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"Danger": junk mail collage
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2GN2S ...
Art
"While
at the Art Institute
of Chicago, I saw
something in a gallery
I didn't expect and it
blew my mind. On
the floor, there was a
pile of candy.
Commercially available
candy. In a pile. This
was intended to be 175
pounds of candy, which
it clearly wasn't.
Apparently there had
been a lot of visitors
with a sweet tooth.
The
size and shape of the
pile changes as people
take whatever pieces
they want. They
replenish the candy
several times a week
according to the
security guard I
chatted up about it.
But
when I googled the
artist I found
something I could
barely believe...
Felix
Gonzalez-Torres has
done many pieces of
art like this,
including the green
candy one below, that sold in 2015 for 7.7
million dollars. Yes,
50 pounds of loose
green wrapped candy
for 7.7 million.
What's
my takeaway from this?
That not everyone will
understand
or "get" your art and
that's okay.
More
importantly, I am
reminded that we each
get to define what art
is to us. So next time
you have any doubt
whatsoever that what
you're making is art,
just remember that
somewhere in a museum
there's a big pile of
candy. Since that's
art, then what you are
creating is art too!"
Carolyn Dube, acolorfuljourney.com
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Amazon is always telling me what is on sale, and how much I would save.
But if I don't buy, I save 100%.
It's taken a lot of years to figure that out. Just sayin'
A 4 minute video, Inspiring artist, here.
Just because ...
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