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The Tate Modern

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UnquietDad · 26/04/2008 15:59

Was in London for work this week and managed a quick pop to the Tate.

Liked a lot of the dadaist and surrealist stuff, but come on, some of it, esp. the minimalism is really taking the piss.

I mean, this, FFS It may be a cliche but my 5-year-old DS really could have done it.

They're filling in "the Crack" right now so the Turbine Hall is empty. I wanted to ask if the filling-in was itself an act of art.

I also had a really HORRID blueberry muffin which was the texture of sandpaper and fell apart on the plate in nasty little bits. I was thinking of giving it free to Nicholas Serota and entitling it "Hunger". It was a profound exploration, I thought, of the interface between the eating and the eaten, and invited the observer to reflect on the fundamental dichotomies and hypocrisies of the affluent world's attitude to waste.

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northernrefugee39 · 27/04/2008 16:13

Max Ernst and Meredith Frampton - love them.

nkf · 27/04/2008 16:15

Your 5 year old couldn't have painted that picture.

northernrefugee39 · 27/04/2008 16:19

I think Gillian Wearing is quite interesting, but I wouyldn't "hang it on my wall"

It boils down to what art is for.
Something to look at which pleases you.
Something to make you think.
Or challenge preconceptions.
Or shock.
Or tell a story.
Decoration.

Whatever.

Different things to different people.

northernrefugee39 · 27/04/2008 16:20

What do you have on your walls unquiet?

Cammelia · 27/04/2008 16:26

Poor Rothko, being likened to Linda Barking

northernrefugee39 · 27/04/2008 16:28

Cammelia, sorry.
Harsh, but oh so true.
Rothko can take it.

Cammelia · 27/04/2008 16:33

Rothko, important American abstract expressionist

Linda Barking, promoter of DFS sofas

northernrefugee39 · 27/04/2008 16:36

But they do try to immitate him don't they?

northernrefugee39 · 27/04/2008 16:37

"try" being the operative word of course

MargaretMountford · 27/04/2008 16:47

There was a really good thread ages ago about what 'art' people hang on their walls - very interesting,especially for the terminally nosy like me...and it wasn't all Jack Vettriano either - mnetters very discerning

nkf · 27/04/2008 16:47

Rothko: important American abstract expressionist painter.
Linda BArking: promoter of DFS sofas

and just to show Rothko how easy it all is....

Unquiet Dad's five year old.

MargaretMountford · 27/04/2008 16:49

how I dislike Lida Barking - I wouldn't allow a DFS sofa in my house either

northernrefugee39 · 27/04/2008 16:59

nfk

UnquietDad · 27/04/2008 17:05

I like MC Escher. I think he's very clever. I have some of his on my wall. Otherwise, just wallpaper and framed photos.

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northernrefugee39 · 27/04/2008 17:17

Oh right.. Thanks Unquiet
Escher did put in huge effort so I can see your leanings.

cheekymonk · 27/04/2008 17:20

My hairdresser told me he got a random shag here in the toilets!!

zippitippitoes · 27/04/2008 17:20

oh UQ do you like those pinhead sculptures

MillieMummy · 27/04/2008 17:23

Sorry, I hate to disagree but when I was expecting DD I used to love going into the Rothko room and relaxing. I like the pictures, I think they are calming and beautiful in their own way.

northernrefugee39 · 27/04/2008 17:27

Millie I agree, and if you stare at them long enough one colour seems to float on top.

I love Bonnard, although old fashioned I never sicken of them, wonderful colours, beautiful, charming, and Matisse, they make me feel good.

Tnog · 27/04/2008 17:28

Art is totally subjective.

As long as it arouses some form of emotion, negative, positive, good or bad it's serving it's purpose.

zippitippitoes · 27/04/2008 17:28

i like chagalls paintings

Tnog · 27/04/2008 17:31

I think I've made some strange typos in that post but I had a large Bloody Mary after my lunch and it's obviously gone to my head.

northernrefugee39 · 27/04/2008 17:32

Zippi yes, me too.
I had pinot at lunch Tnog and it has had the same effect

Cammelia · 27/04/2008 17:32

Actually now Bonnard, is probably my least favourite impressionist

Matisse however is a different story

Even his cutouts which were when his hands had seized up with arthritis and he couldn't paint anymore

(Good Effort there Matisse)

zippitippitoes · 27/04/2008 17:32

i also like a lot of quite spartan still life

dutch/french/spanish

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