Recent art that you disliked

[brianvds]

Hopefully, the very notion of this thread will not step on any toes or cause offense; my intention here is light-hearted, not serious discussion or angry debate. But when I saw these, I just had to do something about it:

For heaven's sake, Mr. Sheeran. One Jackson Pollock is already quite enough, thank you.

 

[Marc]

'America'. By Maurizio Cattelan 2016.

 

[brianvds]

I clicked the "like" button and then wondered whether we don't actually need a "dislike" button then...

 

[Hermes2020]

I must admit that I actually like it, not in the sense of wanting it in my art collection, but as a potent piece of political statement art. I have been wondering where the protest art against the current state of affairs is, like some of the pop music and visual arts of the Vietnam War and Civil Rights eras.

 

[stlukesguild]

I’ve wondered the same, Hermes. There were endless examples of pop music that addressed the socio-political issues of the day in the 1960s. In the 1950s there were films and TV shows that confronted such issues.

 

[Marc]

'America' was stolen and broken up never to be recovered. I wouldn't be at all surprised if the artist considers this event to be now part of the artwork.

Banana taped to the wall was another of his pieces.

 

[Marc]

Sheeren's Pollocks had me a bit confused. They seem professional, (real?) but poorer versions of his best work. Turns out they're by Ed Sheeren himself.

 

[Mississippi Hippie]

I got a free book for buying a few and the art in it is very uninspiring and basic. At least it was free. I like to think subjectively about art, but man was it bad.

 

[Jade]

Sheeren's Pollocks had me a bit confused. They seem professional, (real?) but poorer versions of his best work. Turns out they're by Ed Sheeren himself.

Crikey.. Mr Sheeran can turn his hands to anything!