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Which Is It: Garbage Or Contemporary Art?

This piece is from Ai Weiwei's exhibit "On Alcatraz." It's definitely art.

It's art!

Is it garbage or art?

It's garbage.

These are just soup cans. Warhol's famous Campbell's soup cans were silkscreen prints, not actual cans of soup.

This is a part of a piece by [sculptor](http://www.diaart.org/exhibitions/introduction/79) John Chamberlain, who is known for making metal forms out scrap metal.

This is a piece by Dan Flavin from his Vienna exhibit "Dan Flavin Lights."

These 'seeds' are [handcrafted porcelain](http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/unilever-series-ai-weiwei-sunflower-seeds) and are part of Ai Weiwei's exhibit "Sunflower Seeds" at the Tate Modern.

This is a sculpture by Tara Donovan made out of acrylic rods.

It's garbage!

This is a piece of landscape art called "Spiral Jetty" by Robert Smithson.

This is a Bruce Nauman sculpture from 1968 called "Concrete Tape Recorder."

You can tell the difference between art and garbage, which in today's market is an invaluable skill. Don't be surprised if someone tries to give you an honorary degree in this emerging field of criticism. Congrats!

You are an artistic prodigy.

You have a discerning eye for what is garbage and what is actually art. You'll be able to build your own personal collection of tasteful works with ease.

You must've gone to art school!

You can sometimes tell the difference between garbage and art, but that won't stop you from accidentally bringing home a balloon animal and telling your significant other it's a Koons. It's OK, it's the thought that counts!

You can almost tell the difference between art and garbage.

But it's OK, no one really understands this stuff anyway.

You cannot tell the difference between art and garbage.

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