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Animal bodies pickled in formalin (formaldehyde solution). Whatever you call it it is still a lethal carcinogenic brew. Such once were the preserve of the Natural History Museums. And School Biology laboratories. Now they are seen as art-works...Strange old world...in'it. I have been longing for some time to find an opening for this, here.
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To Aqau, what i would like to see is art that has taken a long time of aquirring those skills whatever the style and too see that the artist has learnt and still is learning to achive there goal, some of us are lucky to be able to pick things up quicker than others but if you have the desire and determination you can in time achive your goals. What i dont agree with is this so called installation art where by they seem to throw there bed clothes in a fashion or rubish dumped in a skip ect-, it just seems a short cut as to shock and call it art? where for the life of me is the skill in that ? If it has taken many years of training to achive that then i think i would give up. There are many forms of style of art that i may not understand and its not to say that its bad just because i dont understand it but i think this so called new fashion of instalation is one step to far for me . But thats just my thoughts, call me old fashioned but i just dont see the skill in it. Regards Harry.
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My thoughts on turner prize ... Not that interested at all since that one man won dressed as a woman and his subjects was pedophillia and all the other rubbish thats not worth anything to me (tracy e) hey we could all do something without any true skill.
Why not go into a field grab all the cow dung, stack em all in a gallery and call it fibre pancakes with two dummies at a table with a knife and fork lol.
I personaly find the turner prize a farce.
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I would guess that the comments posted above reflect 99.9% of the general public view on the Turner Prize. In my view it makes the art world in general a bit of a laughing stock when unproportional coverage is given to 'pickled cows' and 'messy beds'. Surely the judges involved must see that? Ultimately, their decisions have negative consequences on the art world as a whole. Wouldn't it be refreshing if, just for once, they choose a more 'traditional' piece of work rather than they junk they've selected in recent years. I find it all so pretentious to be honest. :-(
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JMW Turner wanted to establish a prize for young artists. It's a pity he did not describe the terms for entry but let it fall to the weird fringe fraternity to promote their nonsense in the name of art. It has lasted since 1984 so I suppose we will have to continue to be embarrassed by it. If you haven't seen what is short listed then this link should take you there. http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Turner-Prize-Nominations/Media-Gallery/200809415109597?lpos=UK_News_First_UK_News_Strap_Teaser_Region_0&lid=GALLERY_15109597_Turner_Prize_Nominations
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I said on another thread that I find mixed media inspiring, but that doesn't include supermarket checkouts/toilets/caged heads/etc!!
Having watched the Turner Prize entries on the news last night, the artists have no doubt achieved what they intended - to get others to talk about their work. The comments and observations by the reporter and art critic were as contemporary as the work with one talking about 'all the little stories you can see' (?!) Whereas I sort of understood the concept behind 'Boat,shed,boat' (or was it 'Shed,boat,shed'?) last year, works such as a light flicking on and off, unmade beds, and the latest installation makes me feel as if the artist is really taking the p*** out of the art world. No doubt Turner is turning in his grave.
One of the newspapers ran a competition for a couple of years entitled 'Not the Turner Prize' and some of the art work submitted was phenomenal, with most being fantastic.
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If I understand it correctly then there are artworks, some of dubious merit, for investment owned by those that can afford them. They may or may not appreciate them as any thing more than an investment opportunity which would no doubt impress their circle of friends...
Then there are artworks produced by celebrities that seem to command values perhaps beyond their artistic merit...
Both of these will be simply kept in their isolated secure environment, with an eventual near-obscene profit being made...
Picking up on a comment in my gallery...There are artworks of great value but I may not necessarily wish to have them on my wall day after day...
At least the Turner prize gets the public thinking about their perception of art & their tastes.
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