NO NO NO NO

I call bullshit



I'm sick with some sort of flu but there is only so much sleep one can force themselves into. Since I am bound to inactivity and trying my best to avoid complete boredom, I have resorted to reclining on my couch-bed with the tv remote.

So I'm flip flip flipping during commercials for the E! True Hollywood Story; Donald Trump...and come across a profile on an art dealer. This woman caters to extremely rich people and advises them on adding to/preserving/showcasing their art collections.
Blah blah blah...she visits back rooms of museums to keep up-to-date on the latest pieces of art for sale...blah blah blah...and then I see one of these spin paintings by contemporary artist Damien Hirst. For sale. For $20,000.

No way. If I thought bullshit then...my thoughts were solidified when I read the description of these "spin paintings" posted on the webpage above. It's not that I disagree that each painting is unique...it's just that WHY IS THIS SUPPOSED TO BE INTERESTING? I'd rather have my cousin's 20 year old spin art tee shirt framed and hung on my wall. I found it much more intriguing to watch a clip last year of Bjork making a spin painting while strings attached to her fingers released paint as she played the piano. Maybe just maybe I find that act to illustrate something MORE about action, reaction, experimentation and chance...

Hirst merely pours his paint on to a spinning circular canvas...I am currently looking up more info on the artist...whos name I've heard thrown around since I was in art school;

" Hirst actively seeks to achieve a sense of randomness in his spin paintings (formless splashes of color created by pouring paint onto spinning, circular canvases). The artist explains the source of inspiration for his series of spot paintings: "The aim is to set up a kind of visual humming...they represent the ultimate variety of life...and are random attempts to communicate within a rigid system."

I am so uninspired by the art world right now.