Now that is just tacky!
In which we are reminded we live in La La Land
This morning's LA Times devoted the top spot of its website and a good-sized spread in its dead-tree edition to piece of "artwork," that millionaire Richard Moriarity is intalling in his Newport Beach manse. As the pic above indicates, this so-called artwork is a '74 Lamborghini, bolted to one of Moriarity's refrigerator-like interior walls. The engine was removed and will serve as the room's "200 mph coffee table."
Don't get me wrong, I love cars. Some cars truly are works of art. But they are functional works of art that belong in the streets, doing what they were made to do: be driven.
There's conspicuous consumption and then there's conspicuous consumption. Owning a Twachtman and displaying it in your private collection is conspicuous consumption. But in the right context it can also be a show of exquisite taste and a display of knowledge in the fine arts. Putting a $500K supercar on your wall is just plain tacky – a flashy show that shows off only that you’ve got nothing but more money than you have brains.
Well, that’s SoCal on a bad day for ye!
This morning's LA Times devoted the top spot of its website and a good-sized spread in its dead-tree edition to piece of "artwork," that millionaire Richard Moriarity is intalling in his Newport Beach manse. As the pic above indicates, this so-called artwork is a '74 Lamborghini, bolted to one of Moriarity's refrigerator-like interior walls. The engine was removed and will serve as the room's "200 mph coffee table."
Don't get me wrong, I love cars. Some cars truly are works of art. But they are functional works of art that belong in the streets, doing what they were made to do: be driven.
There's conspicuous consumption and then there's conspicuous consumption. Owning a Twachtman and displaying it in your private collection is conspicuous consumption. But in the right context it can also be a show of exquisite taste and a display of knowledge in the fine arts. Putting a $500K supercar on your wall is just plain tacky – a flashy show that shows off only that you’ve got nothing but more money than you have brains.
Well, that’s SoCal on a bad day for ye!
posted by M2 at 9:14 AM
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