The Art of Fake-News

Dr. Martin Mangold aka Cosmo du Mont

Scandal night!

Art stories to make you smile

secrecy? - No, here we are finally revealing secrets that have been well kept for years!

Cosmo du Mont is risking its good reputation with fake art news

Everything for art!

Seine Hater sind viele - und ihm egal,

his friends are few - and important to him.

(because Cosmo du Mont is always on the side of the minorities!)

Its good reputation?

Nun, sein Ruf ist ihm egal.

Because he says:

"One is born with a good reputation - no baby is born with a bad reputation.

You have to work hard to get a bad reputation."

Cosmo du Mont, 2015

Therefore, a bad reputation is much more important to him and is well protected, like the apple of an eye.

But how do you ruin your reputation?

Anyone who tries hard will find:

This is not so easy.

Fake-News? - Art!

Fake-News-Art by Cosmo du Mont

How do you satirize the contemporary appearance of fake news?

And how do you use this to polish your own career and stay in touch?

Baron von Münchhausen, Hauptmann von Köpenik, the pop band Millie Vanillie, to name just three... They all used fake news with the means of their time and became famous with it.

The artist Cosmo du Mont satirizes contemporary - in the here and now - what has been on everyone's lips at least since Donald Trump - billionaire and 45th President of the USA.

Nichts ist dem Scherzbold von der Waterkant heilig, vor allem nicht die Kirche, insbesondere nicht die Katholische, spätestens seit Söder hat er etwas gegen Bayern und überhaupt verachtet er die Wähler, doch das ist eine andere Geschichte ... Der Lausbub der lausigen Kunst tituliert schon mal mit flinker Zunge seine Meisterwerke schnodderig als `Pfuschwerke´. Spricht daraus Kritikfähigkeit? - Na, wir wollen mal nicht übertreiben ... Von Selbstkritik also keine Spur. Eher veräppelt er damit in vorauseilendem Gehorsam etwaige Kritiker.

In order to poil your career, you urgently needed scandals - but where do you get them from if your own life is rather boring? Who cares about an aging millionaire with the boring life of a Robert Geiss? Drug and sex scandals are also rather unpretentious, because many others deal with them in an inflationary way.

There are people who use money they don't have to buy things they don't need in order to impress people they don't like.

Very different Cosmo du Mont:

The art king jokes in a politically incorrect way, doesn't give a damn about his reputation and taunts his enemies.

Because he says:

"Wenn die Menschen aufhören, sich über mich aufzuregen, dann regt mich das auf."

Cosmo du Mont, 2015

The nation's finger is having a royal time. After all, he's rich - especially in experience - so he used his inventiveness. And this fake news finally brought the desired - albeit modest - success on social media, with almost 1,000 likes.

In a self-deprecating way, he tries to make a name for himself as an entertainer.

True to the motto:

And once your reputation is ruined, you live it completely unashamedly.

Nothing is too bad for him. With his fake news style, he only harms himself, if at all - but he never does his practical jokes at the expense of other people.

He doesn't take himself too seriously, but his opponents should take him seriously. So if you ever have a problem with self-marketing, you should look for Cosmo du Mont.

Famously disrespectful

The prankster from the Waterkant

Pate standen der Fake-News-Art lustige Geschichten über Berlusconi und die Mafia

Drive out the Lausebub with the Belzebub and, as the lovely Cosmo, open the arc of suspense for what comes next. Arrogant and overbearing, he eagerly stirs his stories - as is his well-known lovable way - into the ingredients of his rumor mill. The dog is motley, just like his other art in general and in particular...

Fake-News #1:

Cosmo du Mont is Knacki

Children are not responsible for their parents

Fact check:

Surprisingly found in the archive of the Federal Office of Justice of the Federal Republic of Germany

a well-guarded piece of evidence that suddenly caused disillusionment and a hangover among all conspiracy theorists:

The certificate of good conduct

from

Dr. Martin Mangold

Content: No entry

Es liegt also nichts gegen Dr. Martin Mangold vor.

Result of the fact check: Myth unfortunately destroyed!

Not art - but true!

Fake-News #2:

Cosmo du Mont becomes British Crown Prince

Appointed heir to the throne by the Queen

Fact check:

It is obvious that the Queen is not particularly happy with Prince Charles, because unlike the Queen of the Netherlands, the Queen has not yet placed her office in the hands of her son.

However, dr. Martin Mangold aka Cosmo du Mont has been the King of Art since November 3rd, 2010, which is confirmed by a look at his German identity papers and the prompt denials of both the British and the artic royal family seem credible, because who wants to be strict, British belong to royalty? Certainly not Prince Harry...

The Kingdom of Art is certainly a lot funnier and also a lot more revealing, which will keep us busy in the fact check on case #5.

The result of this fact check: Myth unfortunately destroyed!

Not art - but true!

Update:

After the Queen has changed her mind and - sort of biologically - thankfully finally resigned, further comments on this Fake News # 2 are superfluous.

Fake-News #3:

Cosmo du Mont becomes pope

A triple hallelujah

Fact check:

With Pope Benedict, a German was in fact recently elected Pope. In principle this is possible. However, Cosmo du Mont only believes in the universe and in himself, but not in the Catholic Church at all. Whether God himself would slay the pope was expressly not the subject of this fact check. In any case, Pope Benedict deserted after a relatively short time in office, which we take as an indication that the office of the Pope does not bring much joy. The Vatican did not comment on our request. The denial of the artist Cosmo du Mont about his papal intentions seems plausible to us.

Result of the fact check: myth unfortunately destroyed!

Not art - but true!

Fake-News #4:

Cosmo du Mont wird Pate

Oscar for the screen star

Fact check:

The mafia film dates from 1972, so both the book and the screenplay were written much earlier. Cosmo du Mont may have already lived there, but at most he will have experienced his youngest childhood days. It is true that he has been painting since he was a child, but it is doubtful whether he was a suitable godfather at that age. Speaking of kids, how about the Oscars? Despite our best efforts, we have not been able to find out anything about a current girlfriend of Cosmo du Mont. And since "The Godfather" is also not a children's book, we come to the following conclusion:

Result of the fact check: myth unfortunately destroyed!

Not art - but true!

Fake-News #5:

Sex six times

Sex six times - no one can do it more often than Cosmo du Mont

Fact check:

We couldn't find any porn movies starring Cosmo du Mont, nor could we interview a current girlfriend of Cosmo du Mont. In this respect, it was unfortunately not possible for us to subject this rumor to a serious fact check. From a purely scientific point of view, probability calculations come into play here: if you tell a lie, you won't believe it, even if you tell the truth. In other words:

Result of the fact check: myth unfortunately destroyed!

Not art - but true!

The moral of the story?

What does the inclined reader learn?

Eigentlich nichts! Aber angehende Künstler erhalten hier eine Lehrstunde in Sachen Künstlermarketing.

Many artists ask themselves: What to do when your own career is struggling?

Nun, anfeuern ... einfach mal einen Gang höher schalten und die nächste Raketenstufe zünden. Oder statt der Karriereleiter, den Lift nutzen!