http://shanghaiist.com/2007/10/15/new_record_sale.php All comments for New record sale of a Chinese contemporary painting: US$5.9 million en-us 2009 shang_kenneth Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:00:13 +0800 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss kenneth@shanghaiist.com kenneth@shanghaiist.com 60 http://shanghaiist.com/2007/10/15/new_record_sale.php#comment-1219397 http://shanghaiist.com/2007/10/15/new_record_sale.php#comment-1219397 Comments Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:43:41 +0800 <p>The fat bastard Simon was in dire need of cash, it's that simply. His melodramatic sentiment about how the painting touched his heart when he 1st saw it was a lie. The pig didn't have a heart.</p> http://shanghaiist.com/2007/10/15/new_record_sale.php#comment-1219391 http://shanghaiist.com/2007/10/15/new_record_sale.php#comment-1219391 Comments Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:53:31 +0800 <p>Yue's pieces are not profound, overrated in market, and catering to Western tastes.</p> http://shanghaiist.com/2007/10/15/new_record_sale.php#comment-1219389 http://shanghaiist.com/2007/10/15/new_record_sale.php#comment-1219389 Comments Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:42:58 +0800 <p>Yet Yue Minjun's art is so unoriginal, boring and repetitive. Who in their right mind would want a bunch of ugly grinning men hanging in their living rooms. And what's with his fascination with half naked men with weird packing in their togs?</p> http://shanghaiist.com/2007/10/15/new_record_sale.php#comment-1219374 http://shanghaiist.com/2007/10/15/new_record_sale.php#comment-1219374 Comments Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:47:11 +0800 <p>This is the climax of human pretentiousness and decadence! There's something seriously wrong about a culture when you place a price tag on a piece of so called "art" and make it circulate among the super rich. If the price of that particular painting was jacked up by it's "significant historical importance", how high, then, will the piece below has to climb before making some one out there aware of his/her magnificent wealth? http://blink-182.com/</p>