tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35137734.post116000154034867217..comments2023-10-10T10:50:56.735+02:00Comments on Inanities: Money for old rope: a polemic on modern artSarah Carrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02146943046266549277noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35137734.post-56819168859195701722008-07-18T16:26:00.000+02:002008-07-18T16:26:00.000+02:00lol, yes.lol, yes.Scarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08000921519899599070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35137734.post-63166578026593835562008-05-13T15:31:00.000+02:002008-05-13T15:31:00.000+02:00Witty, incisive and so, so true. Every word of it....Witty, incisive and so, so true. Every word of it. I agree that art can only be judged art if it has certain qualities and one of those qualities should surely be an element of skill in its making. Declaring 'this is art,' does not make it so. Most often it seems it just declares the declarer as being a fraud, an intellectual bankrupt and an utter, utter tosspot.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08405170830779871935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35137734.post-1160525262383786292006-10-11T02:07:00.000+02:002006-10-11T02:07:00.000+02:00Hehehehe very funny, thanks for sending that.Hehehehe very funny, thanks for sending that.Scarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08000921519899599070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35137734.post-1160518376188482382006-10-11T00:12:00.000+02:002006-10-11T00:12:00.000+02:00Have you read the inimitably bitchy Lynn Barber's ...Have you read the inimitably bitchy Lynn Barber's article about her experience judging the Turner Prize, 'How I suffered for art's sake'? You must, you must!<BR/><BR/>http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1884681,00.html<BR/><BR/>Absolute favourite line:<BR/>'I did once see Keanu Reeves in Vyner Street admiring an artwork in the Modern Art gallery, a blue, plastic rectangle, I seem to recall, that looked like a Formica offcut and cost 20 grand. Reeves described it as 'almost Kleinian', which is artspeak for blue.'Reformed Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02566431725694654733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35137734.post-1160422290759685052006-10-09T21:31:00.000+02:002006-10-09T21:31:00.000+02:00Hehe yes absolutely right concept has apparently r...Hehe yes absolutely right concept has apparently replaced the need for art, or at least something resembling art. Bonkers.Scarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08000921519899599070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35137734.post-1160403527968828562006-10-09T16:18:00.000+02:002006-10-09T16:18:00.000+02:00Another smashing post Amne! I've been working in t...Another smashing post Amne! I've been working in the arts field for a few years now as a development consultant and from firsthand experience I can say that the bullshit attached to contemporary artistic practices is stacked so high you can hardly see where it ends and where the bull's ass begins. All I've managed to conclude is this, today's art is big on the conceptual dimension which is to say that there is almost a complete lack of regard to form (unless it can deviantly serve the concept!) and an almost narcissistic obsession with extracting meaning. This allows for infinite possibilities as any masturbatory excercise can be labled art if a critic can provide a theoreticaly relevant context. what's funny is while there is a complete diregard for the value of art and personal expression in a place like Egypt, and a mad obsession for it in Europe and the US (the leading contemporary art markets), the result on a personal level is almost always a natural repulsion to the B.S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35137734.post-1160332406357519662006-10-08T20:33:00.000+02:002006-10-08T20:33:00.000+02:00Thanks for that Hebe, interesting. I notice that t...Thanks for that Hebe, interesting. I notice that the Stuckism movement was created following a critical remark made by Tracey Emin - which provides an indication that there may be some merit in Stuckism given that Emin personifies all that is crap about modern art (see: her unmade bed exhibit).Scarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08000921519899599070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35137734.post-1160304308373194262006-10-08T12:45:00.000+02:002006-10-08T12:45:00.000+02:00i concur heartily , modern art is a load of twat ....i concur heartily , modern art is a load of twat . you should check out the stuckists website . www.stuckism.comHebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13937927463801164403noreply@blogger.com