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Someone Put Glasses On Museum Floor And Visitors Thought It Was Art
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Someone Put Glasses On Museum Floor And Visitors Thought It Was Art

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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
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So close I can taste it, I see what's mine and take it (finders keepers losers weepers)

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Sean Harrison
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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...

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orenji
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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Yugan Talovich
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think it was Dilbert who had a cartoon where the gallery janitor forgot his mop and visitors thought it was art.

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Sarah Rebolledo
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dear author of this article (James), Great spectacle pun. No need to apologise ;)

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Virginia Su
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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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Amadea Ris
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Congratulations! you have made your first art performance XD So there's a glitch in your experiment, sorry to say.

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Sarah Rebolledo
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dear author (James), Great spectacle joke! No need to apologise! ;)

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Daria B
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The best part is that, although for joke, these teens have actually created a piece of art by conceptally putting those glasses there and move people's minds.

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Miklos Legrady
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Art historian and critic Barbara Rose wrote “What was done in Duchamp’s name was responsible for some of the silliest, most inane, most vulgar non-art still being produced by ignorant and lazy artists whose thinking stops with the idea of putting a found object in a museum.

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Pierre-Eric Raby
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Between this and the janitor who cleaned up a pile of trash which was ACTUALLY art, I feel like the word "art" is being abused a lot, when paired with "modern".

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Hannibal Crichton
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Even if there was a placard, how dumb and sheepish are the stream of idiots who respond to such a thing?

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King David
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A lot of "art" is way, way overrated. However, I think if it wasn't for the writing on the wall, nobody would have thought the glasses were anything other than glasses. Leave it to the foreigners to think it was something special. And they call Americans stupid.

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Victoria Anne Dupre
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ha ha fool some of the people some of the time, but not all the people all of the time :) n nite sweet dreams God bless :)

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Josie TheHan
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Even though it's not supposed to be art. But it became art eventually

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Loraine Mac
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We can all be so gullible and tend to give everything the 'benefit of the doubt' !

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Anita Wolf
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, in that context, it indeed was art. Yes, it's that simple! BUT... whether that's "good" art, touching, inspiring, telling more than one can see. And if so, does it have the ability to have that impact on more than one or two people???

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Donna Lettier
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I too have been confused by some pieces I've across in museums of contemporary art (e.g., not knowing if an object/sculpture was an artwork or a public bench for me to sit on.) With respect to these eye glasses, I too noticed that more people were reading two notices placed on the wall, than looking at the glasses themselves. Any notice on the wall would have given people the distinct impression that the glasses were deliberately placed on the floor with a specific purpose in mind (no matter how serious or silly!) So this "experiment"...or this summary of it...is not as simple or pure as it seems.

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Goz Maculele
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

proof that you don't recognize the highest form of art even if the artist makes you a part of it (as you are now reading this)

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Goz Maculele
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

that was high art at its finest, most expressive and you all continue to miss it even though the gallery has left the museum and pursued you to your mobile screens

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Wayne Beesley
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

haha this so sums up alot of the utter tripe they serve up at modern art museums.....

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Duncan Wilkie
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Teens find their inner artist, at art exhibition" - perhaps there is hope!

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Jonathan Munshi
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nah. Not an intact pair of glasses. Now, if someone had stepped on it and crushed it, that would be something.

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Michelle quehl
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Art is subjective... the subject people who think they are sophisticated are really stupid

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caitlin8356
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Find it on this: http://www.readtheory.org/reading/welcomeReader#

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Susanna Vesna
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hilarious indeed! Proves that any s****y idea from anyone can be considered art these days! Poop on the floor of a "modern arts" museum and people will take selfies with it!

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David Murcott
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Technically it means that modern art has become conceptual, not that it inherantly sucks.

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Keira Way
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So close I can taste it, I see what's mine and take it (finders keepers losers weepers)

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Sean Harrison
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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 avatar
orenji
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

talovich avatar
Yugan Talovich
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think it was Dilbert who had a cartoon where the gallery janitor forgot his mop and visitors thought it was art.

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Sarah Rebolledo
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dear author of this article (James), Great spectacle pun. No need to apologise ;)

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Virginia Su
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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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Amadea Ris
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Congratulations! you have made your first art performance XD So there's a glitch in your experiment, sorry to say.

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Sarah Rebolledo
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dear author (James), Great spectacle joke! No need to apologise! ;)

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Daria B
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The best part is that, although for joke, these teens have actually created a piece of art by conceptally putting those glasses there and move people's minds.

legrady avatar
Miklos Legrady
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Art historian and critic Barbara Rose wrote “What was done in Duchamp’s name was responsible for some of the silliest, most inane, most vulgar non-art still being produced by ignorant and lazy artists whose thinking stops with the idea of putting a found object in a museum.

eikelimejdak avatar
Pierre-Eric Raby
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Between this and the janitor who cleaned up a pile of trash which was ACTUALLY art, I feel like the word "art" is being abused a lot, when paired with "modern".

genhannibal avatar
Hannibal Crichton
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Even if there was a placard, how dumb and sheepish are the stream of idiots who respond to such a thing?

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King David
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A lot of "art" is way, way overrated. However, I think if it wasn't for the writing on the wall, nobody would have thought the glasses were anything other than glasses. Leave it to the foreigners to think it was something special. And they call Americans stupid.

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Victoria Anne Dupre
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ha ha fool some of the people some of the time, but not all the people all of the time :) n nite sweet dreams God bless :)

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Josie TheHan
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Even though it's not supposed to be art. But it became art eventually

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Loraine Mac
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We can all be so gullible and tend to give everything the 'benefit of the doubt' !

vanitaswolf avatar
Anita Wolf
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, in that context, it indeed was art. Yes, it's that simple! BUT... whether that's "good" art, touching, inspiring, telling more than one can see. And if so, does it have the ability to have that impact on more than one or two people???

donnalettier avatar
Donna Lettier
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I too have been confused by some pieces I've across in museums of contemporary art (e.g., not knowing if an object/sculpture was an artwork or a public bench for me to sit on.) With respect to these eye glasses, I too noticed that more people were reading two notices placed on the wall, than looking at the glasses themselves. Any notice on the wall would have given people the distinct impression that the glasses were deliberately placed on the floor with a specific purpose in mind (no matter how serious or silly!) So this "experiment"...or this summary of it...is not as simple or pure as it seems.

gozmaculele avatar
Goz Maculele
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

proof that you don't recognize the highest form of art even if the artist makes you a part of it (as you are now reading this)

gozmaculele avatar
Goz Maculele
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

that was high art at its finest, most expressive and you all continue to miss it even though the gallery has left the museum and pursued you to your mobile screens

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Wayne Beesley
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

haha this so sums up alot of the utter tripe they serve up at modern art museums.....

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Duncan Wilkie
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Teens find their inner artist, at art exhibition" - perhaps there is hope!

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Jonathan Munshi
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nah. Not an intact pair of glasses. Now, if someone had stepped on it and crushed it, that would be something.

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Michelle quehl
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Art is subjective... the subject people who think they are sophisticated are really stupid

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caitlin8356
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Find it on this: http://www.readtheory.org/reading/welcomeReader#

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Susanna Vesna
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hilarious indeed! Proves that any s****y idea from anyone can be considered art these days! Poop on the floor of a "modern arts" museum and people will take selfies with it!

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David Murcott
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Technically it means that modern art has become conceptual, not that it inherantly sucks.

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