The homeless man’s dark scribblings—unsurprisingly, were chosen by Anna as the worst of the remaining six illustrations.
Unlike the huge controversy caused when the first illustration was eliminated, the discussion in the comment area is relatively peaceful at this time.
Except for a few spectators who did not mind the excitement, they expressed disappointment.
"Emmmm...what am I expecting?"
"As expected, it's still this illustration by a wandering painter... I thought there would be a twist or something."
"It's still real. You get what you pay for. If there are always unexpected plots, I will doubt the effectiveness of the arranged program."
"What a pity. I heard that in some so-called concept auctions, even a bottle of air can be sold for a high price. Art is not what the critics say it is."
The number of people watching the video online has risen to hundreds of thousands.
There will always be people who will hold a different view: "Why can't the painting by that homeless uncle be considered a work of art? If a famous artist painted it like this, that pretty girl would probably lick it again. She's not just a snobbery person. Eye."
"Idiot, didn't you read Mr. Hyperion's introduction? This young lady doesn't even know who the authors of the seven paintings are."
In the video,
Thomas took the homeless man's illustration and held it up to the camera.
"Well, there is no surprise. You really don't like this painting. In fact, I was expecting a little bit. Maybe you have a chance of preferring this painting."
"You know……"
Thomas shrugged: "It's not aimed at you, but in the eyes of the public, art is always full of weirdos."
"Sorry, you invited me here today to appreciate art works, not to see those orangutans doing performance art."
Ana rolled her eyes without hesitation.
Even if they are all called art critics, the public may not be able to tell the difference.
But she, an art connoisseur and collector who grew up admiring traditional oil paintings, is not the same species at all as the artists who sell air and tin cans filled with shit that appear in street newspapers.
The difference between art critics and art critics is like whales and crocodiles, both called fish. However, in terms of biological categories, they are further apart than humans and monkeys.
She is very young, but her aesthetic education and growth trajectory are very traditional.
One of those old-school critics.
Old-school critics believe that only works that shock ordinary people can be considered good works.
She loves the Impressionists' capture of instant impressions of light and shadow, and their accurate exploration of color and light and shade. Compared to the famous Monet, Anna's favorite work is the less famous "Pancakes" by Ray Noir. The Ball at the Mill".
This work is almost the pinnacle of the combination of art and technique, and is very contagious.
The brushwork is loose but not chaotic, the colors are bright but not charming, and it is full of the breath of life. Everyone can feel its beauty at a glance.
Compared with those painters more than a hundred years ago who were willing to constantly go out, leave the academy, leave the studio, walk into nature, walk into the wilderness, walk into the huge and unknown life, and paint with their own souls.
Can some modern artists who stay in their own temperature-controlled studios all year round, pat their heads and finally come up with an idea to sell shit, be called art?
Anna even felt that pop art, which was full of printing traces, was a trick that lost the original value of the painting. She was even more insensitive to the minimalism that just dotted a dot on the painting and sold it.
As for those news hypes that are not even considered fine arts...
She could only sneer.
The comments suddenly became more lively as the young lady who looked like an iceberg queen in a wheelchair made merciless and vicious mockery.
"It's too much to mock people who engage in performance art as orangutans."
"This girl is energetic and not artificial at all."
"Wow, little sister has such a venomous tongue, I like it so much! Sister, sister scolds me!"
"Fuck me and die, you succeeded in making me sick."
Thomas in the picture took out his blank card: "How many points can you give to Miss Elena's painting?"
"One point. In fact, I also want to give it zero points, but after all...it is better than the ridiculously stupid online painter before, so in comparison, I have to give it one point."
"One point...well, I don't really appreciate this painting myself, so I'll give him two points."
Thomas thought for a moment and wrote [2] on the cardboard.
The insurance security officer also gave a [2] point.
In the end, to everyone's surprise, the fan guy actually gave it a [9] point.
"What are you looking at me for? Bro, anyway, I think this painting is very artistic." The guy dressed in hip-hop style shook the dreadlocks on his head.
The camera cuts back to Anna's face.
There was no expression on Anna's face, and she had no intention of mocking the other party.
Art appreciation is very subjective. Since it is scored freely, everyone can have their own unique opinions.
You allowed one of Duchamp's urinals to be coveted by art galleries. You should be allowed to give high marks to the works you like.
This is her personal accomplishment.
"Okay, 1+2+2+9, our highest score in this challenge competition has now reached fourteen points. Let's see which work will surpass it next."
Thomas motioned for Anna to continue selecting.
Anna didn't hesitate in the third picture either.
She picked up a walnut picture frame again and handed it to Thomas.
This is an ordinary-looking illustration, using colored markers that are very common in illustrations.
"There's nothing wrong with it, but it's not amazing either. For illustration requests, compared to the previous two, this is at least an illustration that is above the passing line. But -"
Anna looked at the painting.
"But - this is good in the ordinary sense. I can see that this artist painted very seriously and revised the pencil draft many times. He is a responsible artist, which is worthy of recognition. But the art industry is the most cruel The thing is, you can never draw good works as long as you work hard.”
Anna's tone softened.
There are many practitioners in the field of painters.
If all the people from all over the world who take professional classes to learn painting are included, there are about 50 million painting children under the age of 18 in the world. Among these people, only one in ten thousand can eventually become a professional painter.
Not everyone with extraordinary talent can become a master, but everyone who becomes a master has extraordinary talent.
"My little baby, I love you very much, but I will not praise your paintings like other common parents or tutors who want to please our family. Because your paintings are not good. In the painter's profession, you The sooner you realize you don't have the talent for greatness, the luckier you will be."
When Anna was a child, her aunt made this comment after carefully examining Anna's works in this glass painting room.
"If you want to continue to be a painter, of course there is no problem. With our family's artistic connections, even if you are just a mediocre painter, there will be no problem in selling a painting for hundreds of thousands of euros in the future. But as your elder, I have the responsibility to tell you that it is difficult for you to achieve greatness, and there is actually no shortage of mediocre painters in the world. You cannot become the great Van Gogh, but you still have hope of becoming the person who discovered Van Gogh."
From that day on, Anna's dream of being a painter was shattered.
But her belief in pursuing art has not changed. An outstanding art critic can still leave his name as a footnote on a certain page of modern art history.
This illustrator obviously falls into the category of someone who works hard enough but has no talent.
She began to describe the shortcomings of the illustration to the camera.
This is not difficult for Anna. From the perspective of artwork, this illustration has too many shortcomings.
First of all, repeated changes and frequent erasures of the signed manuscript destroyed the overall coordination.
If that wasn't serious enough.
Repeated use of the art eraser damaged the waterproof layer on the marker paper, which caused the water line of the marker pen to penetrate into the absorbent fibers on the inside of the paper during later painting, causing the color to smudge.
The smearing of the color then causes the lines of the marker pen to be blurred, the colors to be light and dark, and the saturation to be insufficient.
The first mistake started like a series of dominoes falling one after another.
From the perspective of a commercial commissioned work, it is not a big mistake, but from the perspective of a work of art, these flaws are fatal.
And the imperfections in the painting process are only minor issues.
Even if you ignore these flaws, there are still a lot of problems that Anna can find.
The muscles under the bat suit were blurred into a ball.
The height and shape of the person are completely different from the photos Thomas gave her.
The limbs, shoulders and torso all have varying degrees of deformation.
…
"The character in the painting is Batman waving money, but not you in the Batsuit."
Anna raised her head, looked at Thomas and said.
