The beauty of art is that the meaning of a piece is supposed to be left up to interpretation. Two people can look at a photo or a painting and see two different things. That’s what makes it great. But sometimes, the artists themselves can be a bit of a headache. When they see a masterpiece, a customer just sees a few blotches of red paint, because that’s all it really is. We’ve compiled a list of a few artists that think of their work a little too highly. Sit back, start scrolling, and enjoy this list of overconfident artists.
Swipes
The painter seems to think that there are other images inside of these swipes of blue paint on a canvas. As for us, we can’t see a thing. It does look nice. It looks like something you would see in a hotel, or maybe even an upscale bathroom, but nothing about this painting makes it worth the $25,000. We’re sure that someone out there is rich and stupid enough to purchase this.
$25,000 could help you pay for your kid’s college. There is no reason that anyone should be spending that on any piece of art. Especially not one that looks like this.
Free Time
This is just an example of people having way too much free time on their hands. We blame the pandemic for that. But who in their right mind would buy a bracelet made of zip ties? If you wanted one that bad, you could run to the hardware store and make one for yourself. And not only is it a bracelet made of plastic zip ties, but it also costs $39.
This reminds us of when we were kids and would make crafts out of whatever we could find. It’s nuts that some people are going to buy these and wear them in public.
Blob
This is probably made of clay, but we’re convinced that someone made a face out of ice cream and then snapped a photo as it melted. That’s all we can see in this photo. If you gave us enough time and the right tools, we could make the same thing. Only a crazy man to think that this deserves anywhere near $100. I’m sure people at the art fair just walked by this blob.
Beauty is subjective. And this artist clearly thinks that this is a great piece of art, and we beg to differ. We wouldn’t pay this any attention if we were to see it.
Laziness
Laziness seems to be a theme among some of these artists. This is clearly just the springs from someone’s old bed. There isn’t a single artistic thing about this. You could go to a secondhand store, or even just look for a mattress on the side of the road and pull the springs off. It’s just a piece of trash hanging up on the wall. There are some strange ideas about what art is.
We really can not see what the person sees in this box spring. It doesn’t even look good. No one is walking into this room and thinking this looks cool.
Sixty Bucks
At first look, this just seems to be balled-up napkins. At least that’s what we thought it was. But it turns out that it is pieces of scraps of thread that are bundled together. That doesn’t make it much better. We would love to hear this person’s reasoning for why they believe that this deserves to sell for $60. That thread better be from a king or a queen rob or dress.
What are you even supposed to call this? How would you go about explaining this purchase to a friend? They would look at you like you were crazy if you even tried to do it!
Just Text
Apparently, you can write text on a white background and claim that it is art now. If that’s the case, then we are all artists! When do we get to sell our work for an ungodly price? How do the artists keep getting away with this? The people at the galleries are clearly just fans of money. IF this is what they claim is art, we’d hate to see the things they dislike.
Gallery owners get paid big money. And it's silly pieces of art like this that are making them rich. We really need to find a way into this business. It seems easy to us.
Pro Rip-Off
What is this? Seriously, we aren’t even a little bit sure of what this is. If it’s for your phone, then we want off this planet immediately. We’re hoping and praying that this stand is for some super expensive camera. There is just no way that any sort of accessory that is meant for a cellphone should cost $999. We’re sure that someone out there has a few of them though.
These companies are strange. IF this is art, then we have very different definitions of what we believe art is. We just hope we never see anyone we know with one of these.
Gone Cuckoo
It’s hard to see, but in the upper corner of this photo, there is a price tag of $10,000. These artists have officially lost their minds. This genuinely looks like a child drew it while they were in their room. It’s sloppy, the sun looks ridiculous, and it isn’t even in color. You really must question some people’s sanity if they think that something like this is a piece of art worth money.
There is a lighthouse, a sun, a few cliffs, and some water. That’s nothing special at all. We could do this blindfolded with one arm behind our back. This is trash like the rest.
