Matt Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-28014069 must be that time of year again, North Korea needs to flex its muscles and get some attention Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-28068320 Just amazes me, Can I sell my unmade bed tor £1m? And if not why not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted June 28, 2014 Report Share Posted June 28, 2014 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-28068320 Just amazes me, Can I sell my unmade bed tor £1m? And if not why not? that makes me sad and angry.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted June 28, 2014 Report Share Posted June 28, 2014 People are having to use food banks to get by and this tart can sell a fucking bed for this much? Fuck off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcopaulo Posted June 28, 2014 Report Share Posted June 28, 2014 I just don't get it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibdane Posted June 28, 2014 Report Share Posted June 28, 2014 Who the hell is Tracey Emin amyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted June 28, 2014 Report Share Posted June 28, 2014 Who the hell is Tracey Emin amyway? Wild child of British modern art many years ago but still going strong, along with Damien Hurst perpetuated all sorts of absurdity that allowed them to take shitloads of money off thick rich people (eg Charles Saatchi). Many others followed in their footsteps. All started (in my memory at least) in the seventies when the Tate Gallery put "Equivalent VIII" on show. Here are some people admiring it. They are bricks btw if the photo's not too clear. Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 This is funny. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28097186 Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornish Steve Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 People are having to use food banks to get by and this tart can sell a fucking bed for this much? Fuck off. Would you feel the same way if she donated all the money to help the homeless? It's not just "government" that helps the needy. Indeed, if we as private individuals chose to give more, there would be no need for the government to even get involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 Would you feel the same way if she donated all the money to help the homeless? It's not just "government" that helps the needy. Indeed, if we as private individuals chose to give more, there would be no need for the government to even get involved. Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornish Steve Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 Yes. Why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 Why? A bed is not worth that much no matter where the money goes afterwards. Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornish Steve Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 A bed is not worth that much no matter where the money goes afterwards. The point you were making, I thought, was that people are spending millions on a work of art that you'd rather see contributed to help those in need. I asked whether your concern would be addressed if the recipient of those funds donated them to meet those social needs, and I was surprised that you responded "no". Why would you care whether the funds were donated directly or through the medium of a work of art? Isn't the result the same? As for the value of a work of art, there are many examples throughout history when the value of an item in someone's eyes is vastly different from the value in the eyes of others. That's par for the course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 (edited) The point you were making, I thought, was that people are spending millions on a work of art that you'd rather see contributed to help those in need. I asked whether your concern would be addressed if the recipient of those funds donated them to meet those social needs, and I was surprised that you responded "no". Why would you care whether the funds were donated directly or through the medium of a work of art? Isn't the result the same? As for the value of a work of art, there are many examples throughout history when the value of an item in someone's eyes is vastly different from the value in the eyes of others. That's par for the course. Its an unmade bed Steve. There is no value, nearly everyone in the world has one in some shape or form. This is just an example of people having more money than sense and wanting to show off how rich they are, which insults the rest of the world. Edited July 1, 2014 by Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 The point you were making, I thought, was that people are spending millions on a work of art that you'd rather see contributed to help those in need. I asked whether your concern would be addressed if the recipient of those funds donated them to meet those social needs, and I was surprised that you responded "no". Why would you care whether the funds were donated directly or through the medium of a work of art? Isn't the result the same? As for the value of a work of art, there are many examples throughout history when the value of an item in someone's eyes is vastly different from the value in the eyes of others. That's par for the course. Matt's answered for me. The clique strikes again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornish Steve Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 I think that Rooney earning 300k a week is obscene too, but all would be well if he used that pulling power by donating most of it to charities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcopaulo Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 art to me has always been for bell ends some cunt turns a toilet on it's side and it's all of a sudden art...just people pretending to see something to make them sound like they have class all wankers no offence like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 art to me has always been for bell ends some cunt turns a toilet on it's side and it's all of a sudden art...just people pretending to see something to make them sound like they have class all wankers no offence like That post will sell for £10,000 in a couple of years time, Genius. