Thank you to the Independent’s Online and George Lithgow for the Headline
The story is about an artist who gathered used and discarded rope that would otherwise have to be destroyed and who took it back to his studio, washed and sanitised said rope and then turned it into a artwork, which looked just like a pile of old rope.
Is this chicanery of the highest kind or is it an excellent example of upcycling and turning waste into something if not useful then desirable and hygienic?
Just like the story of the Emperor’s Clothes, if enough people believe the pile of old rope is Art of the highest degree than it is. If institutions who want to display it to the public as such , think it is , then it is.
Art is Art to those who behold it. If the market place decides it’s worth £1 million then so be it.
If an Art Critic says it’s Art then it is.
If I say it’s a pile of old rope than I’m an idiot and know nothing.
It is just a story about old rope and how it can be transformed and made valuable if enough people want it to be.
Why shouldn’t they worship a pile of old rope?
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