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The first FAILE wheel has been found! Someone posted a photo (more here) on the Brooklyn collective's message board stating they found it in a dumpster. Of course, this was followed up by asking the other posters how much it is worth and mentioning it may be landing on eBay soon. The thief seems to give himself away a few times, changing his story around and mentioning he would gladly issue a public apology if FAILE contacted him. Because, you know, people apologize for finding stuff all the time.
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This is not art, it is worthless. The dumpster is appropriate.
How is this news?
That thing was ugly anyway.
Sure, it's not art. But as much as blogs aren't journalism. While I also fail to see the artistic merit of Faile, nothing's more annoying than armchair 'art experts' who think they're expensive mfa qualifies them to know what 'true art' is.
True art, according to the art business establishment, is as much a commodity as anything else. anything can be art if it affects people and was intended by the artist. Doesn't mean it's good though.
But this mere hype-creation under pretense of exclusivity is probably an art in itself - the art of bullshit.
Who cares. It was just a piece of hipster garbage.
this thing reminds of the wheel eddie murphy has to spin in 'the golden child' to get that special knife to kill charles dance.
"i-i-i-i-i want the knife."
i like this wheel thing for that sole reason.
true art will survive the test of time and taste. much of the modern junk people pass as art today would be forgotten in a few hundred years.
"Few hundred"? Try just "few."
If it wasn't for the hipsters, you losers wouldn't have anything to talk about. It may not be art, but at least it's something to get you to discuss art.
my small midwestern mind doesn't get it. why was this in the dumpster?
Wow. What did Faile do to you?
I don't know or care what art it, but I think these are neat. And consider that they're put out for the enjoyment of the public at no cost or distress to any of you...
How would the public enjoy something that was hidden in a dumpster?
edit: ohhh...it was stolen. i see. well, what can you do. shrug.
It's better than graffiti...
Art is anything you can get away with.
- Andy Warhol
Should we have a 350 post argument over what is art? I think that sounds like fun. Especially when it ends not only inconclusively but completely off topic.
http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/art/1194899325.html
It's worth its weight...in wood.