Teeth
The first thing we notice is the teeth in the second painting, and we can’t stop laughing at them. This is hilariously bad. It looks a little like the photo on the left, but you can tell that someone tried to copy that, and this is what they came out with. It’s a shame that someone may have purchased the one on the right, expecting the one on the left. That’s how it goes sometimes!
If this weren’t funny, we would feel so much worse for the person who probably bought this photo. But it’s one of the funnier photos on this list. We keep coming back to it.
Vienna Art School
These aren’t bad paintings, but they aren’t anything special. Maybe we aren’t the right people to talk about art because everything that we see seems to be simple and somewhat boring. There isn’t anything experimental or daring. These paintings would make great additions to buildings that no one visits. That’s probably the best place for a lot of them. We’re sure there are tons of people out there making similar paintings.
Oh...hold up. Look at the left lower corner where...Yes. Hitler. The maniac dictator and perhaps the evilest person in human history actually thought his painting is good enough for Vienna Art School.
Gwyneth Paltrow
This is art in the sense that it’s an incredible display of one woman’s delusion. Gwyneth Paltrow has been losing her marbles for years now, and her claiming to have made a centuries-old practice like yoga popular is proof. Rich people are a different breed of humans, much like the artist they surround themselves with. All these people should go away and leave us normies alone. That would be better for everyone.
Gwyneth Paltrow is a great actress. She’s very versatile in what she can do. But wherever we read a headline about her, we can’t help but roll our eyes a little bit.
Merica
Only an American would think this is good art. We’ll give him credit for an accurate picture of Trump, but other than that, this painting is just gaudy. The eagle, the massive American flag, the stars, it’s all so much. It’s things like this that make people from other countries make fun of Americans. We’re not sure any other country would find a painting such as this one a piece of art.
If you love your president that much, maybe painting a picture is a good way to show some respect. But this is a horrible painting. The artist could have done so much better.
Kanye
Kanye West is a bizarre man, so it makes sense that he would make bizarre clothes, and then sell them for outrageous prices. Who in their right mind would spend $2,600 on this? Anything other than a sweater with holes in it is a better purchase than this. Kanye West thinks of himself as an artist, and maybe he is, but he is giving the good artists a bad name.
We all know about Kanye West and his problems. We just wish that we could not see his awful clothing each year. Who is buying these overpriced ripped up things?
Melting
To be honest, the artist got the girlfriend right. That photo kind of captures her correctly. As for the guy, he looks like he’s melting in the painting. We hope that this is a joke and that they didn’t pay $75 for that. If they did, hopefully, they go back and get their money. This is an all-around bad painting. Painters should start running their paintings by other people before selling them.
We have to imagine that this was done by a street vendor. Those guys charge like crazy and don’t think twice about it. The vendor won this round because he got them to pay up.
Easy Money
With some of the other things that we have seen on this list, we are not even a little bit surprised someone would view this as art. If infecting your laptop with viruses is worth over $1 million then are a lot of people in this world who should turn into artists. This seems like an idea that this person had while they were extremely bored or maybe really stoned.
There are grandmas and 13-year-olds across this country who could easily turn into millionaires if they just put some more time and effort into it. They are the best at ruining computers.
Lightbulb Noose
Yeah, someone should have stopped the artist before he finished painting. This looks nothing like a lightbulb and looks everything like a noose. This is not going to go over well with the kids at the school. We’re sure that he charged a lot for this as well. Since this was done at an art school, it seems like it would have made so much more sense to let the students paint it.
This just proves that artists aren’t the geniuses that they all claim to be. This painting was probably thought up, drawn out, and then it still came out like this. That’s just too bad.
Child’s Paint Set
You have to laugh to keep from screaming. These paintings look like someone took a child’s paint set and just tossed it onto a blank canvas. Nothing about these is artistic in any way. And from the angle that the photo is taken, they look like they have been done on normal size paper. We really hope that no one has purchased these. And if the shipping is $80, how much is the painting itself?!
