Painting found in trash nets 1m dollars at auction

Always careful what you put out in the trash, admitted - it doesn't look all that spectacular, maybe:



but, it just happens to sell for a clean million.

(Heard it went for that price, indeed, the article is from before the auction).

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/23/ar...gn/23pain.html

Most modern art deserves to be thrown in the garbage disposal

I have quite a bit to do with art, funny enough. For me it's basically a combination of both good artisanship (technically) and a gift for symbolism that defines a good artist. Not surprisingly, those artists do pretty well in most cases.

There is a lot of crud, I admit. But fortunately there's still quite a few who can make stunning art, and sometimes different from any style in the past.

Like singer-songwriters are unique, vs playing in a rock and roll band. Those artists don't specifically create something that 'goes for modern art'. They just do their thing.