!

But don't include any stock photo's of the art in question jouranlist, no that would be too helpfull.