The "revulsion being the point" comment brought back a memory...

My brother and I had a disagreement when I was young. He is a prolific and talented artist who went to an art and design college, and I was a teenage dumbass who was invited a show of his and others' work.

One such work was a framed typewritten letter.

I told my brother that that was not art and I thought it was stupid to call it art, and that it devalued the efforts of the other artists.

He didn't respond at first other than to say that art is often in the eye of the beholder and if it elicits a reaction it typically can be qualified as art.

He left it at that but I kept thinking about what he said. I was really annoyed that they could possibly call a stupid framed letter art just because it was hung in an art gallery. I said as much to several people over time.

About two years later I went back to visit him, this time for a solo show. He does abstract painting, and I liked his stuff. We started talking about the work and how some if it reminded me of our childhood home.

At one point I brought up the framed letter and how it still made me roll my eyes when compared to the work you see in art galleries.

He just smiled and said "still thinking about that piece?"

I was annoyed to admit that whatever my opinion might be I could not deny that it had had a profound effect on me, evidently.

So, yeah the revulsion at the thought of an acre of potential meadow being permanently smothered so that 4% of it could be used to park pollution machines is definitely the brilliance here...

I'm a city planner. I want a print of this to put up in my office

When the parkinglot is so big, that you need additional public transport to get to your location.

I wish I could find a higher res of this. The actual paint work looks great and I wish I could see more detail in the cars.

I hate this. It's great!

And some asshole will still park right next to you. Like 3 inches from your car. And there are dozens of open spots.

This must've been an absolute bitch to paint. All those lines. Damn. But I like it. I wouldn't want to look at it all the time, but a nice painting.

Wow didnt realize this was a painting at first

Now remember, we're in the Itchy lot.

Don't it always seem to go,

That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone...

They painted over paradise,

And drew up a parking lot.

I assume the artist is American. These kind of plannings (huge parking lots etc.) only exist in USA, well mostly.

Great painting by the way.