San Francisco Museum om Modern Art, ett av världens stora konstmuseer blev nyligan utsatta för ett skämt, när två tonåringar placerade ett ar glasögon på golvet framför en skylt och inom några minuter fick konstintresserade besökare att stanna framför vad dom tydligen uppfattade som modern konst.
Christopher Mele beskriver den konst-iga scenen i New York Times: Is It Art? Eyeglasses on Museum Floor Began as Teenagers’ Prank
Two California teenagers who recently visited the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art were less than impressed by some of the exhibits and wondered if they could do better.
And thus a scheme was hatched: They placed a pair of eyeglasses on the floor, stood back and watched as, within minutes, visitors regarded their prank as a work of art, with some even taking photos of the fake installation.
The teenagers, Kevin Nguyen, 16, and TJ Khayatan, 17, both of San Jose, had been left scratching their heads at the simplicity of some of the museum’s exhibits, including two stuffed animals on a blanket.
Within about three minutes, people appeared to be viewing their handiwork as bona fide art, though Kevin said that without his glasses, he could not see what was happening too well.
LMAO WE PUT GLASSES ON THE FLOOR AT AN ART GALLERY AND… pic.twitter.com/7TYoHPtjP8
— teejay (@TJCruda) May 24, 2016
Så var det konst eller inte?
Med tanke på Picassos berömda tjur så är väl svaret att om folk tror att det är konst så är det konst. Undrar hur mycket dom hade fått för sitt konstverk på den öppna konstmarknaden?
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