John Shore


Brilliant Work of Modern Art, or Actual Garbage?

In Business on July 7, 2008 at 6:16 am

In an alley the other day I found the above. Total Work of Art, or Obvious Garbage?? You be the judge!

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  1. Yeah, who DO you hang out in alleys?

    I would never of recognize the scruffy, Clark Kent version of you had we met on the street. Or alley for that matter.

    ric booth 7 July 2008 at 7am

  2. I like alleys. Not quite streets. Not quite backyards. Not quite commerical propery. Not quite … unincorporated nowheres. Alleys are just the sort of … limbo-environs I like. People PUT stuff in alleys, and I’m basically a … looker at stuff.

    Really, it’s just sad.

    John Shore 7 July 2008 at 7am

  3. Okay, I’ll bite! What the heck IS it?? Or…WAS it?

    Ellen Gomez 7 July 2008 at 9am

  4. that’s my 3rd grade solar system project!!

    the blonde photographer 7 July 2008 at 9am

  5. There is actually a correct answer to your question. It is art if you say it is art.

    I recently heard on public radio (an awesome information resource…you should all subscribe and listen) about someone that literally took dumpster garbage and compressed it into cubes and sold it as art. It was not really artistic expression, but he was curious as to people’s reaction. He started selling them at $5 and did, indeed, sell some. He then raised the price to $10 and …. wait for it…sold MORE of them. He kept raising the price and the sales kept increasing. My recollection is that he stopped at $100/cube. Read into that what you like.

    So your alley discovery???…It is art if you say it is. How much do you want for it?

    Mike (FVThinker) Burns 7 July 2008 at 9am

  6. Obvious garbage. Because I say so :-)

    Still, the whole “charge more to sell more” thing is true. They’ve done actual studies.

    I read into it that PT Barnum was right.

    Candace
    (Who is visiting her mom on the coast of Oregon, perhaps for the last time thanks to the fact that flying now officially sucks too much to wanna do any more of it. Ever. And this is BEFORE the new scanner thingy where any TSA dipwad will be able to see under my clothing.)

    Candace 7 July 2008 at 10am

  7. Ellen: It’s art. No, it’s garbage. I mean it’s art. It’s … artsy garbage.

    Blonde Photographer: Yes, it is your third grade solar system project. And your mom traded it to me for a CORNDOG. You should probably talk to her about that.

    Mike: $100, and it’s yours.

    John Shore 7 July 2008 at 2pm

  8. Modern garbage. Don’t take it home, John. I’m pretty sure a dog’s lifted its leg on it. Look, but don’t touch!

    Judy 7 July 2008 at 5pm

  9. My cat Sammy would just love that to play with now I have confined him to indoors!

    Penlee 7 July 2008 at 5pm

  10. “Modern garbage.” I love it.

    And, Penlee, it DOES seem like something a cat would like. Or create, actually.

    So it’s art again!

    John Shore 7 July 2008 at 8pm

  11. And can I just say, by the way, that I’m shocked–SHOCKED, I say–to see how many of you thought it would be funny to select as your answer the one that asks why I spend so much time hanging around in alleys anyway.

    Man. Give you people an INCH …!

    John Shore 7 July 2008 at 8pm

  12. I almost like it, but if you look close the black looks too much like pooh, …otherwise I would have said it was art. But now it’s nothing. NOTHING I say, okay it’s art.

    Ed 7 July 2008 at 10pm

  13. I have a hard time calling it art because it wasn’t deliberately created as art. I think that’s my definition of art. Someone’s deliberate expression. Is it aesthetically pleasing and would I hang it on my wall? Yes, and I might even still call it art despite it not being the definition of art.. Cool picture…

    michaelpopovici 8 July 2008 at 5am

  14. my mom and her corndogs…works every time!

    the blonde photographer 8 July 2008 at 1pm

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