Just because they were painted by a moron.

It's called "The Free Market" and it won't ever go away.

There's something about having a cat on a bed that's comforting,
even tho' these are feline beasts who --
if they were human, I'd call them psychopaths.

lounging around on it!

I've got an 'art installation' right now that looks far better than that one in the pic!

...Marcel Duchamp's "readymade," and creating a very lame piece with no thought behind it, other than the thought of $$$$$ in the bank account.

Here is a great source for more info on Duchamp:

http://www.toutfait.com/

I admit, I have no appreciation for art, but if this,

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2014/apr/22/artist-eggs-vagina-paintings-performance-art-milo-moire

qualifies as art, an unmade bed surely does also.

Kilgore.

...and disgustingly pathetic, and a desperate plea for attention.

Look at me. Look at ME! Oh, please, please, PLEASE, look at MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Performance "art" my ass.

It's Performance "art" my vagina!!

Don't ask me why, but sh's right up with other folks like Damien Hirst who similar things and call it art.

is laughing his ass off in admiration.

cleaned up or thrown away a mess, only to discover that it was part of a "valuable" art installation.

A few are mentioned in this article, including one that was a bag of trash that the cleaning person mistook for a bag of trash and threw out:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3604278.stm

Art consists of 3 ingredients:

The artist who claims that this is art.
The object which is touted to be art.
The audience who believes that this is art.

...art isn't only about unmade beds and urinals.

Signed, R Mutt