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Sunday, October 18, 2009
American dream or art world scheme?
American dream or art world scheme? That is what is asked on the box of the film "My Kid Could Paint That." This film, however, does not answer this question. For one, there is no proof in the movie that Marla didn't paint all of the paintings, and no proof that she did paint all of the paintings. It throws out evidence for us viewers to interpret how we wish. In some ways, Marla was the American Dream: A cute little home-town girl who had a wonderful talent for artwork. And she was also in some ways an art world scheme. The movie was explaining that modern art as a concept is very aggressive, very provocative and gives off a message of trying to mess with the viewer's mind. The art world was almost using Marla as a way of confusing viewers and creating massive amounts of controversy, all the while promoting themselves, because after all, any press is good press. The movie is a collection of different points of view, all potentially accurate, and if you follow one path Marla could be an American Dream, and if you listen to other people in the movie she could just be a scheme. The movie fails at answering this question because, well, it never gives an answer.
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"The art world was almost using Marla as a way of confusing viewers and creating massive amounts of controversey."
ReplyDelete- Was the art world using Marla? Or was Marla (and perhaps her Dad?) using the art world?
- I wonder why is we think it is so strange that a little girl might make art? Is there an age cap on making art? Do you think that anyone who is 11 or younger cannot be a part of the art world? 12?
You raise some interesting points here, but I wonder if the film might have a reason for not answering the dream/scheme Q... rather than just failing to do so.