Maybe I've just no culture about me but I just don't get the modern art stuff at all. Some stuff is nice to look at, and I do appreciate there's some pieces which display skilled craftsmanship, but in the main I can't get into it. It's maybe because I think I could do it myself, whereas a lifelike painted portrait or landscape shows a real talent which only a few possess.
Saying that..., On Sunday I stood with my 7 year old in front of Van Gogh's 'chair' in the national gallery. The lad reckoned it was rubbish ?