Somehow this made it to the national gallery of art in DC

It does put forward the question of what is art, and what is its purpose.

If art is purely designed to inspire emotion, there seem to be plenty of people who feel angry about this piece. Does that make it a success?

It’s inspired discussion here about the role or art and whether this counts, so it’s done a job. Whether you consider it the job you want art to have or not is equally important.

99% invisible have a really interesting episode on Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue III which is totally worth a listen if this piece has made you feel anything.

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