The $2M Urinal: Why Hard Work Doesn’t Cut It (2018)
Whenever people discuss about contemporary art I get reminded of these incredibly poignant Soviet war paintings [1] which manage to partially describe what the atrocities on the Eastern Front meant for the people involved, but which are nevertheless a lot less well-known compared to contemporary art "darlings" like Jackson Pollock whose works don't tell me absolutely anything and who had his career propped up by the CIA at some point. [2]<p>Later edit: I mean, compare this Soviet painting called "The Last Letter" [3] to Pollock's "One, Number 31, 1950" (taken from the artist's wikipedia page). The first painting instantly made me feel the blood flowing through my veins, even though I had last seen it 7 or 8 years ago (when I also left a related comment here on HN), while Pollock's painting doesn't make me feel anything.<p>[1] <a href="http://www.allworldwars.com/Soviet%20War%20Paintings.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.allworldwars.com/Soviet%20War%20Paintings.html</a><p>[2] <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/modern-art-was-cia-weapon-1578808.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/modern-art-was-cia-...</a><p>[3] <a href="http://www.allworldwars.com/image/008/SovietPictures065.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.allworldwars.com/image/008/SovietPictures065.jpg</a><p>[4] <a href="http://www.moma.org/media/W1siZiIsIjIyMzgwNSJdLFsicCIsImNvbnZlcnQiLCItcmVzaXplIDIwMDB4MjAwMFx1MDAzZSJdXQ.jpg?sha=8d0bddb8f7566c7e" rel="nofollow">http://www.moma.org/media/W1siZiIsIjIyMzgwNSJdLFsicCIsImNvbn...</a>