For art's sake !! Feathers fly at art show .
Ronnie McKinley
Feathers fly at art show
A pillow fight began on Tracey Emin's "My Bed" installation
Two art students have caused a stir at the controversial
Turner Prize show in London by staging a semi-naked
pillow fight on one of the exhibits.
Jian Jun Xi, 37, and Yuan Cai, 43, said they were "visual
artists" attempting to make Tracey Emin's work more
interesting.
Her creation, My Bed, is one of the
most contentious pieces of art on this
year's Turner Prize shortlist, featuring
an unmade bed with grubby sheets,
surrounded by condoms, soiled
knickers and bottles of vodka.
It is one of five works of art shortlisted for the £20,000
prize - and which art-lovers have been flocking to see at
the Tate.
Kung fu artist
The artists said their action was an art work in itself,
which they had named Two Naked Men Jump Into
Tracey's Bed.
Mr Xi, divorced, from Camden Town, north London and a
British citizen originally from China, said: "We wanted to
push her work to further limits, make it more
sensational, interesting and significant.
"We're trying to challenge these artists."
Mr Xi, who studied art at
Goldsmiths College, London,
added: "We went in and took
our clothes off very quickly.
"We had slogans on our
body in Chinese and English
and jumped around for about
15 minutes before the
security guards got hold of
us.
"People seemed to enjoy it,
then three security guards
got on top of me and I was bleeding. They were very
ignorant."
Mr Cai, of Stoke Newington, north London, whose son
was at the performance, said: "Tracey's work was strong
but it wasn't strong enough. We wanted to push the idea
further.
"Our action will make the public think about what is good
art.
"We had 'isms' all over our bodies. Like idealism,
internationalism, anti-stuckism all relating to our work."
Calvin Kelin stunt
Mr Cai, a married graduate of the Royal College of Art,
said: "I was going to pull off my Calvin Klein pants and
put Tracey's knickers on, but I didn't have time to do a
proper performance.
"I tried to scare the guards by pretending to be a kung fu
artist."
The artists said they had been detained for four hours
and claimed Ms Emin and the Tate Gallery had not
minded about their actions.
Scotland Yard said the men were released without
charge. It is understood the gallery decided it did not
want to press charges.
A spokeswoman for the Tate said: "The work has now
been restored and the exhibition will open to the public
as usual."
......... BBC News
Ronnie
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Esengo
> Two art students have caused a stir at the controversial
> Turner Prize show in London by staging a semi-naked
> pillow fight on one of the exhibits.
etc.
HEY! I love it when people call it for what it is! Ain't nobody gonna tell
me what's art and what's not. I've got a brain (*and* a pillow) and say *GO
FOR IT YOU GUYS*. Perhaps we have degenerated to the point where the
greatest shock wins the greatest award. But I don't think so.
As those guys said "Our action will make the public think about what is good
art".
Little Fairy
Art critic
Thinking my own bedroom could be considered art...but not sure.
Mike Wilcox
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> UK
> Snippage
>
> Her creation, My Bed, is one of the
> most contentious pieces of art on this
> year's Turner Prize shortlist, featuring
> an unmade bed with grubby sheets,
> surrounded by condoms, soiled
> knickers and bottles of vodka.
>
> Ronnie
> ----------
And to think I used to produce Art like this all the time back in my
youth ;~)).
--
Mike Wilcox
" Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end"
Ronnie McKinley
>Thinking my own bedroom could be considered art...but not sure.
The condoms in the Tracey Emin's "My Bed" installation are according to
another IRL news report .... "used" ..... :-9
Ronnie
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Esengo
>The condoms in the Tracey Emin's "My Bed" installation are according to
>another IRL news report .... "used" ..... :-9
Well, I am relieved to hear that. If they weren't then it would just be art
*imitating* life.
See ya,
I gotta go clean my bedroom.
Little Fairy
Maryann
Mine wouldn't even make a good porno film!! Oh well.
Maryann