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2005-02-02 Europe

David beats off the Â£1m Goliaths of modern art

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Posted by anonymous2u 2005-02-02 12:20:15 AM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "People look at David as a religious-like figure through blinkered eyes, so when that is contrasted with contemporary art it is too much for them."

I would humbly suggest that most people see David as an extraordinary work of genius, contrasted with "art" that a three year old would recognize as utter crap.

Posted by PBMcL 2005-02-02 12:36:29 AM|| 2005-02-02 12:36:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 *tries hard not to imagine what the Sistine Chapel would look like if Michelangelo had gone in for modern "art"*

Posted by Korora 2005-02-02 12:48:13 AM|| [http://basementburrow.blogspot.com] 2005-02-02 12:48:13 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 The problem with modern art is that is very easy to not remember it after we saw it , there is no perenety, exepcionalism, something to remember, nothing utter vacuity.

Posted by z man 2005-02-02 1:12:55 AM|| 2005-02-02 1:12:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 z man, not all modern art, but what passes as it nowadays is often no art at all, I call it excrementism.

Posted by Sobiesky 2005-02-02 7:12:27 AM|| 2005-02-02 7:12:27 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Did they have one of David wearing a crucifix and dumping a bucket of piss on his head?
But, then again, I have no appreciation of modern "art"...

Posted by tu3031 2005-02-02 8:41:40 AM|| 2005-02-02 8:41:40 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 The Father of Excrementalism.

Posted by Bulldog 2005-02-02 8:48:24 AM|| 2005-02-02 8:48:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 "beats off"?...

Ahem.

Posted by mojo 2005-02-02 11:19:44 AM|| 2005-02-02 11:19:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 yes mojo, that is an unfortunately worded headline.

Posted by spiffo 2005-02-02 12:19:30 PM|| 2005-02-02 12:19:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 The five pieces include a series of tall metal containers filled with coal arranged in a maze that leads to a pile of coal in the centre - the work of Greek artist Janis Kounellis called "Untitled".

I'm in tears. This is f'ing brilliant. Especially the "Untitled" bit.

Posted by Rafael 2005-02-02 12:22:37 PM|| 2005-02-02 12:22:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 What? No artwork which resembles trash bags? Including an olfactory component?

I'm SHOCKED! Someone is being disenfranchized!

Posted by CrazyFool 2005-02-02 12:29:06 PM|| 2005-02-02 12:29:06 PM|| Front Page Top

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