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11:04 to add another point to why you can't use the "modern art" argument to justify ai art, believe it or not contemporary artists can actually be talented and creative, and i think good examples are: 1. barnett newman. He does that contemporary art thing where he just has solid color canvases and he sometimes adds stripes. Multiple of his pieces have been vandalized and the restoration process was actually harder because he used techniques like layering his colors in a certain way to make some stand out and hiding his brush strokes, and keep in mind he used large canvases. His painting "Whos Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue III" was slashed really badly. this guy tried to restore it by going over the red with a paint roller, and apparently people actually noticed that now it was missing the same depth and texture it once had. i see people say, "oh i could have made this," or "a two year old could have made this," but the fact that someone literally DID attempt a low effort recreation and it caused the painting to be pulled from the museum directly goes against that. i don't know if im being an art snob, but painting over a massive canvas, minimizing all your brush strokes on said canvas, and using an insane amount of layers to intentionally bring out a color (in the painting i mentioned he did 17 layers of red paint) does seem time consuming. even if i dont really gaf about or enjoy artwork like that imo being as precise as he was with getting a bright, solid, and consistent color on a large surface area isnt something that you can replicate without any art experience of practice, its just not obvious at first glance. 2. "Portrait of Ross." It's a pile of candy that starts at 175 pounds and people are allowed to take a piece, then the exhibit eventually gets refilled. it represents the creators partner (ross laycock) and his death caused by aids since that starting weight was considered healthy for ross, and then it slowly dwindles like how his physical condition deteriorated. its also meant to let him metaphorically live on with the replenishment. idk if this was intentional and this is just my interpretation but the fact that you could just take a piece of candy and move on reminds me of how it was neglected (and ironically some places literally censored the story behind the candy). there is definitely art in being able to tell a story of a tragic death through something as simple as candy and again i might just be 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓 rn but it rly interested me do i understand why contemporary art sells for millions? no. but imo people look at it from a very superficial level and generalize it as "banana on wall!!!! i could make that!!!! this is slop!!!" when there are instances of artists applying skill and conveying a message or story in this genre