Art is in the eye of the beholder

[gas112]

Just came acrooss this article You couldnt make it up .

Italian artist sells ‘invisible’ sculpture for more than £12,000

The sculpture doesn’t physically exist, artist claims, ‘it’s in the mind of the creator’

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Mottie]

He got fed up with it and sold it to me for half price. Bargain!

 

[Brigadier]

I thought about buying it, but couldn't see the point.

Or the rest of it, for that matter.

 

[gas112]

Good chance he may have bought a fake and not the original

 

[diy_fun_uk]

If the story is true, whoever paid the money is a feckwit

 

[gas112]

my first thou

If the story is true, whoever paid the money is a feckwit

my first thought got to be made up but nope

 

[carmanmemoranda]

Somebody with more money than sense.

But the artist did defend it with.... After all, don’t we give shape to a God we have never seen?” he asked.

 

[aveatry]

Are NFTs still a thing which were all over the news not long ago.

 

[Nwgs2]

Are NFTs still a thing which were all over the news not long ago.

Not anymore. Social media pumped and dumped the fook out of
That

 

[aveatry]

Not anymore. Social media pumped and dumped the fook out of
That

So all these numpties who paid a fortune for an NFT - its now worthless

 

[Koolpc]

Old story.

I saw through it straight away!

 

[Nwgs2]

So all these numpties who paid a fortune for an NFT - its now worthless

Yeah!! All the famous pricks made a fortune.

Modern day money laundering/pyramid scheme

 

[Justin Passing]

Artistic qualities are in the mind of the beholder. So it's immaterial.

 

[Odds]

It's a step up from the 'work' of Piero Manzini who...er...'crafted' his masterpiece 'sh!t-in-a-can' in the 60s. Almost 100 were made but only one is documented as sold - to Alberto Lucia for 30 grams of 18-carat gold .

True story. I sh!t you not.