Chimps painting fools experts

[r988]

news.com.au said:

www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17606986-13762,00.html Chimp's painting fools experts From correspondents in Moritzburg, Saxony December 19, 2005 A GERMAN art expert was fooled into believing a painting done by a chimpanzee was the work of a master. The director of the State Art Museum of Moritzburg in Saxony-Anhalt, Katja Schneider, suggested the painting was by the Guggenheim Prize-winning artist Ernst Wilhelm Nay. "It looks like an Ernst Wilhelm Nay. He was famous for using such blotches of colour," Dr Schneider confidently asserted. The canvas was actually the work of Banghi, a 31-year-old female chimp at the local zoo. While Banghi likes to paint, she is not able to build up much of a body of work as her mate Satscho generally destroys her paintings before they can get to the gallery. But this one survived long enough to give Dr Schneider a red face. "I did think it looked a bit rushed," she told Bild newspaper.

I dont know about all this art stuff, too much monkey business for me

[Jaglover]

just goes to show there is little difference between modern art and a chimp throwing paint at a canvas,

[MRS BOOST EM]

Jaglover said:

just goes to show there is little difference between modern art and a chimp throwing paint at a canvas,

You took the words right out of my mouth

>> Edited by MRS BOOST EM on Monday 19th December 14:12

[ultimasimon]

Jaglover said:

just goes to show there is little difference between modern art and a chimp throwing paint at a canvas,

Totally agree

[JMGS4]

and don't forget the "expert" is an east german, so don't expect much sense from him.... they are the ones who thought the Trabbi was a car and that Robotron built "computers"!!!

[r988]

Dr Schneider (Indiana Jones anyone?) is actually a women, then again being from East Germany you can never be too sure...

[Pigeon]

Desmond Morris did this decades ago. The interesting part was seeing how the modern art critics reacted even when they knew the painting had been done by a chimp.

[mybrainhurts]

If that lady chimp met vixpy and said me Banghgi....

What would happen....?