Cultural criticism

Fake

Sculpture

"Are you serious? Do you know how a soldier would fare if he tried to fight armorless?"

"But—"

"Unrealistic. I give it a two."

Doodle

"What's this? Why is this childish doodle on display in an art gallery?"

"It cost thirty thousand dollars."

"I like the way the artist experiments with primary colors and deliberately simple shapes to evoke the loss of childhood innocence."

The treachery of images

"Who did this?"

Ceci n'est pas un dieu

Saint George and the dragon

Sunflowers

"Why? Why van Gogh is a genius for painting this, but when I do it I'm an art counterfeiter? This is very unfair double standard!"

Award-winning

"The second prize goes to Rengo Kalpakian for his work Crimson Box. And, lastly, the first prize of the arts festival goes to Rengo Kalpakian for his explanation of the work Crimson Box."

"Thanks a lot."

Piece of art

GARBAGE BIN
Author: Rengo Kalpakian
2011

"You people call this a piece of art? It's just a regular bin!"

"No, madam. The piece of art is the sign that says that the bin is a piece of art."

Signatures

Sacrilegious art

"Yes, I realize I have offended Catholics with my painting Our Lady of the Winds. I apologize and vow to mend my ways. Consequently, I will make amends for this serious trespass in the way the Holy Church has taught me to. I'll take this to another diocese and put it on display there."

"Hey!"

David

Some culture to celebrate the hundredth Flea Snobbery cartoon!

"Shame on you, signor Buonarroti! You're depicting and impossibly perfect physical ideal and creating self-esteem issues in the young!

Modern art

"For this piece I framed an ordinary dolar bill to protest the loss of the etical, esthetical and spiritual values of art, substituted by mere monetary worth."

"How profound! I offer 15,000 dollars for it."

"The bidding starts at 20,000."

Critique d’art

This is supposed to be art? Ky kid could paint that!

Eternal Punishment

"... and for their crime, they were condemned in Hades to explain the notion of 'theory' to a creationist."