You can tell a lot about a culture by looking at its art

Stupid thread but I'll play along:

I am convinced that back in the 50's and 60's repressed gay men in the art world conspired together to convince idiots that the most rudimentary of paintings was high art in order to inflict payback upon a society that spurned them.

well hell why don't you culturize the rest of us and tell us what it means or at least share some of the beauty it represents.

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It just sold for $110 million.

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That could buy a shite load of smack.

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Sounds like you are jealous that you're crappy attempts at art aren't worth that much. Art is interpreted differently by everyone. Don't hate on what you don't understand.

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I can appreciate beautiful art. The Renaissance era paintings are beautiful. Picasso pieces are great. I love all sorts of music. There are pieces of music in just about every genre that I can appreciate. As a "conservatarian" Christian, my favorite novel is nearly 200 years old and was written by a radical atheist. I have a child named after a character in this book.

But this is garbage.

I drew something eerily similar on the cover of my chemistry notebook in high school.

Little did I know, at the time, that I was one needle away from fame and fortune.

I used to work in a very high end restaurant. People with this kind of disposable income don't make purchases for the same reasons you or I do. There is something about that part of society that places tremendous value on being seen and talked about. I used to be amazed at the number of people that weren't enjoying their meal for whatever reason, but would eat it anyway because they feared being seen as complaining.... when it comes to making a purchase like this, it's not done simply because it's a great piece and worth millions. It's done because it's a way of being seen and talked about in that society.