# I don't get modern art **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 19, 2005, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-modern-art/304566 "2005-05-19T12:29:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2005, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-modern-art/304566/61 "2005-05-21T14:47:22Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > OTOH, there’s Jeff Koons and the photos of him screwing his then-wife, Italian porn star and politician, Ilona Staller (Cicciolina). (Google it yourself; definitely not work safe.) Are these pictures saying more than “I look pretty good naked, I have a big dick, and I have a hot wife who will do anything on film?” No, not really. Using the rule of thumb, “Where were the pictures published,” the tamer ones ended up in _Penthouse._ That, I think, says it all. Hmm…I don’t know much about this series of pictures, but from the few photos googling turned up, I’d have to say that the photos look more like “art” then “porn” to me. It’s garish, kitschy, pop-culture riffing 20th century art, but it doesn’t look like run of the mill pornography to me, regardless of whether Penthouse published it or not. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2005, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-modern-art/304566/62 "2005-05-21T16:08:24Z")
[Homer] Aw, these guys are geniuses! I could never think of something like soup, or a pencil…[/Homer] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-modern-art/304566.md?page=3)