"Art is what you can get away with." At least that is my excuse and I am sticking by it. This Pollockesque piece was half heartedly made by me when I discovered that my wife had some extra paint leftover from a project. I found a canvas and then painted it, splattered it, and stuck a bottle cap from my favorite beer on it. I then titled it, "Black Beauty Screams Welcome," for no reason other than it sounded like something that I am supposed to name it.
I am not a fan of some works of contemporary art, especially the ones that have esoteric names or meaning; the ones that seem to be created for the sole purpose to get one to "think," about what is art. Those ones usually piss me off. There is a "sculpture," at the Art Institute of Chicago made by Carl Andre titled, "Steel-Aluminum Plain." It takes up a good portion of an exhibition hall and just sits on the floor in alternating squares similar to a checkerboard. The artist encourages viewers to walk on the tiles and hear the sound resonate from each step. OK, what? Listen, I like it, or I don't. That's it nothing more.
Art is what you can get away with and what you take from it. Which is why I enjoy art so much. At least it gives us all something to talk about and the fact that Andre creates his random discussion pieces gives me a reason to fill up a nice chunk of a post.
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