Artists must be stopped. We’re sure that this person probably thinks they are the next Van Gogh or Monet. They need to be told that they aren’t going to make it as soon as possible.
Confusing
We can’t even tell you what we’re looking at. This photo, or painting, looks like one of those photos that Artificial Intelligence makes. It has a random message, and a distorted photo, and it’s awkward. But what really makes it great, is that someone truly believes that this piece of art is worth $55. There isn’t enough in the photo for $55. We need to switch jobs and start conning people out of their money.
This is the most rushed and confusing piece of art that we have seen on this list so far. We’re still trying to figure out what exactly is going on in what we’re looking at.
SIMS
Everyone loves the SIMS. With that being said, there is no need for any place to have SIMS as art on their walls. This isn’t only weird, it’s extremely tacky. Who would even commission these pieces are art? We can only imagine what the vibe is like in that restaurant. There’s a good chance that most people won’t know they are SIMS, but those who will are going to be confused.
If you want to spend your money on silly art, then who are we to stop you. All we’re saying is that there is much better art out there than art of a SIMS character.
Cage Mural
The state of Texas is one of those states in America where everything goes and there are no rules. So, it comes as no surprise that someone would paint this massive mural of Nicolas Cage. And to be honest, it kind of looks like him, but that’s not all that important. What’s important here is that he exists at all. Imagine being drunk at the fair and then seeing this. You’d scare yourself!
cWe actually love this. At least no one is charging an insane amount of money for this poorly drawn version of Nick Cage. We think this one is pretty good.
Troll
This must be a troll. There is no way someone would be serious enough to charge $50 for a piece of art like this. If the painting on the right didn’t have the eyes, and it wasn’t sitting right next to the photo of an actual dog, there would be no way to tell that it was supposed to be a dog. It just looks like someone made some scribbles and then added shading.
/.That small cute dog deserved a much better portrait than this one. We do hope that this is a troll. If not, then this artist needs a lot more practice.
Cats
We aren’t artists, so we really have no room to make fun of or question anyone’s artistic skills, but we have a good feeling that the cats that these pictures are based on look nothing like this. The big one on the left is good. There is a lot of detail in that drawing, but the two on the right are something else. We really hope neither cat looks like those drawings.
Look, we’re sure the person who bought these loved them. But they are still pretty funny to us. These aren’t nearly as bad as some of the other paintings on the list.
Banana
We have so many questions about this painting. The first is why someone would think that it was worth $1,200. That’s way too much money for this level of painting. Secondly, why would a cat be in the desert with a banana? This whole painting seems like something someone did when they were either too high or thought that this would make them look like a genius. This artist needs a new job.
It's a funny painting. We will give the artist that, but it is nowhere near $1,200. We think a good $12 would be enough. Anything more should be considered stealing.
Alert the Police
The first thing we would probably do would be to alert the police. Who knows how many dead cats this guy’s uncle has in his basement. Secondly, we would laugh at this man’s face for suggesting that we pay $500 for this. Taxidermy is probably a difficult thing to do, but this looks like crap. He was better off leaving it in the basement where he found it. There is nothing redeemable about this.
As much as we love cats, there is just no way you could get us to hand over that type of money for this. Maybe this man has some other ones that look better.
Trump Rock
We have officially seen it all now. There is the slightest bit of resemblance between the two. But to ask for $8,500 for this is outrageous. Who in their right mind would want this rock? And why are so many of these artists interested in Donald Trump? We aren’t sure what’s going on with the artists of the world, but we can say that they are headed in a strange direction.
We wouldn’t even think to pay for this rock. We could go outside, find a rock, and then turn in the right direction and say that it looks like Donald Trump. That’s all these people did.
Magical Powers
The worst thing about this photo is the price, and then the fact that there are 46 bids for it. That just solidifies our belief that the world is going nuts. Who would want to buy this weird trinket? Even with the description, we aren’t sure exactly what it is. Some people must have 12k laying around and don’t know what to do with it. They ought to give it to us.
