After moving to the United States in 1977, Vitaly Komar and Alex Melamid continued their jabs at mainstream culture and politics. The duo have also turned their scrutinizing eyes toward the art world itself, demonstrating against what they see as a diefication of art's creative processes. They can say terrible things about God, but they cannot say anything about art. It's like the holiest of the holies. And believe me, I'm an atheist in both ways.
Art is nonsense.
Now, the two have taken their irreverent approach to art public, allowing survey results to determine the most and least desired artistic elements in over a dozen countries around the world. Komar and Melamid then created the most and least wanted paintings for each country, incorporating colors, shapes and characters from the survey results. For the two painters, the project uses art to get to the core of modern society. It's absolutely true data. It doesn't say anything about personalities, but it says something more about ideals, and about how this world functions.