Quote: Nogget @ September 21 2010, 4:10 PM BSTIt's not really fair to criticise art on the basis of what material it is constructed from, otherwise you could dismiss all the old masters as being 'material hanging from a nail' in exactly the same way.
You'd be stupid to, though. I saw some sort of material hanging from a nail. It was like a long, thin scarf. Only it wasn't actually a scarf, it was just a long, thin strip of material. It was rubbish.
Quote: Nat Wicks @ September 21 2010, 4:33 PM BSTLeave us fatties alone. We don't like to be painted.
History contradicts you Nat. Artists have always painted chubby girls. There's no mystery - they fill the canvas and don't move a lot.
Times change, my good man.
They do indeed. Nobody can paint any more. When Gary Hume painted Kate Moss he left the face blank because he 'couldn't capture her beauty'!! Have a go you twat.
Luc Tuymans'* self portrait is embarrassing and always makes me burst out laughing every time I see it, but at least he had a go.
*edited: put Wolfgang Tillmans instead of Luc Tuymans for some reason. Tillmans isn't even an artist - although he thinks he is.
Quote: Godot Taxis @ September 21 2010, 5:17 PM BSTThey do indeed. Nobody can paint any more. When Gary Hume painted Kate Moss he left the face blank because he 'couldn't capture her beauty'!! Have a go you twat.
Is that really what he said? 
Quote: Godot Taxis @ September 21 2010, 5:17 PM BSTThey do indeed. Nobody can paint any more. When Gary Hume painted Kate Moss he left the face blank because he 'couldn't capture her beauty'!! Have a go you twat.
Yes, indeed. What a twat.
Quote: Percival Marsh @ September 21 2010, 1:45 PM BSTHmmm. Chicken Variety Meal.....
<3
The larger, I trust?
Quote: Matthew Stott @ September 21 2010, 4:49 PM BSTYou'd be stupid to, though. I saw some sort of material hanging from a nail. It was like a long, thin scarf. Only it wasn't actually a scarf, it was just a long, thin strip of material. It was rubbish.
The thing is, you might have heard other people criticise things you like in the same sort of way. For example, old people often dismiss contemporary music as being 'just noise'. They don't understand it, so all they hear is noise. In the same way, we might see an art object as being 'just material', whilst missing whatever it is that other people might appreciate in it. Best to understand what the message is supposed to be...and then dismiss it as rubbish, because I admit that the sort of work you describe very often is just that.
Quote: Aaron @ September 21 2010, 6:39 PM BSTThe larger, I trust?
Naturally...............
Quote: Nat Wicks @ September 21 2010, 12:51 PM BSTI badly want a KFC.
I have always found KFC and such stuff to be revolting. It's like a bad drug that leaves you feeling blurgh in the gut, yet people still crave and buy the stuff. Why not buy a loaf of wholemeal bread, an avocado, a block of cheese and some salami? And a bottle of red wine? And if you must eat chicken, buy an organic one from the supermarket and cook it. IIRC, a study in New Zealand showed that men who eat loads of KFC over long periods tend to grow larger than normal tits because of all the growth hormones in those battery chickens, which are fed hormones and GM grains to make them fatter faster.
Quote: Kenneth @ September 22 2010, 9:58 AM BSTWhy not buy a loaf of wholemeal bread, an avocado, a block of cheese and some salami? And a bottle of red wine? And if you must eat chicken, buy an organic one from the supermarket and cook it.
Possibly because that would be ten times more expensive...?
Quote: Kenneth @ September 22 2010, 9:58 AM BSTWhy not buy a loaf of wholemeal bread, an avocado, a block of cheese and some salami? And a bottle of red wine?
Because that'd be disgusting. And boring.
Quote: Kenneth @ September 22 2010, 9:58 AM BSTAnd if you must eat chicken, buy an organic one from the supermarket and cook it.
And that wouldn't have the Colonel's orgasmic blend of herbs and spices!
Quote: zooo @ September 22 2010, 10:08 AM BSTPossibly because that would be ten times more expensive...?
Agreed but a lot nicer.
Nothing involving an avocado can be good.
Avocados are scrumptious! I have them with everything.