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The most memorable art exhibitions for me are modern. There's a lot of trash, but one particularly memorable piece is (or was, it's been a while) hanging right
by Xylakant 5y ago
The most memorable art exhibitions for me are modern. There's a lot of trash, but one particularly memorable piece is (or was, it's been a while) hanging right on top of the exit door of the Berlinische Galerie. It's just a unpretentious ticker that scrolls a single sentence in red dots: "Do you feel better now?". True, anyone could have done that. But the placement, the simplicity, the style resonated with me in that moment so that I remember that ticker better than Mona Lisa in Paris.
- 88840-8855 5y agoYup, same for me. It was a TV in a room with a video on a loop displaying a woman in a mirror who was ripping our her hair and repeating "art must be beautiful". First thought it was dumb, but then i caught myself thinking about it. This is 4 years ago now and I still remember it, while the Rembrandts and Monets have never provoked any feeling or thought in me.
- elisbce 5y agoYou are confused of being memorable with being artistic or valuable. I could scare you with a big TV screen showing dead bodies, and that would be the most memorable thing you see that entire month.
- Xylakant 5y agoI think you’re misreading what I’m saying. I’m not saying that this is art because it’s memorable. I’m saying that this is memorable to me because it’s a piece of art that resonated with me in a special way, like only few other pieces of art did. Whether it’s truly art or just a clever trick is certainly up for debate and bigger minds than mine failed at finding objective criteria, but at least the curators of the museum considered it art or they wouldn’t exhibit it.