Re: Modern Art Is *Soooooooo* Ironic
Evil Sideshow Bob
commitment to Sparkle Motion!
>The newspapers said the spokesman would not reveal how much the bag had cost to
>replace.
Shit, an entire box of 'em goes for what... 2 or 3 bucks, tops?
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I've learned something, too: selling out is sweet because
when you sell out, you get to make a lot of money, and when
you have money, you don't have to hang out with a bunch of
poor asses like you guys. Screw you guys, I'm going home.
Kurgan the Crosseyed Assclown
news:cgtkr...@drn.newsguy.com:
> http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=757&e=1&u=/nm/20040829
> /od_nm/odd_garbage_dc
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> Cleaner Tosses Art Out with the Garbage
Fixed
Squire Gow, servant to Lord Hatred
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=757&e=1&u=/nm/20040829/od_n
m/odd_garbage_dc
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> Cleaner Tosses Art Out with the Garbage
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> LONDON (Reuters) - A cleaner at London's Tate Britain modern art
> gallery threw out a bag of garbage that was part of an artwork
> because it was thought to be trash, British newspapers reported
> Friday.
The said on the radio this morning the the museum was considering suspending
this poor bastard.
> The transparent bag of garbage -- full of newspaper, cardboard and
> other bits of paper -- formed part of a work by German-born artist
> Gustav Metzger called "Recreation Of First Public Demonstration Of
> Auto-Destructive Art."
This douchebag OTOH, needs to watch his entire "works" being fed into a wood
chipper.
> It was on display next to a sheet of nylon that had been spattered
> with acid, and a metal sculpture on a table when a cleaner tossed it
> out with the other trash.
I love the wording... "with the other trash"... LOL!
> A Tate spokesman said the mistake was made the day before the
> exhibition opened at the end of June, and although the bag was later
> rescued, it had been damaged and Metzger had to replace it with
> another one.
Oh crap! That could take... minutes!
> The newspapers said the spokesman would not reveal how much crap he was
full of.
Fixed.
> "It's now covered over at night so it can't be removed," the
> spokesman told the Times.
How much are they spending to guard a bag of trash?
"If I could do it, it's not art" - Red Green
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> Copyright © 2004 Yahoo! Inc.
SG (not a friend to modern "art")
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