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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaws https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaws Lots of people seem to enjoy those "ugly mouse statue things".

booleandilemma 4y ago
Lots of people enjoy those ugly monkey NFTs too, I don't know what to tell you <shrug>
- pizzalife 4y ago
  Yes, this thread is morphing into "what is art"? I don't know.
tablespoon 4y ago
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaws https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaws > Lots of people seem to enjoy those "ugly mouse statue things". Sorry, they're still crap. Seriously, taking the MTV VMA statue and robotically slapping his characters head on it? I recently watched the Nathan For You episode "Dumb Starbucks" and those statutes remind me the lazy, deliberately terrible parodies he displayed at an art gallery to establish his bona fides as a "parody artist." I can't find the YouTube clip of it, but here are some screenshots: https://www.vulture.com/2015/11/test-your-logos-with-nathan-for-yous-quiz.html https://www.vulture.com/2015/11/test-your-logos-with-nathan-... https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3844774/mediaviewer/rm3413413889/?ref_=tt_md_1 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3844774/mediaviewer/rm341341388... And here's him singing some equally-terrible parody songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I71IJOym2ic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I71IJOym2ic.
- pizzalife 4y ago
  What I'm trying to say is that anyone is free to say they're crap, but that is not an objective opinion. "Perception is subjective" - Sol LeWitt
  - tablespoon 4y ago
    > What I'm trying to say is that anyone is free to say they're crap, but that is not an objective opinion. Heh. As a total aside, "objective opinion" is the kind of oxymoron that fits HN "rationalism" oh so well.
    - pizzalife 4y ago
      Yeah, they don't exist. But the article is written in the style of someone who thinks their opinion about aesthetics is objective.

booleandilemma 4y ago

Lots of people enjoy those ugly monkey NFTs too, I don't know what to tell you <shrug>

pizzalife 4y ago
Yes, this thread is morphing into "what is art"? I don't know.

tablespoon 4y ago

> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaws https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaws > Lots of people seem to enjoy those "ugly mouse statue things". Sorry, they're still crap. Seriously, taking the MTV VMA statue and robotically slapping his characters head on it? I recently watched the Nathan For You episode "Dumb Starbucks" and those statutes remind me the lazy, deliberately terrible parodies he displayed at an art gallery to establish his bona fides as a "parody artist." I can't find the YouTube clip of it, but here are some screenshots: https://www.vulture.com/2015/11/test-your-logos-with-nathan-for-yous-quiz.html https://www.vulture.com/2015/11/test-your-logos-with-nathan-... https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3844774/mediaviewer/rm3413413889/?ref_=tt_md_1 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3844774/mediaviewer/rm341341388... And here's him singing some equally-terrible parody songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I71IJOym2ic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I71IJOym2ic.

pizzalife 4y ago
What I'm trying to say is that anyone is free to say they're crap, but that is not an objective opinion. "Perception is subjective" - Sol LeWitt
- tablespoon 4y ago
  > What I'm trying to say is that anyone is free to say they're crap, but that is not an objective opinion. Heh. As a total aside, "objective opinion" is the kind of oxymoron that fits HN "rationalism" oh so well.
  - pizzalife 4y ago
    Yeah, they don't exist. But the article is written in the style of someone who thinks their opinion about aesthetics is objective.