Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Klee Was Here

'Oldest' wall painting looks like modern art

"It looks like a modernist painting," said Eric Coqueugniot, the team leader. "Some of those who saw it have likened it to work by (Paul) Klee. Through carbon dating we established it is from around 9,000 BC."

Ok, here is a painting by Paul Klee:


Well, that settles it. Two things could be learned from this story:

One, Paul Klee is a time traveler.

Or Two, "modern" art and caveman art really aren't that different so people pay big bucks for crap. I'd rather have the caveman art or a piece by Kilroy.






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