Some of it is
but not all of it is. That's kinda my point. Just the same with figurative art, I'm sure there were many terrible wanky painters in renaissance Italy, convincing people their art was good when it was terrible arsewankery.

A lot of conceptual art needs a bit more time and attention to appreciate, some is worth it, some isn't. Mostly, though, peoples' descriptions of it and photographs of it is not as useful as going there and seeing it.
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 1 Nov 2012, 14:57, 2 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

thing is, it's poorly executed rubbish
made by people trying to be smarter than they are. when you see these twats talking about their pieces, either they are just aresholes or they can't actually convey their emotions via their chosen medium properly.
that's why it's wank, because it fails to express what it was intended to.
( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Thu 1 Nov 2012, 15:03, Reply)

The fact remains that Damien Hirst could take a shit in a pint glass and it would be shortlisted for the Turner Prize.

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Thu 1 Nov 2012, 15:03, Reply)

"fact"

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 1 Nov 2012, 15:04, Reply)

You betcha.

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Thu 1 Nov 2012, 15:08, Reply)