Reacting To And Making “Expensive” Art

'if I can't pronounce it, it's probably expensive' is the line I remember form the very first video of Kallmekris I watched ,it was awesome!

Can we appreciate how Kris calls us basically good looking into every video

As a college student at an art school right now can I just say THANK YOU FOR LITERALLY SAYING WHAT'S BEEN ON MY MIND EVER SINCE I STARTED STUDYING ART!! I think it's RIDICULOUS the amount of money you have to pay for paintings that look like it could take you 10 seconds to make. Sure sure, there could be a "deeper meaning" or whatever, but paying MILLIONS for that is so stupid to me. This literally made my day, thank you for this haha.

when i was in high school i spent 8 hours on an anime sketch with a full scenery and watercolor background and my art teacher said it was real art and the same week we had a lesson on renaissance art vs modern art and had shown a canvas with one... ONE splat of color and talked about how beautiful and deep it was for 20 mins I HATED HER

This woman is psychic I swear, she knows exactly when to upload

I got in trouble in art class when I said that modern art was mostly friends feeding ego trips.

Fun fact, with the pop art looking piece (10:23), that is not actually pointillism. it is a style developed in the 1950's for comic books called Ben-day dots. It is supposed to make colors pop and make it easier to create vibrant panels that don't take too much ink to print out. the style was wildly popular from the 50's and 60's and was used in a lot of pop art pieces as a way of creating new, eye-catching pieces that stood out amongst traditional and post-modern art.

Hello! I actually just learned about Mark Rhothko in my art class and everyone is totally entitled to their opinion but theres actually more to his work. His solid color artwork was made when himself as an artist felt as if his artwork wasnt significant in the slightest after coming out of the second world war, and the cold war. In fact a lot of artists went through that feeling of uselessness at that time. So he decided that he would create an experience over something to gawk at. That painting that kris looked at in reality is insainely huge. Like im talking 10 by 8 feet. (Im not 100 percent sure about the dimensions of that specific painting but just imagine big.) Rhothko wanted his art to be viewed extreamly up close and personal. His paintings are intended to be veiwed at five inches away from the face so your vision is completely enveloped in the color he painted. On a day to day basis that experience is very rare and out of the ordinary for you to experience. Im gonna be honest i thought his paintings were really pretentious at first but after learning about him ive gained a new appreciation for his work. Im not telling anyone how to feel either i just thought id shed some light into something people might not know a lot about. :)

The compliments at the start are so inventive 😭

The price for most expensive fine art is almost never anything to do with the art. It's the perfect money laundering scheme for the ultra wealthy and has been for a long time now. "Adam ruins everything" does a great dive into it.

After a semester in a painting class where my professor praised literal crap and deemed everyone who disagreed as people who just didn't understand good art...this video very much resonated with me.

Artists usually get paid very little, and someone else profits from selling their work. It doesn’t matter if it’s fine art or graphic art or cartoons or what have you. Then later, usually after they’re dead, it ends up in a museum.

her painting as so good before the black was added 😭<333

Kris’s comedic take on the absurdity of art pricing is spot on and had me laughing while also making me think.

Kris: "If I can't pronounce it it's probably expensive." Me: Looking up how much Worcestershire sauce costs

It’s crazy how far she’s come. I miss her old skits with Riley and crew but I am glad she’s moved on and grown to new content and is still doing stuff

The first art looked like someone went through a drive-wash station and took a pic of their sunroof halfway into the process and said "Yeah! This looks great!"

As an art student I love hearing these opinions, knowing I've had the same opinions, learned more about WHY these were made - understanding WHY, and still having the same opinion, and cry when I see these paintings happening.

As someone who has a degree in Fine Art, I absolutely agree with you, Kris. These paintings are for sheep who want to look intellectual by ‘loving’ a piece because the art world tells them they should. Serious artists who create beautiful pieces or pieces that communicate social commentary can’t make a living because people fall all over themselves to buy this Pollack-esque garbage. Chuck Close’s hyper realism isn’t exactly the most beautiful work in the world, but I admire it for its technical mastery. And yet, you never hear about him anymore.

You’re inspiring me so hard kris, you’re just…doing this, screw it. I’ve been too scared to start an Etsy to sell my stuff because I’m worried I might price it wrong or whatever…I’ve been taking it too seriously, I need to just do it….with a bottle of wine next to me, Lord know I get anxious over the silliest things. Thanks Kris!