Addendum
Addendum Addendum: You can actually compare this to a Banksy.
Posterchild just linked to an excellent video:
It’s an experiment. What if you took a famous contemporary studio artist’s work and plunked it on the streets? Would anyone notice? Would anyone care?
It just goes to show how much people can get sucked into their little worlds of academia (or whatever the art-world equivalent is) and completely lose touch with the reality outside their walls.
Favorite quote: “Imagine if art suddenly appeared in the real world, on the street.”
But it does have some (sincerely) good ones:
Art is usually defined by the intention for it to be a work of art and the context in which you see it. - Amy Cappellazzo, Head of Contemporary Art, Christie’s
Art is about creating images and passing on ideas. If it succeeds in making people think, even for a few seconds, it has done a lot already. - Luc Tuymans, Painter
(I might as well start attributing these quotes if I’m going to collect them.)