I see Christie's are auctioning Tracy Emin's Bed with an estimate of £800,000-£1.2m.
Some people see her as a self-regarding, bum-faced Gyppo gargoyle, but others have talked of her as an important artist who says something about something.
What do people think?
She's proof we should welcome the earth destroying meteorites like an old friend.
You just don't understand modern art.
That's a criticism I can live. Like not understanding an abusive domestic partner I left.
It is curious how being the cause of outrage among Daily Mail readers will lead to the arts establishment embracing you as an avant garde genius.
I wonder if my bed would get similar amounts. It's a John Lewis Divan with a Silent Night mattress.
That sounds like Tracy Emin's actual bed.
If indeed she sleeps being such a f**king incandescent genius.
Quote: Tursiops @ 27th May 2014, 12:33 PM BSTIt is curious how being the cause of outrage among Daily Mail readers will lead to the arts establishment embracing you as an avant garde genius.
There's hope for the criminal bar yet then - maybe we can move into the art world. Alongside some immigrants and Katie Price.
I rather value Tracy Emin as a benchmark of pretentiousness among the cultural elite.
There is a lot of high culture that I do not get, so that sometimes I wonder whether I might just be a bit thick. But then the arts establishment wheel out Tracy Emin as the heir of Michelangelo, and I think, okay, panic over, it's not me...
http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/im-sick-of-pretending-i-dont-get-art
puts it better than I could, she's like a left over from Minder. Where Arfur Daley sells Terry's spunk stained sheets to comical Japanese investors.
Quote: Jennie @ 27th May 2014, 12:40 PM BSTThere's hope for the criminal bar yet then - maybe we can move into the art world. Alongside some immigrants and Katie Price.
If only Jordan had claimed her implants were a statement of fin de siecle alienation her knockers would be on display in Tate Modern.
And if ever you find yourself in an appeal against an extradition order, give the plaintiff a box of crayons and a Daler artist's pad and you will have a cause celebre on your hands.
Quote: sootyj @ 27th May 2014, 12:43 PM BSThttp://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/im-sick-of-pretending-i-dont-get-art
puts it better than I could, she's like a left over from Minder. Where Arfur Daley sells Terry's spunk stained sheets to comical Japanese investors.
I wasn't aware of the 'My c**t is wet with fear' piece, so thanks for that Sooty.
I like the way that she uses language in such a clever and disassociative way. I also like the yellow light which is really pretty.
I was giving up on a lot of modern art, then I start getting into Grayson Perry. I love the sheer craft, the attention to detail that goes somewhere that creates a perfected vision. Or Lucian Freud and his lovely fleshy use of shape and colour.
But Tracy Eminem and that twat who pickles sharks create nothing but drivel. They make objects because they can't speak the language of images.
Tracy Emin's art is for me like ordering a tin of beans in a michelin restaurant.
Quote: sootyj @ 27th May 2014, 1:06 PM BSTI was giving up on a lot of modern art, then I start getting into Grayson Perry. I love the sheer craft, the attention to detail that goes somewhere that creates a perfected vision.
the Vanity of Small Differences exhibition was the best one I saw last year. I saw it in Manchester, not sure if it is still there.
I loved it so much I bought my first ever "coffee table" book.
Love him.
Quote: Jennie @ 27th May 2014, 12:33 PM BSTI wonder if my bed would get similar amounts. It's a John Lewis Divan with a Silent Night mattress.
Is this the one?
http://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large-private-5/bed-bound-gianni-silvanus.jpg