I will start with this piece, this invisible sculpture you «see» above and the featured image. Believe it or not, this invisible work of «art» (read bullshit) was sold by the artist, Salvatore Garau, for 18.000 USD. This is what the Sardinian born artist said about his «work»: “The vacuum is nothing more than a space full of energy, and even if we empty it and there is nothing left, according to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, that ‘nothing’ has a weight…therefore, it has energy that is condensed and transformed into particles, that is, into us.”
Does anyone understand what he said? He added that although you do not see it, it is there, it is made of air and spirit. If this isn’t having us on, tell me, please, what is!
And here is a second example by our famous artist Damien Hirst.
It is called «For the Love of God» and created in 2007 with flawless diamonds (I am not going to go further into the craftsmanship and who actually made it). But the «artist» said it had been sold to an anonymous consortium for £50 million. However, it was quickly discovered the «artist» was among the buyers. He bought it to keep his prices high and to keep the thing from collecting dust in some basement. In my opinion, and I love skulls as you may know, it is hideous. What do you think?
And number three…
This one I really like, not for the subject matter, but because I think the artist, in this case Piero Manzoni, was having «them» on. In my opinion he was goofing the whole crowd that gets wowed by these «conceptual artists» that think we are so stupid that we are incapable of understanding the stupidities they write and the subtleness of the message included in their «art».
Piero Manzoni created (and sold) Artist’s Shit in 1961. They were 90 sealed tin cans, (looking like tuna cans), allegedly containing his own excrement. He sold it by the cost of its weight in gold. I know some think this was the epitome of conceptual art, but I found it refreshingly smart and a way to goof the ones that are always trying to goof us. What do you think?
Ok, so now it is your turn. What do you think? Art? or Bullshit?
CHEERS
JaZzArt en València 
En pocas palabras, estas supuestas obras de arte son una farsa. Los artistas son unos estafadores. Intelectualmente, su trabajo carece de sentido. Se burlan de lo que nosotros, como artistas, exploramos e intentamos expresar.
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Así es, sin duda alguna Charles y muchas gracias!
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Personally, I think the first and third items are bullshit and make a mockery of real art. The skull at least has some craftsmanship behind it.
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Yes, true, and the craftsmanship of the skull, it belonged to the artisans and jewellers that made it, not to the supposed «artist»…
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Wasn’t there an ‘artist’ who spread shit all over a canvas telling us all that it was ‘art’?
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Yes, there have actually been a few, I am pretty sure that a couple of years ago I wrote about it, I will check it out…
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I must admit, some of this really feels like people trying too hard to justify nothing. Your commentary made me smile, though—especially the Manzoni piece. Whether it’s art or nonsense, you certainly make the discussion enjoyable.
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Thank you 🙏🏻 Sir, very much!
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