What is the appeal in these multi million dollar artworks?

[Nova]

I happened to read in the never ending thread that a painting was sold yesterday at an auction for $120 million. Having some interest in art, I present you this list of some art sold for an exorbitant price: 1. The Scream by Edvard Munch - sold for $120 million The Scream was heard all over the world yesterday!!! 2. No.5 by Jackson Pollock - sold for $140 million Drip painting. Basically take a large brush dipped in paint and start splashing on the canvas. You call this art? 3. The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living by Damien Hirst - sold for $12.5 million A dead shark preserved in a tank full of formaldehyde. :facepalm: Damien Hirst became the first solo artist to reach $198 million at an auction selling his preserved dead animals. wtf! One more example: A dead cow 4. Woman III by Willem de Kooning - sold for a whopping $137.5 million. Termed as one of the ugliest paintings ever. lol 5. False Start by Jasper Johns - sold for $80 million Looks like a 5 year old did this! 6. Black Square by Kazimir Malevich - sold for $1 million yup a perfect black square. :blink: 7. The Art of Sachin Tendulkar - unsold! :(( This will become famous after I die... hell yeah!

[Yoda-esque]

^:hysterical:

[1983-2011]

7. The Art of Sachin Tendulkar - unsold! :(( This will become famous after I die... hell yeah!

have u got patent on it, trust me your great grand kids gonna get millions from the auction of this painting:dance:

[Yoda-esque]

Tdigi..If you ever get rich,Dont forget I donated 10 mil to you ..

[Old guy]

Tdigi..If you ever get rich' date='Dont forget I donated 10 mil to you ..[/quote'] :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:

[Old guy]

and tidigi's work is best by far.. rest is just hyped up crap and decomposing animals :dontknow:

[punjabi_khota]

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-05/wsu-esh050312.php

[Prakat]

Was a little surprised by the question in the title given tdigi is an artist. But at the zing.

[vvvslaxman]

LMAO lol your comments .. especially the black square WTF :hysterical:

[bangladeshifan]

black square o_O

[bulbul]

i wanted to open this thread after reading "Scream" auction in Rediff.. seriously whether people really but this for its inner meanings or just for prestige sake :dontknow:

[jairamesh]

I happened to read in the never ending thread that a painting was sold yesterday at an auction for $120 million. Having some interest in art, I present you this list of some art sold for an exorbitant price: 6. Black Square by Kazimir Malevich - sold for $1 million yup a perfect black square. :blink:

wtfffffff fecking feck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Precambrian]

Lol@ black square..

[Crookbond]

Tdigi, Print your painting on a piece of paper and sign it. Lock it up in a chest. Bury it 200 ft in the ground. After a few hundred years, I'm sure your "art" will have great value.

[Precambrian]

I got started on my own masterpiece "Black Circle" only to find the guy had already painted that as well : :(( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Circle Besides he's also done the Black Cross and White rectangle as well Planning to do a Black Tendulkar...

[Crookbond]

:hysterical: :hysterical: :hysterical: :hysterical:

[Old guy]

:hysterical: im gonna do a white square :finger:

[Nova]

im gonna do a white square :finger:

That has been done too.. :giggle: "Black Square" was painted in 1915 and was presented as a breakthrough in his career and in art in general. Malevich also painted White on White which was also heralded as a milestone. "White on White" was a breakthrough from polychrome to monochrome Suprematism.

[maniac]

I remember this story of a 9 year old kid who won a state-level drawing competetion....He took a chart paper and colored it completely black and named it 'how the blind views the world'

[beetle]

The Scream and tdigi 's Tendulkar are good....rest are rubbish.