Starting with this clown. Photo by jasonmontague.
- The Celebrity Industrial Complex.
- Any art that utilizes images of Mickey Mouse or Marilyn Monroe. It’s been done. To death. Please stop.
- Douchebags.
- The use of the term “eco” as a ploy to sell people more shit.
- Starchitects.
- Visual art that requires an essay-length text on methodology to make the piece on display seem interesting.
- The phrase “design-conscious,” especially when referring to children. (They shit their pants. Does anyone think they really care about mid-century Modern?)
- Classist museum policies that allow women with Samsonite-sized handbags to breeze in, but force me to stand in Soviet-era lines to check in a backpack.
- The notion that Rudy Giuliani is a viable presidential candidate.
- The Art Bubble.
Posted by C-Monster.
Brilliant! Especially #6, though I fear we’re a long way off from the end of that trend. My favorite “explanation” of 07: “I was thinking of aggregating seriality.” Don’t remember the artist (or the piece), but the description was an art form all its own.
I recently started the Eco Art Blog, but I’m not selling anything. The greenwashing trend is annoying, but I hope there is still a shred of meaning left in the term.