Huh, I could have made that!

I'm sorry, but that is beyond the pale!
A space?!

Re. the buttons; I would close my eyes and let the pink button drop onto the grid. Wherever it landed would be where I would place it. And the white buttons would be placed around the pink one, but piled on top of one another, thus leaving the majority of the grid bare. The pink button would thus be protected, as in my mind, it’s the beating heart of the whole piece.

MissAdventure

I'm sorry, but that is beyond the pale!
A space?!

Less is more ?

MissAdventure
Absolutely loved your link. He summed it up perfectly.
I’ve shared it. ?

Re. the Paul Joseph Watson film; much against my will, as he is such a loathsome character, I found myself agreeing with some of what he said. It could be argued that PJW himself contributes to modern art as his ideas, articles, films, etc. so often subvert truth (amongst his other beliefs, he’s a huge believer in conspiracy theories).
Someone up-thread said art is subjective, and thank goodness for that. How boring if we all had works by the same artists on our walls or galleries only hung works by certain artists.

Somebody, or several people working together, thought of the scenario in the video linked below.

LINK > Surprise! (4 minutes 39 seconds)

A taste of what I like.
My favourite picture ( at home )

StarDreamer it was possibly/probably Mayim Bialik (Amy) herself, she is a Doctor of Philosophy in Neuroscience.
As an aside, this isn’t the only time Amy uses her neuroscience background on Sheldon, imo, she’s the best character in TBBT.

LINK > Museum of Bad art

Just remember, no matter what they say, the pictures have survived and are pictured on the internet.

I particularly like the Two trees in love painting.

I only know of that picture because this museum exists. I would not know of it, nor suspect its existence, otherwise.

Thank you, grannydarkhair.

Oh that looks fun!
I've never heard of it before.
I can't wait for a browse.

They're great!

I would put the pink button near (but not at) the top right corner, at the second row, four from the left, where it would make a dynamic assymetry, taking the eye forward and up in optimism.

I wouldn't like it at the equivalent points near each of the other three corners. Putting it at a point near (but not at) the lower right corner would still go forward, but dropping down.

Near (but not at) the left side, at row two, it would take the eye back and out of the picture, stopping the forward flow, and at row four near the left, the eye would go down as well as back, off the bottom of the page as well as off the side. .

This all relates to the eye movements trained into us as we learnt to read. We read from left to right. Also we raise our gaze when optimistic and drop it when sad. Many famous paintings can be "read" from left to right, and many "inspirational" scenes have lines which take the eyes up and to the right. (and hymns and psalms - "I to the hills will lift mine eyes" )

We had a "modern art installation" in our town centre a few years ago. It consisted of 100 lemon buns, all laid out on the floor outside the town hall. I have no idea what it was meant to represent and it wasn't there very long, because within about 10 minutes, it had been eaten by pigeons.

LINK > I Could Do That | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios (5 minutes 40 seconds)

MissAdventure

The point if conceptual art is that someone thought to do it.
We can all copy it, but we didn't think up the concept. (Not that I want to dance in a circle with my finger up someone else's bottom)

MissAdventure. - ah but would you be ok dancing in a circle with your finger up your own bottom? Might be more of a crouching hoppy dance ......and conceptual lol

NotAGran55

StarDreamer

I just thought of another one.

If you have twenty-five buttons and you need to place them in a 5 by 5 grid pattern spaced out on a table, and twenty-four of the buttons are white, and one is pink, where in the grid does the pink one get placed, and why?

I would discard the pink one as I absolutely hate pink, and would leave a space in the centre.

NotaGran55 - I agree with you I'd dump the pink one as I also don't like pink but think I would leave the space at the bottom right

Smileless2012

I think mine symbolises my OCD.

Could you possibly say something about your art please?

SD Smileless was referring to her made bed.

Meryl I love that picture too.
It’s referenced in the opening scene of the movie Cabaret! when we are introduced to the KitKat Club

Good morning, Fanny.

Do you know the title of the picture please, if indeed the picture has a title?

> SD Smileless was referring to her made bed.

Ah!

Thank you for explaining.

‘Morning SD
I’ve been unpacking my shopping - I decided to have it delivered when it was a bit cooler.
I’m going to attempt some housework next, as I’m planning on doing absolutely nothing until Wednesday.

The picture is by Otto Dix, and it called Portrait of the Journalist Sylvia Von Harden.

This is it in colour.

Here is Alan Cummings paying tribute.
He recently played the EmCee in the musical Cabaret on Broadway

He’s got her hand just right!

And here is the shot from the movie