Exploding can of foam that looks like a piece of modern art goes viral on Twitter

It's... beautiful.
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Sam Haysom
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You don't need to actively make art to be an artist.

Hell, you don't even need to actually do anything to make art.

All you need to do is one day leave your can of expandable foam in the shed for a long, long time, in the hopes that one day it'll burst forth and create something truly original:

Make way, Turner Prize contestants: there's a new kid on the block. Twitter user JB from Manchester, UK, shared the majestic picture above at the end of last week.

It's since racked up almost 20,000 retweets and been made into a Twitter Moment.

The images prompted others to share similar works of art:

Finally, many people were reminded of that Simpsons episode where Homer's attempt to assemble a barbecue leads to him becoming an artist.

Your move, art world.

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Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.

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