OT: Why I hate modern art
DustBunny
records pornography readings -- The Turner Prize ran true to form on
Thursday as one of the art world's most controversial prizes.
Critics condemn the annual prize as an ongoing national joke and the 2002
nominees should add fuel to the flames.
Not least British artist Fiona Banner who graphically narrated the plot of
porn movie "Arsewoman in Wonderland" for one of her latest exhibitions.
Among photographer Catherine Yass's most noted works are picture studies of
toilets and hospital corridors.
Keith Tyson fed data into a computer which then instructed him to paint 366
breadboards and cast a Kentucky Fried Chicken menu in lead.
Liam Gillick won fame with his outdoor sculpture court at Tate Britain, the
London gallery which attracts up to 70,000 spectators every year to its
Turner prize exhibition.
The artists short-listed on Thursday will put selected works on display in
October and the prize will be presented on December 8.
The 20,000 pound ($29,320) prize grabs headlines every year -- but art buffs
say it is for all the wrong reasons.
Pop superstar Madonna swore live on television last year when presenting the
prize to conceptual artist Martin Creed who won with his controversial
creation of a bare room with a light that switches on and off.
Tracey Emin was catapulted to fame on the 1999 shortlist with her unmade bed
surrounded by soiled underpants, condoms and champagne corks.
In 1998, avant-garde artist Chris Ofili won with a Virgin Mary made from
elephant dung which sparked outrage when shown in New York.
In 1995, Damien Hirst won with a sheep pickled in formaldehyde. Artist Tony
Kaye once tried to submit a homeless steel worker as his entry for the
competition.
Claire
arranged piles of dirt all over the floor. The only reason to go to one of
these shows is to listen to all the art snobs go on and on about the
brilliance of the artist. It's hilarious!
Claire
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: LONDON (Reuters) - Pickled sheep, elephant dung and now an artist who
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Leigh Melton
<fake...@fakeaddress.com> wrote:
>This reminds me of an exhibition I saw in a Soho gallery years ago -- neatly
>arranged piles of dirt all over the floor. The only reason to go to one of
>these shows is to listen to all the art snobs go on and on about the
>brilliance of the artist. It's hilarious!
The only 'installation' I've ever seen which I thought had any
interest at all was at a small gallery in Atlanta. A dark room was
exmpty except for a big pile of dirt (your dirt reference made me
remember this) in the middle of the floor. Half-buried in the dirt
was a long glowing black-light tube, which made a kind of low pitched
whine. It may sound ridiculous but it was the SCARIEST thing you
could imagine. It made the hair stand up on the back of my neck. It
was every scary movie you ever watched after midnight as a kid topped
off with a few dozen zombie-ridden nightmares. Nobody could stay in
that room for very long.
I was suitably impressed. To me that was art, as it invoked an
emotional reaction in everyone who viewed it. A really strong one,
too. You don't just happen on something like that by chance - thought
went into that piece.
As opposed, for example, to that idiot who covered an entire New York
hotel room in cheese not long ago. Aside from being a ridiculous
stinking mess, it seems like the height of obnoxiousness to cover a
hotel room in hundreds of pounds of cheese when there are kids and old
ladies and guys living in gutters who go to bed each night without
anything to eat.
Leigh
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Her Highness The Pink Princess
Modern art is for those who need a direct message from God, saying they have
too much money.
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Melisande55
>From: Leigh Melton le...@nbi.com
>Date: 5/31/2002 8:53 PM Pacific Daylight Time
>Message-id: <kqggfusuqj5n77f8f...@4ax.com>
well known you can get free cheese any day of the week at the food bank...they
take it to the welfare/food stamp office in trucks and try to unload it...
no one wants it...
Melisande
Keeper of Val Kilmer