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Someone Put Glasses On Museum Floor And Visitors Thought It Was Art
Some teens from San Francisco caused quite a spectacle (sorry) when they placed a pair of glasses on the floor of an art museum recently. Unsure what to make of it, bemused visitors did the only thing they could think of – they thought it was a piece of art and starting taking photographs of them.
The pranksters – Twitter users @TJCruda and @k_vinnn – decided to pull the stunt after being left unimpressed by the art on offer at San Francisco’s Museum of Modern Art. And within minutes of placing the glasses on the floor, a crowd of onlookers had gathered to ponder the metaphysical meaning of this piece of modern “art”. One of the teens, 17-year-old T.J. Khayatan, documented the public’s response and later uploaded pictures of the hilarious experiment to Twitter. Needless to say, they soon went viral and have since been shared over 40,000 times.
It might not have been art, but the prank was still priceless.
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Keira Way 9 years ago
So close I can taste it, I see what's mine and take it (finders keepers losers weepers)
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Sean Harrison 9 years ago
i think it just shows that art space is sacred space, and that people respond to whatever you throw at them in the space, positively or negatively. so that's kinda exciting if you're trying to get people to connect or think about something.
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Tea Berries 9 years ago
I wonder what the cards on the wall said... if they could've been interpreted as related to the glasses in some coincidental way or how did the cards get there... were they too placed by the students...
orenji 9 years ago
I was curious about that too. It could be the main reason people stopped to look since it looks more "official"...
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Phillipe Knippel 9 years ago
It was not just a pair of glasses on the floor. They added a paper with a description of the art, on the wall. So, yeah, for everybody there, it was a real art.
Yugan Talovich 9 years ago
I think it was Dilbert who had a cartoon where the gallery janitor forgot his mop and visitors thought it was art.
Sarah Rebolledo 9 years ago
Dear author of this article (James), Great spectacle pun. No need to apologise ;)
Virginia Su 9 years ago
Why is there a plaque on the wall showing information? Was the original art work missing or something? That would be the only reason why people think it is art, since there's supposedly information on it, which is what every art piece in a museum has.
Keira Way 9 years ago
So close I can taste it, I see what's mine and take it (finders keepers losers weepers)
Load More Replies... Sean Harrison 9 years ago
i think it just shows that art space is sacred space, and that people respond to whatever you throw at them in the space, positively or negatively. so that's kinda exciting if you're trying to get people to connect or think about something.
Load More Replies... Tea Berries 9 years ago
I wonder what the cards on the wall said... if they could've been interpreted as related to the glasses in some coincidental way or how did the cards get there... were they too placed by the students...
orenji 9 years ago
I was curious about that too. It could be the main reason people stopped to look since it looks more "official"...
Load More Replies... Phillipe Knippel 9 years ago
It was not just a pair of glasses on the floor. They added a paper with a description of the art, on the wall. So, yeah, for everybody there, it was a real art.
Yugan Talovich 9 years ago
I think it was Dilbert who had a cartoon where the gallery janitor forgot his mop and visitors thought it was art.
Sarah Rebolledo 9 years ago
Dear author of this article (James), Great spectacle pun. No need to apologise ;)
Virginia Su 9 years ago
Why is there a plaque on the wall showing information? Was the original art work missing or something? That would be the only reason why people think it is art, since there's supposedly information on it, which is what every art piece in a museum has.
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