Chimp's painting fools experts

[krunchyfrogg]

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117...-13762,00.html

From correspondents in Moritzburg, Saxony December 19, 2005 A GERMAN art expert was fooled into believing a painting done by a chimpanzee was the work of a master. The director of the State Art Museum of Moritzburg in Saxony-Anhalt, Katja Schneider, suggested the painting was by the Guggenheim Prize-winning artist Ernst Wilhelm Nay. "It looks like an Ernst Wilhelm Nay. He was famous for using such blotches of colour," Dr Schneider confidently asserted. The canvas was actually the work of Banghi, a 31-year-old female chimp at the local zoo. While Banghi likes to paint, she is not able to build up much of a body of work as her mate Satscho generally destroys her paintings before they can get to the gallery. But this one survived long enough to give Dr Schneider a red face. "I did think it looked a bit rushed," she told Bild newspaper.

[ 12-20-2005, 12:05 AM: Message edited by: krunchyfrogg ]

[johnny]

That's what you get with this so called modern art, anyone can make a painting and claim it's from a "master". Rembrand would turn in his grave if he knew what people today consider art.

[Sir Degrader]

So would most art teachers, unless they're teaching the damn thing lol.

[ 12-19-2005, 08:20 PM: Message edited by: Sir Degrader ]

[Madman]

Hahah I am happy to hear it, if its one thing i cant stand its the pretentious attitude of so many so-called critics i mean things like 'the yellow canvas' and the 'messy bedroom' making money an winning prizes its wrong , just wrong.

[Sir Degrader]

"Just because I have a paintbrush and feces up my ass makes me the best judge on how a bunch of paint and canvas go together!"

Originally posted by Sir Degrader: "Just because I have a paintbrush and feces up my ass makes me the best judge on how a bunch of paint and canvas go together!"

I know for me it does.