October 19th, 2009 / 3:21 pm
Random & Snippets

76 Comments

  1. Richard

      83% – missed the first one, i was on the fence about that, and WTF, that bed? nothing good about that design, minimalist or otherwise

      good times, thanks for the link

  2. Richard

      83% – missed the first one, i was on the fence about that, and WTF, that bed? nothing good about that design, minimalist or otherwise

      good times, thanks for the link

  3. joseph

      I got a 75%.

      Are you talking about the Donald Judd Daybed Sold for $65,000? I’m into the bed.

  4. joseph

      I got a 75%.

      Are you talking about the Donald Judd Daybed Sold for $65,000? I’m into the bed.

  5. Matthew Simmons

      You did better than I did. And the bed? What’s with the bed?

      I feel a little bad about it because I sort of like Donald Judd. I’ve always thought those spaced stacks are really beautiful.

  6. Matthew Simmons

      You did better than I did. And the bed? What’s with the bed?

      I feel a little bad about it because I sort of like Donald Judd. I’ve always thought those spaced stacks are really beautiful.

  7. Mike Meginnis

      I got 92% having no familiarity with his work. Not sure this proves what it means to.

  8. Mike Meginnis

      I got 92% having no familiarity with his work. Not sure this proves what it means to.

  9. damon

      92% Bing!!!

  10. damon

      92% Bing!!!

  11. Lincoln

      92% as well, never having heard of the guy. I missed the bed.

  12. Lincoln

      92% as well, never having heard of the guy. I missed the bed.

  13. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      92%, 10 years of Crate and Barrel employment. The daybed got me.

  14. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      92%, 10 years of Crate and Barrel employment. The daybed got me.

  15. james yeh

      75%, not knowing anything. missed the bed too, as well as the first two. seems easy now though, just look at the pictures which look nice and have backgrounds

  16. james yeh

      75%, not knowing anything. missed the bed too, as well as the first two. seems easy now though, just look at the pictures which look nice and have backgrounds

  17. davidpeak

      the bed was one of the only things i got right.

  18. davidpeak

      the bed was one of the only things i got right.

  19. Nathan Tyree

      Your score is 67%

      I suck

  20. Nathan Tyree

      Your score is 67%

      I suck

  21. alec niedenthal

      92%

      i will now Discuss this quiz in our Art Forum

  22. alec niedenthal

      92%

      i will now Discuss this quiz in our Art Forum

  23. Rebekah

      100%. Who am I?

  24. Rebekah

      100%. Who am I?

  25. reynard

      oh snap! (like one of these pieces if you tried to sit on it)

  26. reynard

      oh snap! (like one of these pieces if you tried to sit on it)

  27. sasha fletcher

      100 percent. win.

  28. sasha fletcher

      100 percent. win.

  29. jacob

      Wait, he’s not related to Winona is he?

  30. jacob

      Wait, he’s not related to Winona is he?

  31. Matt Bell

      I got 100%, and don’t know anything about him. The settings make it too easy– Some are obviously shot in art galleries. And no one taking pictures of furniture puts two of the exact same thing next to each other. Nor do they take pictures straight on– Furniture is usually shot at an angle, I think to make it look bigger.

  32. Matt Bell

      I got 100%, and don’t know anything about him. The settings make it too easy– Some are obviously shot in art galleries. And no one taking pictures of furniture puts two of the exact same thing next to each other. Nor do they take pictures straight on– Furniture is usually shot at an angle, I think to make it look bigger.

  33. Jac Jemc

      100%. I love the bed.

      I’d never heard of him before.

  34. Jac Jemc

      100%. I love the bed.

      I’d never heard of him before.

  35. Lincoln

      Yeah the photo backgrounds are a huge problem. All the pieces that are just the object on a white background are clearly catalog pics and all of them are cheap furniture.

      Would be interesting to see this quiz with those kinds of goofs removed.

  36. Lincoln

      Yeah the photo backgrounds are a huge problem. All the pieces that are just the object on a white background are clearly catalog pics and all of them are cheap furniture.

      Would be interesting to see this quiz with those kinds of goofs removed.

  37. reynard

      i don’t really think the validity/accuracy/whtvr of the quiz means anything as to why this is funny

  38. reynard

      i don’t really think the validity/accuracy/whtvr of the quiz means anything as to why this is funny

  39. Lincoln

      it woudl be funnier if people were getting more wrong.

  40. Lincoln

      it woudl be funnier if people were getting more wrong.

  41. reynard

      maybe, but i didn’t feel any need to actually take the quiz

      maybe it’s because i know who donald judd is and have even been to his foundation in marfa, texas, twice (there’s a lot of other, better ((more interesting)), stuff there)

  42. reynard

      maybe, but i didn’t feel any need to actually take the quiz

      maybe it’s because i know who donald judd is and have even been to his foundation in marfa, texas, twice (there’s a lot of other, better ((more interesting)), stuff there)

  43. Matthew Simmons

      Yeah, they sorta cherry-picked the pieces. I’m kind of happy so many people are doing well.