This looks like something you would make as a kid and then say that it has some sort of magical powers. It’s nothing but some wire, some fruit, and a man with too much time.
Filters
Now people are calling filters on photos art. They do look cool, but there’s no way we would pay for one when we could do the same thing on our own. This is a scam if we have ever seen one. Hopefully, the person who is making these photos gets called out. Some artists do these sorts of paintings by hand, and they are much more deserving of the money.
Laziness plus technology leads to a lot of people thinking that they are an artist when they aren’t really. This person has probably never held a paintbrush in their life.
Confetti
If this confetti is not from some important event, then someone should be thrown in jail for this. Even if it is from an important event, there is no way that anyone should be dropping $2,000 on a bag of confetti. There are so many other things they could go out and buy. This is starting to get embarrassing. The art world is clearly for delusional people with too much money.
This seems like something you would see in a museum in New York City, Berlin, or Paris. They would try to pass it off as something amazing when it really isn’t.
Original Piece
This is really kind of sad to see. Someone puts so much work into creating something original, and then someone else just comes along and tries to make their version and pass it off as an original piece. This is another downside of the art world. We hope the original creators get the credit that they deserve, and not those that took their work. Let’s hope those copiers get caught.
What’s sad is that whoever makes the copy could make more money than the person who made the original one. That would be a hard thing to swallow as an artist.
The Hat
Why would you want a hat with holes in it? The purpose of a hat is to keep your head warm. This seems like something that a villain would wear in a cartoon. There is no way we could take anyone who would wear one of these seriously. It’s too adventurous for our taste. And since it’s an ugly hat, but people think it’s artistic, it makes sense that it costs so much.
This would look weird if your hair started poking through. And not only that, what happens if it starts to rain. Your hair would get soaked because of the holes.
Zip Ties
Once again, someone thinks that zip ties are fashion pieces. They are meant to hold things together, not to be worn on fingers or wrists. And if you really want to wear them so badly, there is no reason to pay nearly $600 for one. You can go to any store and pick up a bag of them for less than $10. This is what happens when we let artists design things.
We kind of hope that everyone that buys one of these moronic pieces of jewelry struggles to get them off. That would make up for just how dumb these things are.
Paper Clip
As if $165 wasn’t bad enough for a paper clip bookmark, the one next to it is worth $1,500. What happened to using a bookmark made of paper or folding the page? This looks like it would be so easy to lose. The only thing that could save this is if the bookmarks are bigger than what the picture shows. But if not, then this is just as dumb as every other idea.
This is a waste of money. There is no other way to put it. This does not need to exist for any reason. Just get a bookmark from a bookstore and you’re good to go!
Sea Glass
We don’t know how much sea glass usually goes for, but we have a tough time believing that it is worth $9,000. What makes this whole thing a bit scarier is that the store has a 5-star rating, from 328 reviews. That means that someone has already purchased one of these necklaces. We’re going to go out in the alley, find a broken bottle, and then string it up and try to sell it.
The necklace is gorgeous, we’ll give the artist that. But we hope that people aren’t lining up to buy these necklaces. $9,000 would be insane for any sort of necklace.
Cement Planters
They built cement planters, which aren’t great for the environment, when they could have just put the plants in the dirt that the planters are on. These are artists at their worst. Nothing about this makes sense, and the whole thing looks bad. Sometimes people need to be told that their ideas are bad. Whoever thought this up should have been told that again and again and again. This never should have happened.
It's ok to leave things alone. Not everything needs to be new, modern, or artsy. We think that the patch of dirt would have looked just as nice with the plants in the ground.
Terrifying
This is easily the funniest photo on the list! Everyone looks terrifying besides the two dogs. The kids look like they are evil, the parents look like cartoon characters, and grandma in the back looks like she’s just crawled out of the grave. If you were the photographer, why would you even send this back to the people? You could have given them their money back and made up a lie.
This takes the top prize for the worst piece of art on the list. IT’s crazy that anyone would ask for money after doing this to the photos. This is hilarious and perfect