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March 29, 2012
"It would be interesting to know whose idea was to move the 340-ton rock from a quarry (at a distance of almost a hundred miles) to the Los Angeles County Museum...."
It helps to keep in mind that classifying this rock as an object of artis not an isolated event and has much in common with other dubious and misguided designations of worthless objects as "art." They are often called "installations" and may include urinals, assortments of junk, body parts floating in formaldehyde, or empty canvasses pretending to be "paintings." -- A Moving Rock - Paul Hollander - The American Interest Magazine
Posted by gerardvanderleun at March 29, 2012 10:31 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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I just hope it wasn't somebody's pet.
Posted by: Harry at March 29, 2012 2:43 PM
Empty souls, empty art.
Posted by: Ed at March 30, 2012 5:47 AM
Cool technological achievement, but art? There's something wrong with those people.
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