[MadIvan]

I've commented heavily - I'll just add that for me art pretty much stopped at Impressionism. This fellow's only impression is one of a vague resemblance to a human being.

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Bump!

[areafiftyone]

[OldFriend]

No doubt his cohorts were secretly cheering him on for his original statements.

[1john2 3and4]

At one time, I felt vaguely uncomfortable with my feelings/response to "modern art" (including impressionism). "Am I just not 'getting it'?" Then I was given a book by a very wonderful sculptor, "Modern Art and the Death of a Culture", and though it was somewhat of a laborious read for me, it was well worth it.
Validates and documents the "why" (I'm not "with it").
Keyword: Non-representational art
Good scholarly & hisrorical description of how we have come to "this pass" in art.
A great reflection and indictment of shallow-brained poseurs such as Hirst.
enjoy ivan!

[1john2 3and4]

Sept 11-Inspired Sculpture sparks outrage in Manhattan
hmmmmm, im new here, so apologize for any "repeat" posting.
that thread included a comment by "alouette" ;
"I am also an artist. For my "Sept. 11" memorial work of art, I want to display a copy of the Koran in a bucket of urine, next to a life size sculpture of Mohammed humping a goat.
Where can I get government funding for this work of art?"
I'm STILL laffin about that....
enjoy!

[Redleg Duke]

I still say we ought to drive a friggin' railroad spike through this bastard's forehead and into the white painted line on Broadway and call it "Art"!

Yeah, Ivan, I hold a grudge!

[Happygal]

just another left wing altar boy, paying homage at the Church of Socialism

Amen, Fr. Ivan from the Church of Common Sense ;-)

[weegee]

He didn't do enough of a backpedal:

"So on one level they kind of need congratulating, which a lot of people shy away from, which is a very dangerous thing."

Dangerous only if you say that to someone outside of Hampstead or Greenwich Village you prat; just another left wing altar boy, paying homage at the Church of Socialism - Ivan

But today he issued a statement through his Science Ltd company backing down and saying he in no way condoned terrorism.

Hirst said: "Concerning statements I made about the atrocities committed by terrorists on September the 11th, I feel it is important to make my feelings clear.

His apology is along the lines of Bill Clinton's, "I'm sorry that you don't have the mental capabilities to understand what I said..."

[Salman]

One day a wag — what would the wretch be at? —
Shifted a letter of the cipher RAT,
And said it was a god's name! Straight arose
Fantastic priests and postulants (with shows,
And mysteries, and mummeries, and hymns,
And disputations dire that lamed their limbs)
To serve his temple and maintain the fires,
Expound the law, manipulate the wires.

Amazed, the populace that rites attend,
Believe whate'er they cannot comprehend,
And, inly edified to learn that two
Half-hairs joined so and so (as Art can do)
Have sweeter values and a grace more fit
Than Nature's hairs that never have been split,
Bring cakes and wines for sacrificial feasts,
And sell their garments to support the priests.

-- Ambrose Bierce