consider this black triangle. what does it mean to you? do you feel nothing? then perhaps it is your fault, for not thinking deeply enough. now, consider this black square. how about these, 3 black squares? wow, you really don't feel anything?
you must be really shallow. well, how about this sculpture of agiant piece of human feces? surely, that must resonate within the wallsof your every being. has this great art not stirred your soul? well, it's in a museum, so it must be important. right? nope! it's just.. modern art (intro)wow, ethan, great moves, keep it up, proud of you.
(intro music) modern art was created in 1960 by thegreatest artist that ever lived, jackson pollock. pollock believed that art was just a bit of a goof, and that artists have been trying too hard. here is his most famous painting 'a bit of a goob'. and of course, his other masterpiece "a dab will do ya'".
people came to understand that artisn't supposed to mean anything, it's supposed to just.. confuse you and make you feel stupid. pollock perfectly encaptured that with his famous.. masterworks. do you see that way - there's likethis one part in the corner where he like put the black paint? inspired.
today we will explore modern art in all of its majesty from the oldest and greatest, to the new and most bold. join us today in modern art. (high pitched sound) you can see the 3 white canvases here
have clearly made this young man feelvery stupid and inadequate, making it a very profound piece of modern art. (auctioneer)in the room still at 73 million, 74 million, 75 million, (ethan)these were later sold at auction for 95 million dollars another great sign of true artistry. (auctioneer)nick, your bidder at 95 million dollars.
(clapping) i wanted to make someone else feel stupidfor a change, and to make a million dollars doing it. so i headed off to the moma here, in new york city, to learn from the best. this is the first piece i noticed, what impressed me, is the absolute depthof it two bracelets, sitting on a counterfilmed in vhs?
breathtaking. this piece is entitled, 'i really don't give a shit (and it shows)' it sold for 2 million dollars which definitely left me feeling quitestupid and confused what specifically did i learn fromthis piece? looking old increases the value of art. here's the second piece i noticed, it's rocks,
under glass, that's it. it's just - it's just rocks.. in glass. this piece was commissioned forthe price of 200 thousand dollars. and, if you ask me, money well spent. this piece is entitled 'this is art?
oh, okay i guess i'll take your word for it cool.' and what do we learn from this piece? as long as it's behind glass it's art. this artist here took pieces of aphone book, and framed them all on the wall fulfilling the two things that we'vealready learned
'behind glass', and 'look old'. let's try to call one of these numbers up and see if it's real.. oh my god.. it is real.. this has got to be worth so much money 'all i did was frame some phonebook pages, and now i'm in the moma'.
and what do we learn this time? take something that already exists, and resell it as art. at the end of the day, i was no closer to making a milliondollars from art. i felt overwhelmed, frustrated, and confused. (cough)
it felt like the harder i tried tounderstand it the further from the actual truth i was. but then.. it hit me like a can of paint. the answer, was within myself the whole time. i just wasn't brave enough to see it yet.
(dramatic drum sound) (dramatic drum sound)i'm.. the beanie guy- what old crap do i have? sentimental, but meaningless to anyonebut me. true art requires sacrifice and letting go of the things that you love. goodbye, old friend
it always had to be you.. it's all been worth it it's all. been. worth it. and i'd do it again what i've learned is that no rules apply, except for the one about glass
that one is very important. one thing's for certain if you don't make a million dollars then it's not art. and that's why i'm sending this videoout to martin shkreli, kanye west, president barack obama, any eccentric millionaire out there, because if you don't buy this art
it's meaningless. if i can't humiliate, confuse and makeother people feel dumb, then what is the point of making art at all? please, help me make this beanie a national treasure by purchasing it for 1 million dollars thank you so much. the link to ebay is in the description.