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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

And now please explain to me why this is "art" and not just human slop.

[–] LemmyBruceLeeMarvin@lemmy.ml 5 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I gotta get in on this money laundering scam

[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 2 points 13 hours ago

Step 1: Buy old rope for 1m at gallery Step 2: Get same gallery to appraiser old rope for 20 million Step 3: Donate old rope to a museum and claim 20 million write-off on taxes Step 4: Repeat and win

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 55 points 1 day ago

The headline is a little misleading, no? He is offering for sale 10 tonnes of old rope as art for £1m; the article certainly does not mention him having found a buyer, which the headline implies.

[–] Donebrach@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

but its curated, in stark space and he’s waring all black! IT ART!

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

Silliness aside, old rope kinda fascinates me. Some lasts forever, some is rotten beyond use. I have a giant sack at camp, all kinds. Interesting to see how different materials last, stretch, rot, etc.

Friend gave me quite a bit of the thickest nylon rope pictured. Made a shitty rope bridge out of it that might outlast my old carcass.

[–] turdburglar@piefed.social 1 points 13 hours ago

one of my three favorite artists.

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 9 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] eleijeep@piefed.social 1 points 15 hours ago

Did you miss the actual joke of the piece?

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 6 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Don't tell them about Joseph Beuys.

The end of the Fettecke
In 1986, a custodian in the Art Academy of Düsseldorf cleaned up the butter about nine months after Beuys' death.

[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I read the article 3 times now and still don't understand

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 7 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

Fair enough, it's a bit short. Joseph Beuys was an artist that worked with fat & felt a lot. He was famous and esp. after his death his artwork went for insane prices. One of his works was literally a corner of a room filled with fat (butter, apparently, but it's called Fettecke = fat corner or grease corner). A cleaner accidentally cleaned it up, not knowing what it was. Or so the story goes.

[–] Archer@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago

Being a cleaner at a modern art museum has to be stressful

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nice work if you can get it.

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Anyone can get it if you go find the island of it floating around in the Pacific Ocean (I think?).

[–] Archer@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

That’s microscopic plastic

[–] kami@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 22 hours ago

Easy money!

[–] blave@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

While I fully appreciate abstract art, I’m a bit incensed that this is being sold for £1m.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

No one has bought it for £1m.