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Have you tried reading artist statements before.
Sometimes interesting. But I recall an ugly mess on the wall of Tate Modern with a card below which included "...then we shot it with a real gun..." . Britain has very strict gun laws so most people have never used one. Use of the word 'real' left me with the impression the artist had gotten over excited at something which is commonplace in other countries, and confused that with creative endeavor.
https://newrepublic.com/article/147192/modern-art-serves-ric...
Those can make art, make art. Those who can't, write artist's statements. And those who can't do that, write impenetrable essays about it.
Just like the emperor had no clothes, whoever bought this has no art.
This article explained a lot to me about why people purchase these types of things. https://newrepublic.com/article/147192/modern-art-serves-ric...
> 'Beware of first- hand ideas!' exclaimed one of the most advanced of them. 'First-hand ideas do not really exist. They are but the physical impressions produced by love and fear, and on this gross foundation who could erect a philosophy? Let your ideas be second-hand, and if possible tenth-hand, for then they will be far removed from that disturbing element – direct observation. (The Machine Stops, 1909, E.M. Forst…