I'll never understand modern art

Clearly, this piece is of the nihilism movement.

Exactly which part, I dunno.

Admire the poetic qualities of this next piece . The perfect handling of line length and meter. Word order, line spacing, alignment, all come together to form a masterful work of art. The use of a sans-serif font also suggests a deep internal struggle within the artist that...

There was indeed plenty of consideration about this piece. For instance: why did the artist choose this particular shade of white? It appears to be neither warm nor cool. Given the warm colours of the frame and surrounding wall, it might be up to the viewer to determine if the artist is yearning for the warmth of the outside world to thaw their cold and sterile environment, or perhaps a futile attempt to cool the heated passions of the outside world; both blocked by some tangible, man-made barrier.

Even with the artist's intentions clearly spelled out, the message is still vague and ethereal.

*open and closes his mouth a few times o.O*

as an aside, the letters leaning left speak of a deep inner conflict with capitalism as a whole, and the way beer drinkers are treatened in particular.

and now, free beer for everyone!

Ah yes.
1 million dollars for this, uh. Thing- That will make other rich people jealous of me for some reason!

it will look awesome on that giant white spot above the giant white fireplace in your giant white house with giant white windows.

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♫♪And then you get an artist says he doesn't want to paint at all
He takes an empty canvas and sticks it on the wall...♪♫^{--Dire Straits, In The Gallery}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-v6JeolLzw

at Eurofurence 5, someone put an empty sheet of paper in a frame up in the art show, named it "Spooge", and donated the result of the auction sale to the charity project...

What was the result??

it actually sold for like, 20 euros. :)

I'm a little mad, not gonna lie. XD

well, it was for charity, so there. :)

"But is it aaaart?" - Yes, if someone pays insane amounts for it. Whatever it is. (So that makes most furry porn art by default?)

(would it still be art if the customer never pays for it?)

Modern art......

My next piece is performance art. It's called "guy sits at a computer and watches youtube videos."

If it has text saying "THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK" on it, then it's not really blank!

"Ceci n'est pas une page blanche."

The first time I encountered "this page is blank" was in 1970s IBM manuals.
So this must be an IBM gallery!

http://meep.us/meeps/pipecleaner_ferret.jpg
A 'ferret' sometimes refers to a pipe cleaner,
long long before the "Drain Weasel" tool.

"OH NO, THIS PAGE IS LEFT BLANK BY ACCIDENT!"

gotta love follow-ups. XD

Reminds me of the guy that put a frame around the lightswitch at a gallery, and folks kept tryin' to buy it.

it's not art until it shreds itself

A page out of any computer manual from the 70s or 80s...

It isn't blank... It has "THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK." printed on it...

I love it.

It's actually a portrait of a polar bear eating vanilla ice cream at the North Pole.

if banksy just did that, instantly 4 million artwork

Was the painting stolen?
https://www.gardnermuseum.org/organization/theft