“What is about art anyway that we give so much importance? Art is so respected by the poor because what they do is an honest way to get out of the slum using one’s sheer self as the medium. The money earned, proof pure and simple of the value of that individual, the artist. The picture a mother’s son does in jail hangs on her wall as proof that beauty is possible even in the most wretched.

And this is a much different idea than the fancier notion that art is a scam and a rip off. But you can never explain to someone that uses God’s gift to enslave that you have used God’s gift to be free”

-From the Movie Basquiat

This is my favorite quote about art.

“Re-Inventing the Wheel” 9/5-9/18 @ The ARTery
Opening Reception: September 5th 6:00-10:00 PM
Closing Reception: September 19th 6:00-10:00 PM

Day 30 (Re-Inventing the Wheel)

I found this quote from Lady Gaga on Perez Hilton:

“I would never even think about it (lip synching). The whole point to me is, if you’re gonna be number one, you better really be fucking number one. If you’re gonna be on top, you better be able to do all those things, because it’s a real privilege to be able to make music everyday, and I get away with a lot…Andy Warhol says art is what you can get away with, and I get away with a lot with my music and my clothes, and I work really hard so I could truly be a real artist for all my fans. That’s really fucked up when you lip-synch.”

Now that sounds all well and good in theory, but seeing as how Lady Gaga is (at best) a marginal singer, a pretty mediocre dancer, and is basically a poor man’s Britney Spears, her outrage seems somewhat comical. Props on name dropping Andy Warhol though. That was very sneaky clever.

(Lady Gaga demonstrating the Tommy Lee method of proving you are a real artist: play an idiot simple song on piano. Justin Timberlake made this popular)

On a side note, I actually like Lady Gaga’s music.