Modern art mistaken for rubbish rebuilt in Italy

[galdur]

Tue Oct 27, 2015 12:09pm EDT



An art installation of empty champagne bottles and spent party poppers reopened in Italy on Tuesday, three days after cleaning staff mistook it for rubbish and binned it.

"Where shall we go dancing tonight?" was intended to invoke the consumerism, financial speculation, mass media and parties of the 1980s, but fell foul of unwary cleaners at the weekend.

After realizing the mistake, staff at the Museion Bozen-Bolzano in the northern Alto Adige region hastily salvaged the materials from rubbish sacks and recreated the art work.

Museum director Letizia Ragaglia suggested the incident had served to get people talking about modern art.

"It has sparked a great debate ... It all goes to show how contemporary art is capable of arousing great interest, or even annoying people. We believe it is essential to keep this dialogue open," she said in a statement.

The creators of the installation, Sara Goldschmied and Eleonora Chiari were not amused. "What happened was bad. It cannot be possible for an installation to end up in the rubbish bin," the pair were quoted as saying by Alto Adige newspaper.

The show will be open to the public until Nov. 22.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/27/us-italy-art-rubbish-idUSKCN0SL29K20151027

[galdur]

Can´t blame the cleaners too much...It is bloody rubbish

[Lethn]

........ >_>   *rips up all his practice drawings of characters and throws a pile of dirt on a painting to sell as 'art' then takes it to a gallery*

I'm not fucking surprised in the slightest, these people will claim anything is art especially if they can sell it to idiots for a few thousand without actually having put any effort into it.

[Pab]

 Yes it is bloody rubish,but it has his purpose to open eyes how trash modern sociaty is
Remember Andy Warhol and his pop art,what it was,copy and past coca cola or cambell soup images
Even art created by that modern sociaty people is going to trash,good story

[SerenaL]

A better representation would be imported american beer/liquor bottles on the floor.

[Pab]

 It is like a floor after any party

[galdur]

The Other Guys- Coffee table

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K0KmgIuT7Y

[stevegreer]

I can see the resemblance.

[Snail2]

MOdern arts aren't arts at all. Arts should be a sort of entertainment, by beauty, by freezing an important moment in time or by making people think about something. Just compare that pile of rubbish to the works of some real painter or sculptor and cry. Actually the bin was a perfect place for this installation.

[eyeknock]

A better representation would be imported american beer/liquor bottles on the floor.

haha i do not doubt it, btw i will never understand some art type, but this is because the art is the art, what is pretty cool for someone is a trash for you, in the end is a matter of taste, yes?

[galdur]

Now; this is art. Street artist Edgar Müller at work on The Crevasse. It took the artist and five assistants five days to create the effect.

[Pab]

Now; this is art. Street artist Edgar Müller at work on The Crevasse. It took the artist and five assistants five days to create the effect.

Great,street painting,i had a friend who was doing street painting in Germany,street is the best gallery possible

[u9y42]

........ >_>   *rips up all his practice drawings of characters and throws a pile of dirt on a painting to sell as 'art' then takes it to a gallery*

I'm not fucking surprised in the slightest, these people will claim anything is art especially if they can sell it to idiots for a few thousand without actually having put any effort into it.

Without putting any effort into it, you say? Do you think it's easy to empty that many bottles of champagne?




I'm somewhat unconvinced this was an accident; I'm sure the exposition would have had visible information on what was being displayed and where, and a space properly set for it. Further, who would let just about anyone in to work without proper guidance and supervision, when there could be items worth thousands or maybe millions of dollars on display?

On the other hand, if this was done on purpose by the museum/"artists", perhaps in an effort to promote the work, it also carries with it quite a bit of bad publicity for the museum.

[Lethn]

........ >_>   *rips up all his practice drawings of characters and throws a pile of dirt on a painting to sell as 'art' then takes it to a gallery*

I'm not fucking surprised in the slightest, these people will claim anything is art especially if they can sell it to idiots for a few thousand without actually having put any effort into it.

Without putting any effort into it, you say? Do you think it's easy to empty that many bottles of champagne?




I'm somewhat unconvinced this was an accident; I'm sure the exposition would have had visible information on what was being displayed and where, and a space properly set for it. Further, who would let just about anyone in to work without proper guidance and supervision, when there could be items worth thousands or maybe millions of dollars on display?

On the other hand, if this was done on purpose by the museum/"artists", perhaps in an effort to promote the work, it also carries with it quite a bit of bad publicity for the museum.

>_< *goes into a fit and strangles*

lol but seriously -_- those people drive me fucking nuts, oh and that OTHER artist is amazing, I've seen his work too, he's got a really good grasp on perspective drawing considering he can do all that on a floor no less.

[galdur]

What I think happened is that the supervisor told the cleaners, here take this picture - after we close up and you make the daily rounds you gather up the stuff and after you´ve wiped the floor you put it back as it was. It´s only going to be here for a month or so, no big deal. Then she left and they looked at each other and said no ####### way.

[christycalhoun]

Now; this is art. Street artist Edgar Müller at work on The Crevasse. It took the artist and five assistants five days to create the effect.

Now that is a beautiful work of art. It would be a shame if somebody tracked mud all over it lol.

[galdur]

Julian Beever is another genius in this field. Here being rescued by Batman and Robin.

[BADecker]

Wow!

Say, I have an idea. Why not set up the art show over the local landfill.

 

[Mike Christ]

Alternative title: Modern rubbish mistaken for art rebuilt in Italy

[isvicre]

Well it does not look like an art piece but that's not that much important.
Art's purpose is to stimulate. It does not need to be likeable.