Christies modern art sale

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Just saw a news clip about the above auction. An unmade bed with loads of crap around it, created by some tosser An artist that I cannot remember, sold for 2.2 million pounds.....WTF. My sofa must be wort at least a million then! What do others think, is it just me that thinks this is all fing crazy. I have to say that not many things irritate me, but this sort of thing gets my blood boiling.
 

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Tracy Emin 'My Bed'

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I prefer 'Tent' tbh.
 

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You think that is rubbish, wait until you see The Mona Lisa.
 

Saluki

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Apparently, the tennis dress as worn by the lassie scratching her bum in the Athena poster is up for sale at the weekend. Reserve £2k.
Is that more artistic than not making your bed and tidying up? I think that it might be.
 

Mad Doug Biker

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Agreed, I have seen some modern art based on illusion, which is quite clever, but most of it such as this is just pretentious ****e.

ANYTHING can be art, its just how its interpreted. Art is a language that most people never learn, so we end up with threads like this full of 'annoyed' people saying how its all crap.

I was at Tate Modern the other day there, and whilst I didn't necessarily understand some of the pieces, I realise that that is my fault, not anyone elses, so I would never say that anything that I didn't 'get' was rubbish.:rolleyes:

Regarding the pretentiousness, well, yes, but there is a difference between the concept of a piece and the nobbers who waffle on about it and make it obscenely overpriced - An artwork containing someone's bed, ok, fair enough, that in itself isn't the problem, its the people, but unfortunately, non art people don't seem able to make that distinction, so the entire thing is classed as 'rubbish' or 'pretentious'.

Is that more artistic than not making your bed and tidying up? I think that it might be.

The way I always look at these things is that its a justipoxition as regards to it being the complete opposite of some pretty little picture that people 'think' is art. This great mythical distinction between art and the mundane.

For example, I have seen pictures of rotting fruit, etc - Why does the pretty (and dull as ditch water) little bowl of fruit get called art when the opposite (and visually more interesting) doesn't??

Like I say, anything can be art, its just how it is perceived.


...... That said, my bed much be worth a freakin' fortune, I wonder if I can sell it to someone with far too much money!! :giggle:
 
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srw

It's a bit more complicated than that...
Ok so I read, and now I am even more annoyed than before. What a load of crap. What more can anyone learn from that article exactly?
Approach with an open mind. It talks about the resonances (which I hadn't twigged, not really being a visual art person) between Emin's Bed and some of the classic works of the past.
 
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