• Tanis Nikana@lemmy.world
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    I was one of those people who derided “Fountain,” until about thirty seconds ago. Thank you for this.

    • BenLeMan@lemmy.world
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      Conversely, I was one of those people who were thrilled by “Fountain” from the second they first heard about it. Thank you for this.

      👌😁

      • trolololol@lemmy.world
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        I didn’t care about fountain and now I still don’t. But the discussion was engaging, so I kept reading.

        I don’t think he’s a genius, maybe he was just having fun and doing inside jokes to himself while creating all of this. Art can bring out emotions, one of which is laughter. Who knows besides himself?

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          I had a great teacher that did a wonderful job of contextualising it so loved it when I first was told the story.

          It’s worth taking a dip into the history books to get a better sense of art culture at the time. It doesn’t ring of genius without it but when you realise just how audacious and tangential to the norm it was chefs kiss. Beautiful.