Thursday, March 10, 2011

"My Kid Could Do That"

A painting by Cy Twombly, one of my
 favorite abstract artists.

Researchers at Boston College conducted a study in which art students and non-experts were asked to judge which painting was better in each of a series of two in which one was created by a professional artist and the other was created by a child or animal. Even when  labels were reversed, participants preferred the professional abstract painting. So, it is more true that "my kid couldn't do that."

2 comments:

  1. Did you ever see the documentary My Kid Could Do That? It is FASCINATING :)

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  2. No, I didn't. Think I'll look it up on Netflix. Thanks!

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