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It seems a lot of art is used for signaling purposes, aka ostentatious consumption. In terms of ostentatious consumption, I think the ultimate would be Kobe va
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 6y ago
It seems a lot of art is used for signaling purposes, aka ostentatious consumption.
In terms of ostentatious consumption, I think the ultimate would be Kobe van Gogh steaks.
Those are Kobe Beef steaks grilled over a fire that was built using a van Gogh painting. I hear the old oils based paints when they burn in the fire impart a very distinctive flavor to the meat that just can't be duplicated anywhere else.
- calvinmorrison 6y agoThere's a great bbc sketch show chewing the fat. One scene involves a working class Glasgow couple who wins 15 million on the lotto. They buy a van Gogh and hang it up in thier living room because the like it. Some thieves break in and steal a lava lamp and cutlery, as well as the painting because the frame might be worth a few quid. At the end of the scene, the thieves are selling the lava lamp at a flea market and casually rip the painting up to use as packing paper for the lava lamp. It's a funny sketch but I really do like it.
- BrandoElFollito 6y agoI think that Japanese drawings on thin paper which are today very valuable were used in the past (at the time they were drawn) as packing paper for porcelain.
- badrabbit 6y agoSo they cook the meat over fire from a rare burning painting?
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 6y agoYes. It is a very expensive and rare meal.
- goldenkey 6y agoDon't some of those old dyes have heavy metal toxins in them, or is that not a concern?
- snovv_crash 6y agoI believe it's less of a concern and more of a thought exercise.