Have you ever found yourself in a gallery, staring at a work of art, and thought, "This is so $hit that even I could do it" or "How did the artist get away with this?" Sean has felt this way many times. His friend Sean, an artist and academic deeply involved in the art world, however, sees things differently. One day, after visiting a contemporary art museum, Sean texted Sean: “Went to the MCA today. Didn’t understand a f&*%^ing thing. Thought of you.” Later, over beers, Sean tried to explai ...
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Rachel Whiteread, House (1993) All music composed, performed and produced by The Ghosts of Nothing, courtesy The Ghosts of Nothing and Perfect Pitch Publishing.Af Sean Jungwirth and Sean Lowry
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Robert Barry, Inert Gas Series/Helium, Neon, Argon, Krypton, Xenon/From a Measured Volume to Indefinite Expansion (1969) - Basically, A Fart In The Desert. Both Seans love Robert Barry. "He's prolific - in that he does less and less and less in terms of actually creating art..." Is Art Shit? Let's see what Sean has to say... All music composed, per…
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Rooms Full of Nothing - AKA Voids, A Retrospective, Pompidou Centre, Paris (2009) Sean described it as "The Stadium Rock Super Group Festival of Contentless Work". The absence of art is the art. You can understand why the other Sean gets pretty riled up in this episode. Is Art Shit? Let's see what Sean has to say... All music composed, performed an…
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Piero Manzoni, Artist's Shit (1961). Art doesn't get any more shit than this. Literally. Sean has his work cut out this week to convince Sean that shit is not shit. All music composed, performed and produced by The Ghosts of Nothing, courtesy The Ghosts of Nothing and Perfect Pitch Publishing.Af Sean Jungwirth and Sean Lowry
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Robert Rauschenberg, White Paintings (1951) might just be the 'OG' of art in the category of ‘If I can do it, it can't be art’. Pretty much proving Sean's point, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art says the following about Robert Rauschenberg, White Paintings (1951) (emphasis added) – “Considered shocking and even characterized as a cheap swindl…
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Is Art Shit? Have you ever found yourself in a gallery, staring at a work of art, and thought, "This is so $hit that even I could do it" or "How did the artist get away with this?" Sean has felt this way many times. His friend Sean, an artist and academic deeply involved in the art world, however, sees things differently. One day, after visiting a …
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Have you ever found yourself in a gallery, staring at a work of art, and thought, "This is so $hit that even I could do it" or "How did the artist get away with this?" Sean has felt this way many times. His friend Sean, an artist and academic deeply involved in the art world, however, sees things differently. One day, after visiting a contemporary …
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