MY KID COULD PAINT THAT d: Amir Bar-Lev
My Kid Could Paint That (2007)
Direction: Amir Bar-Lev
By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica:
In a real sense, the 83-minute documentary My Kid Could Paint That is one of the most disgusting films of all time. It disgusts because
a) it so vividly displays the utter nonsense and stupidity of the modern art scamming that has gone on for the last half century or more (especially in Abstract Expressionism) — and that’s a good thing; and
b) it so vividly displays the exploitation of an innocent child, Marla Olmstead, to meet the personal and psychological demands and needs of her Mark and Laura — and that’s a bad thing.
Basically, the film, [...]
by Dan Schneider | April 10, 2009
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Tags: Amir Bar-Lev, Art, Child Prodigies, Documentaries, DVDs, Film Reviews, Marla Olmstead, Michael Kimmelman, My Kid Could Paint That, Painters