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcopaulo Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 Think my literary review will be the first to be auctioned off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 Think my literary review will be the first to be auctioned off! I think you should paint the word CUNT on a wall in block capitals. You could be the next Banksy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornish Steve Posted July 5, 2014 Report Share Posted July 5, 2014 Hit by a double whammy today; two of my daughters announce they're pregnant (again); will push the grandchild count to nine between the four of them. Ridiculous, feels like they just left primary school, where do the years go? Congratulations! Yes, I remember like yesterday when my older daughter was born, and now she's expecting her second - another girl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubecula Posted July 5, 2014 Report Share Posted July 5, 2014 Arty Farty? Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnh Posted July 5, 2014 Report Share Posted July 5, 2014 Wild child of British modern art many years ago but still going strong, along with Damien Hurst perpetuated all sorts of absurdity that allowed them to take shitloads of money off thick rich people (eg Charles Saatchi). Many others followed in their footsteps. All started (in my memory at least) in the seventies when the Tate Gallery put "Equivalent VIII" on show. Here are some people admiring it. They are bricks btw if the photo's not too clear. Charles Saatchi may lack taste but he makes a lot of money out of it. He pays a lot of money for crap but creates a 'market'. Then gullible rich people come along and pay even more when Saatchi sells it. Non-artists like Emin and Hirst make a lot of money. Saatchi makes a lot of money and the bozo's at the end of the chain think they have a masterpiece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcopaulo Posted July 5, 2014 Report Share Posted July 5, 2014 (edited) Wild child of British modern art many years ago but still going strong, along with Damien Hurst perpetuated all sorts of absurdity that allowed them to take shitloads of money off thick rich people (eg Charles Saatchi). Many others followed in their footsteps. All started (in my memory at least) in the seventies when the Tate Gallery put "Equivalent VIII" on show. Here are some people admiring it. They are bricks btw if the photo's not too clear. bricks? stacked? i'm assuming a dancing ferret pops up now and then and shouts "last one to the bar is a bender"? otherwise fuckin hell Edited July 5, 2014 by marcopaulo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted July 5, 2014 Report Share Posted July 5, 2014 bricks? stacked? i'm assuming a dancing ferret pops up now and then and shouts "last one to the bar is a bender"? otherwise fuckin hell Fire bricks to be exact; Tate paid £2297 for them in 1966 (a similar work sold for $1.1m in 2008); it's in the Tate Modern today so you can still go and see it if you want. Artist was a guy called Carl Andre, he made quite a few of them so they were all "equivalent" (geddit?) . Display caption'The sensation of these pieces was that they come above your ankles, as if you were wading in bricks', Andre has commented. 'It was like stepping from water of one depth to water of another depth.' This was the last in his series of Equivalent sculptures, each consisting of a rectangular configuration of 120 firebricks. Although the shape of each arrangement is different, they all have the same height, mass and volume, and are therefore 'equivalent' to each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcopaulo Posted July 5, 2014 Report Share Posted July 5, 2014 Fire bricks to be exact; Tate paid £2297 for them in 1966 (a similar work sold for $1.1m in 2008); it's in the Tate Modern today so you can still go and see it if you want. Artist was a guy called Carl Andre, he made quite a few of them so they were all "equivalent" (geddit?) . Display caption'The sensation of these pieces was that they come above your ankles, as if you were wading in bricks', Andre has commented. 'It was like stepping from water of one depth to water of another depth.' This was the last in his series of Equivalent sculptures, each consisting of a rectangular configuration of 120 firebricks. Although the shape of each arrangement is different, they all have the same height, mass and volume, and are therefore 'equivalent' to each other. like stairs then? fuck me...i really don't get art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnh Posted July 5, 2014 Report Share Posted July 5, 2014 The thing is, its NOT art. Its the biggest con trick of the last 100 years. Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcopaulo Posted July 5, 2014 Report Share Posted July 5, 2014 I always thought that was marketing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 Horrible story but I don't get how getting "an undisclosed out of court settlement" helps with the grief. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-28483217 Just sounds like an ambulance chasing solicitor saying, "You can make some money out of this". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 Brilliant this. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28642187 marcopaulo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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