What do you think about this "painting"?

Hello Perkies,

I see things like this painting (at the bottom) and wonder "Why would someone ever pay so much money for something such as that".. The picture below is a $44 million dollar painting by Barnett Newman, a 20th century American artist dealing in "abstract expressionism"..

Do you think a painting like this should ever be sold for such ridiculous amounts of money? I don't even think that pictures like this should be called art.. It's nothing more than a line.. Anyone can draw a line and say it stands for something, but only does it change when it's a certain person drawing/painting it...

What is your guys' take?

Thanks for reading,
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Sure, the line may express two sides.
It is not worth much in my book, though.

It just seems plain and boring.. Something I would pick up at Dollar General for a few bucks that is mass produced .~.

It is a blue background with a white line on it, nothing more.

I never understood these people...

Exactly @Kavalix.. I can understand that it is intended to mean something, but then again my stick figures could be intended to mean something..

I don't understand why people think a blue background and a line is like "HOLY FUCKING SHIT I NEED TO INVEST ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY A FUCKING NICE HOUSE, CAR, AND EVERYTHING I COULD EVER WANT IN THIS PAINTING THAT I COULD DO IF I JUST SAT DOWN AND DID IT"...


Absolutely ridiuclous.. I can see this being a museum piece becuase of the artist, but not something worth $44 million..

Absolutely ridiuclous.. I can see this being a museum piece becuase of the artist, but not something worth $44 million..

Just imagine how many starving people could have been fed using this money, how many homes could have been built...

That is literally the best way to think about this.. I don't see why someone so wealthy would throw so much at a painting, rather than helping people..

Hell, honestly? If I had $44 million to shell out at my disposal I would be throwing it at all sorts of charities.. I would give a lot to St. Jude's Hospital because I hate seeing kids have to go through stuff like that... They should be having fun outside and thinking about fun stuff rather than if they will make it a few more days :/

They are buying such things for that much money because they are selfish and ignorant, they need to show others how rich they are,
how much money they can spend, I bet it is some kind of competition between all these rich people... Absolutely disgusting!

My opinion of you just went up exponentially :P I agree with that 1000000%

I agree it is nothing more than a blue background with a white line, however in art the value is not of the painting, but what someone is willing to pay for it. For example Barnett Newman was once quoted saying "old standards of beauty were irrelevant, the sublime was all that was appropriate - an experience of enormity which might lift modern humanity out of its torpor" his pictures were a decisive break. Remember that the art market isn't determined by questions of intrinsic value. If you do not like the painting, then that is just how you feel, you are entitled to like or dislike. Art appreciation is subjective either you like it or you don't.