the success of the artist piece depends on his or her intent, i believe it was his very intent to be confrontational. the idea of a motorcycle being compared to a living, breathing, feeling animal is itself a submission of the artist success in that regard. the old masters are great but they are exactly that OLD, there's no denying the beauty of a renoir but there is something to be said for lack of content. Vermeer's painting above shows the skill of the artist but nothing much else and today it is one thing to be able to draw from life accurately, creativity is an entirely different thing. and the latter is what gets your art into galleries and recognized the former doesn't get you anywhere in particular. i still have a hard time accepting art that isn't 2d but it is what it is. I thought that video was pretty interesting and aside from the poor quality of the video and some extraneous camera angles i thought it wasn't that bad at all.