modern art

Some woman's messy bed, or a dead shark some guy put in formaldehyde or something. But in an art gallery.
Simple Simon: Good heavens, why is there a dead shark next to this beautiful painting?

Johnny Artworld: It's modern art, dig?
by notmereally November 17, 2009
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can be anything.
ex. - a line
-colored lines
-stick drawing of a cow
-a dot
"what the hell?"

"its modern art"
by an anonymous source December 06, 2003
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Flicking various colours off the tip of a paint brush, then using black paint to draw some squiggly lines, often finishing with finger painting and handprints. Child's art with a signature in the corner.

--or--

Making a fair quality sculpture of a person, animal or both... then removing the limbs, burning away the features and making it generally unrecognisable.

Such oddities are adored by the PoMo (post-modern) elites and thier hangers on.
At an art gallery showcasing some modern art

Ordinary person: What the.....

Pomo sycophant: You unculteréd and unciviliséd méss; It's modern art. Geat with it!!

Ordinary person: It's a carrot with a fucking flag on it. How is that art?
by Gumba Gumba November 07, 2004
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There is less to modern art than meets the eye.
Modern Art is, by in large, pretentious rubbish.
by ó¿ó March 31, 2008
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when you have explosive diarrhea and the resulting aftermath looks like a bag of chilli exploded in a vacuum. Usually accompanied with heralds of trumpets and noxious fumes. The resulting artwork must stick to the sides of the porcelain to achieve true 'modern art' status.
After Nico ate several burritos for lunch he needed to run to the bathroom to create a modern art masterpiece.
by liveswithmom July 26, 2004
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Anything a baby could do put on a canvas and hanged on a museum's wall. Or if you're into sculptures, any random object placed on a white podium, in a dark room, with a solitary light shining upon it.
I wonder who would pay more for a random piece of garbage...a modern art museum or ebay?
by kevthegreat55 October 24, 2005
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A movement that came after post impressionism that explores recognizing a painting (or sculpture etc...) as an independent entity, rather than an illusionstic creation or "window to another world" Artists would explore with color, texture, and the appeasement of the human eye rather than a particular rendered image. Modern Art was also greatly related to music- many woks were called compositions or improvizations rather than having titles like "the annunciation" or other traditional imagery in artwork. Frequently confused with contemperary art which refers to current artists. Artists include Kandinsky, Pollack, etc.
Paul Klee is a modern artist.
by appletron April 10, 2007
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