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Contemporary Artists you absolutely cannot abide.

Contemporary Art is usually dated as Post World WWII so not all 20th Century artists qualify. But the avant-garde such as Dadaists qualify, in my estimation. I give you Marcel Duchamp. I think he's swell but I know the common critique is that readymades are not creative and not really art. Of course this is one gesture that started Contemporary Art. Fountain is from 1917. Maurizio Cattelan's 2019 "Comedian" - a fresh banana duck-taped to a wall - and which sold on 20 November 2024 for $5,200,000, isn't any improvement on Duchamp's century old Fountain.

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by Anonymousreply 11November 27, 2024 9:12 PM

That guy who put the dead great white shark in the tank.

by Anonymousreply 1November 27, 2024 4:52 PM

^Damien Hirst...yeah, he was the first one who came to my mind as well. But I will admit that I don't much care for most contemporary art in general.

by Anonymousreply 2November 27, 2024 5:04 PM

Jeff Koons with his grissly face and his topiary and "balloon" twisty puppies.

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by Anonymousreply 3November 27, 2024 5:31 PM

J. Seward Johnson who, sadly for treacle-loving mayor's and parks administrators everywhere, has been dead only 4 years.

by Anonymousreply 4November 27, 2024 5:35 PM

J Seward Johnson

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by Anonymousreply 5November 27, 2024 5:35 PM

yeah J Seward Johnson sculpture is mostly quite awful. There are a couple I don't mind.

by Anonymousreply 6November 27, 2024 5:41 PM

Yayoi Kusama, the Japanese gourd clown bitch

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by Anonymousreply 7November 27, 2024 5:42 PM

Basquiat. The whole over-the-top adulation of him in the art world feels gimmicky and self-congratulatory.

by Anonymousreply 8November 27, 2024 7:25 PM

Basquiat is one of the few who was worthy of the hype. His paintings are bursting with energy.

by Anonymousreply 9November 27, 2024 9:05 PM

[quote]a fresh banana [italic]duck[/italic]-taped to a wall

by Anonymousreply 10November 27, 2024 9:06 PM

Obviously this is all opinion so I'll listen to others. I think some Basquiat is very good.

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