"GENIUS"

[Faust]

Kira, and all this time I thought the purpose of art fairs is for Karl Lagerfeld to don a new black blazer and jeans. I mean, that's what he thinks, so who am I to think otherwise? But, shit, now I may have to rethink everything.

[maldoror]

i thought we could have a genius thread. much like at a mac store, for when you come across something so damn clever it has to be mythologized..

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2008/12/terence_koh_dazzles_art_basel.html

A flustered Momin said, "Terence's art is about nothing. His performance is that he is not playing music." The artist, grinning in a Mickey Mouse T-shirt and plaid hoodie, confirmed this. "This is my performance. This is me, performing." He added, "I am having an amazing time."

and from that same article, this sentence is kind of genius: "First reaction of shoppers was that it's a safe, smart, solid art show, and that may be smart."

[BECOMING-INTENSE]

Another story from the real world ...

At a Damien Hirst Exhibition:



A father and a little boy standing in front of the shark in
the glass box. The little boy starts pulling his fathers sleeves
and says in a disappointed tone: "But dad! He didn't make the
shark, he didn't make the water, he didn't make the glass box?!
That's not art ..." The father looks down at his son: "you're right,
that's not art"

[Magician]

"Genius"

[Faust]

Another story from the real world ...

At a Damien Hirst Exhibition:



A father and a little boy standing in front of the shark in
the glass box. The little boy starts pulling his fathers sleeves
and says in a disappointed tone: "But dad! He didn't make the
shark, he didn't make the water, he didn't make the glass box?!
That's not art ..." The father looks down at his son: "you're right,
that's not art"

[BECOMING-INTENSE]

Fools and Children tells the truth!