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9 Signs That a Piece of Art Is "Bad"

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    It goes against the long tradition of still-life painting that came before it, typically depicting a tableau of commonplace, inanimate objects.

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    It avoids the "challenge" of representational art and goes minimalist.

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    It simply defies the basic laws of physics.

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    It is difficult to depict a three-dimensional scene on a two-dimensional surface, as most landscape paintings strive to, but none should be this bad.

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    It goes over the top with the use of symbolism. We scratch our collective heads and wonder, "Why?"

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    It attempts to be a life study but goes great lengths to avoid the hardest parts, the hands and feet.

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    It concentrates way too much on the windows to the soul, the eyes.

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    It generally fails at properly representing the human form.

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    It suffers from the artist's obvious inability to draw.


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