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beatrice12
Oct 22, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/22/99
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On 25 Oct 1999 18:30:58 GMT nhun...@aol.com (NHunkele) wrote:
> >It's Turner Prize time again. For those unacquainted with the UK art
> >world, this is an annual award, at the Tate Gallery, for the
> >best(sic) young artist of the year.
> >Among this year's short list is a piece called "Unmade Bed" which
> >consists of... erm... well, an unmade bed standing in the middle of
> >one of the Tate's galleries.
> >Yesterday, two Chinese art students decided to "improve" the work by
> >jumping on to it and having a pillow fight. They were arrested and
> >charged with criminal damage, although how anybody could tell is a
> >moot point. The gallery was closed for some hours until the
> >"sculpture" could be returned to its previous pristine(?) condition.
> >The two accused described themselves as "performance artists" which
> >set me thinking: Here in the main shopping mall in Newcastle there is
> >an old gentleman who walks around shouting at nobody in particular. I
> >always thought he was a drunken tramp but now I'm beginning to think
> >he might also be a performance artist with a huge grant from the Arts Council.
> >--
> >========
> >John Douglas
> >¿estatopian?
> >http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/estatopia
>
> The funniest art show I ever attended was at the Museum of Modern Art in New
> York City a year or so ago. A couple that stand
> out in memory is a room sized sculpture of
> inflated, painted ballons and half a mobile home hanging from the ceiling and
> tilted
> at an angle.
> Norma
While watching a recent TV coverage of an art exhibition was impressed
with 'Living Sculpture' A bevy of underclad females standing around the
gallery floor in various poses.
> >It's Turner Prize time again. For those unacquainted with the UK art
> >world, this is an annual award, at the Tate Gallery, for the
> >best(sic) young artist of the year.
> >Among this year's short list is a piece called "Unmade Bed" which
> >consists of... erm... well, an unmade bed standing in the middle of
> >one of the Tate's galleries.
> >Yesterday, two Chinese art students decided to "improve" the work by
> >jumping on to it and having a pillow fight. They were arrested and
> >charged with criminal damage, although how anybody could tell is a
> >moot point. The gallery was closed for some hours until the
> >"sculpture" could be returned to its previous pristine(?) condition.
> >The two accused described themselves as "performance artists" which
> >set me thinking: Here in the main shopping mall in Newcastle there is
> >an old gentleman who walks around shouting at nobody in particular. I
> >always thought he was a drunken tramp but now I'm beginning to think
> >he might also be a performance artist with a huge grant from the Arts Council.
> >--
> >========
> >John Douglas
> >¿estatopian?
> >http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/estatopia
>
> The funniest art show I ever attended was at the Museum of Modern Art in New
> York City a year or so ago. A couple that stand
> out in memory is a room sized sculpture of
> inflated, painted ballons and half a mobile home hanging from the ceiling and
> tilted
> at an angle.
> Norma
While watching a recent TV coverage of an art exhibition was impressed
with 'Living Sculpture' A bevy of underclad females standing around the
gallery floor in various poses.
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NHunkele
Oct 25, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/25/99
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The funniest art show I ever attended was at the Museum of Modern Art in New
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