      So, yeah. I think the quiz is a cheap shot.

  44. Matthew Simmons

      Yeah, they sorta cherry-picked the pieces. I’m kind of happy so many people are doing well.

      So, yeah. I think the quiz is a cheap shot.

  45. Travis

      Cheap shot but fun. Thanks, Matthew. Two things: 1–the way this quiz collapses time is also dumb. Of course cheapo furniture can bite Donald Judd’s style NOW, after it’s been fifty years or so of art history giving them the guts to do it. 2–Judging an artist by his worst or most questionable stuff is dubious. Fun and flattering but dubious.

  46. Travis

      Cheap shot but fun. Thanks, Matthew. Two things: 1–the way this quiz collapses time is also dumb. Of course cheapo furniture can bite Donald Judd’s style NOW, after it’s been fifty years or so of art history giving them the guts to do it. 2–Judging an artist by his worst or most questionable stuff is dubious. Fun and flattering but dubious.

  47. Ken Baumann

      Me too.

      Trick is: look at the background. White gallery walls.

  48. Lincoln

      But they failed to cherry pick the cheap furniture very well. You could definitly find stuff that looked weirder, more Judd-like in an ikea catalog if you tried.

  49. Ken Baumann

      Me too.

      Trick is: look at the background. White gallery walls.

  50. Lincoln

      But they failed to cherry pick the cheap furniture very well. You could definitly find stuff that looked weirder, more Judd-like in an ikea catalog if you tried.

  51. tao

      i scored 92%

      feeling ‘proud of myself’

  52. tao

      i scored 92%

      feeling ‘proud of myself’

  53. tao

      damn, just read how everyone got 100%

      feeling ‘less proud of myself’

  54. tao

      damn, just read how everyone got 100%

      feeling ‘less proud of myself’

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  57. sasha fletcher

      oh.
      i just really like judd and grew up looking at it.
      but that make sense.

  58. sasha fletcher

      oh.
      i just really like judd and grew up looking at it.
      but that make sense.

  59. sasha fletcher

      you fucking cheater.

  60. sasha fletcher

      you fucking cheater.

  61. Matt

      Yeah, I only missed one (the bed!) – in addition to the backgrounds, another clue is visible screws and seams in the construction of the furniture.

  62. Matt

      Yeah, I only missed one (the bed!) – in addition to the backgrounds, another clue is visible screws and seams in the construction of the furniture.

  63. BE

      Yeah, I’m being a snob, but I think this is most effective at pointing out that most of the people who trash talk minimalist (or any kind of) art just haven’t bothered to figure it out. I’m not a Judd fan by any stretch, but it seemed pretty easy to make the basic art/trash distinction of the designs.

      That one bed had me for a minute, but check out all of those knotty, whirlly spots on it. No way Ikea, etc. would use materials like that.

  64. BE

      Yeah, I’m being a snob, but I think this is most effective at pointing out that most of the people who trash talk minimalist (or any kind of) art just haven’t bothered to figure it out. I’m not a Judd fan by any stretch, but it seemed pretty easy to make the basic art/trash distinction of the designs.

      That one bed had me for a minute, but check out all of those knotty, whirlly spots on it. No way Ikea, etc. would use materials like that.

  65. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      Can furniture really be ‘art’? Art (music, literature, painting, etc ) seems to exist simply to be art: to effect, move in some way. Furniture is utilitarian by definition (a chair exists to be sat upon). While a utilitarian object may be beautiful, I wonder if you can really be art. Tell me why I’m wrong. Please. Educate me.

  66. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      Can furniture really be ‘art’? Art (music, literature, painting, etc ) seems to exist simply to be art: to effect, move in some way. Furniture is utilitarian by definition (a chair exists to be sat upon). While a utilitarian object may be beautiful, I wonder if you can really be art. Tell me why I’m wrong. Please. Educate me.

  67. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      Artifice represent

  68. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      Artifice represent

  69. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      “design” sections of contemporary art museums often remove objects from their context, fetishize them, and many of the objects they fetishize are more aesthetically attractive or intriguing than they are functional (ie the Eames chair), which I think makes them more successful as art than design.

  70. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      “design” sections of contemporary art museums often remove objects from their context, fetishize them, and many of the objects they fetishize are more aesthetically attractive or intriguing than they are functional (ie the Eames chair), which I think makes them more successful as art than design.

  71. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      yeah, that just b/c it’s cheap furniture. ain’t no screws or seams in the good stuff.

  72. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      yeah, that just b/c it’s cheap furniture. ain’t no screws or seams in the good stuff.

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  75. Nathan Tyree

      That seems fair.

  76. Nathan Tyree

      That seems fair.