How is a wood shed art?
Well, Robert Smithson half-buried a woodshed once. This "sculpture" had to do with decay, decomposition, man's objects returning to the earth. This was not a great piece as was his Spiral Jetty, but it still has more meaning that the Turner shed, which didn't even have a fine visual appearance (as in architecture).
I half take back what I said about Gillian. I was mostly impressed with her skill at photorealism. Naturally if it IS a photo. I thought the complex geometries of the flowers and leaves were very difficult, and admired that they were appreciating someone simply for demonstrating what we musicians would call "chops." Meaning schmeaning. What's the meaning to Alex Van Halen playing "Flight of the Bumblebee" on electric guitar? Virtuosity is its own meaning. But if it's just a photo of a flower arrangement... eh.
Let's just say people wouldn't still be talking about Mona Lisa if she was merely introduced in the flesh to people.
(Well, maybe if she was introduced ONLY in the flesh, but you know what I meant...)
But I still reeeeeally like the second work. I'm not sure what meaning to attach to it, but it's lack of negative space, the black-and-red contrasts, and the way some elements are very realistic and others are very impressionistic all make the living but inanimate subject seem so agressive, almost rambunctuous.
As for Smithson's woodshed:
I'm not even sure what meaning "spiral jetty" has. I just like the idea of artwork that is visible from outer space. I'm half-certain the reason we haven't had any alien visitors (and, no, I certainly don't believe we have) is because we've done a pretty good job acting like the legendary people of Gotham (which Thomas Nash applied to New York, but was an actual town in England).
Smithson hasn't found a way of capturing his message. Why see his shed, when you can visit Detriot and see trees growing out of abandonned skyscrapers?
How much wood would a woodshed shed if a woodshed could shed wood?