i have always regarded contemporary artists
[painter's, performer's, installation artists et al] as egoistic attention-seekin spastic's who think of emselves as modern-day messiah's. whose primary mission is forcin their brand of "artistic" bollocks down our throat's.
besides livin on a planet where the cosmoverse revolves around em. and em only.
the latest gaffe being an exhibition in morocco - in the middle of ramadan - that involved the work of the infamous minger Tracey wotsit that "...shows the artist stuffing £5 and £10 notes into her private parts...".
reet. the mental image is disturbing.
oh where was i? the excuse given by the curator, the sister of another [in]famous twat, was that they wanted to open the locals' minds or "visual understandin" - whatever that means.
her claim that they aren't deliberate in their offendin said locals' intelligence is a tad daft. not to mention, lame. surely they'd have known that a muslim society has a somewhat different interpretation or perspective of thing's.
or that they ain't aware morocco is not the UK.
what if a bunch of asian peformin "artists" [as from asia that is, not from India nor the UK] put up a totally fictional play on Nelson as a modern-day womanisin drunk hoody? on the eve of his death anniversary? they could claim ignorance, having *absolutely* no idea that hoodie's are a social menace in the UK.
innit?
or worse, their complete unawareness that Nelson is a national hero-saviour-demi god? sacrilege, that innit?
by all means carry on with the exhibition, but surely a wee cultural sensitivity is not too much to ask?
now, it struck me. that said infamous minger "artist" Tracey wotsit, her last name does somehow rhyme with vermin, non?
as enscribed by the letter b @ October 16, 2005 09:08 AM | someone's pingedit's highly probable that her field of vision is already impaired since young, that explains the nonsensical remark. indeed, if one is really *talented*, they'd have become the modern-day equivalent of Bach and co. or even Nobel Prize winners who re-invented the wheel - for example. or a latter-day rembrandt or van gogh though i find the latter's painting's highly disturbin.
not stuffin yer privates with dosh. that says alot about that minger's state of mind really. and i thought van gogh was scary enough.
as blahed by the letter b @ October 17, 2005 01:34 PMI agree with you whole take on "Modern, Performance" artist. It's all hype for no-talent hacks that can't make it in real art. This particular idiot shows a complete lack of understanding as well as a lack of cultural experience. while it my seem to her that people's visual understanding might be expanded, exactly how many people want to visually understand what it looks like to see a vagina full of currency. This woman has obviously not been to Juarez Mexico on Saturday night. Not only do the girls there collect bills with their privates, most of them can pick up small change from the stage without using their hands, if you catch my drift. This woman should get out more and have her own visual experiences expanded.
as blahed by Confederatexpat @ October 17, 2005 12:29 PMor what natives on this side of the planet would cite: "typical western imperialism" whereby [collective] western culture is deemed of a higher and more refined/acceptable standard that the rest of us ignorant third world peasants *ought* and *should* appreciate.
As the cow branson insiduously implied.
as blahed by the letter b @ October 17, 2005 09:23 AM“We’re not in Morocco deliberately to upset people,” said Branson. “Yes, of course I’m conscious that this exhibition goes a step beyond what’s usual. But we did want to expand people’s visual understanding.”
What a piece of white trash.
as blahed by "Alice" @ October 17, 2005 09:10 AM