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You would be a huge fan of 'Onement VI' or 'The Voice of Fire' by Barnett Newman. I think the man is a genius. I think his paintings are...well...the paintings

• cm2187 10y ago
  Or Klein's monochrome. Actually I am less appaled by modern art than by the exercise of using random painting as a form of commodity to store value. Like keeping some paintings in a safe like if it was a gold bar. In a way everyone likes going shopping. What people like is spending too much money, not so much that they ruin themselves but enough that it still hurts. That's why people who cannot afford luxury products will still buy something small in a luxury shop. But how do you get that satisfaction when you have a billion in your bank account? Comes Mr Artist, or often Mr Art Dealer (or both) who will create a new rare commodity for you. Art is good, you don't have to justify it. In fact any critic of art is an uneducated idiot who lacks imagination and sensitivity. So Mr Art Dealer will sell you a painting for a few dozen millions, just enough that it still hurts you and provides you with the satisfaction to do shopping. I am not a socialist but it does feel like there is too much money in the system...