>Now I know how to make something into art: Put it on a plinth and label >it!
This type of intellectual art is fun, but placing outlandish values on these items is stupid. It was just a water bottle. If there was any value it was in the idea. Found art on the other hand can be of value due to the presentation of an ordinary object in a unique and challenging fashion. My half full coffee cup accidentally spent several days on a plinth in a ceramics show. Didn't have a label though so I guess I didn't suffer too much of a financial lose when it was broken. It was a very nice mug sized 'tea' cup with a yellow rose which didn't look too out of place in the show. And no one drank my left over coffee. Powell
