Drawn a blank.

[Salty seadog]

Hat sir, hat.

https://www.theguardian.com/artandd...as-low-pay-protest?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

 

[Cycleops]

And pocketed a nice sum for doing very little.
Artist or con artist?

 

[Salty seadog]

And pocketed a nice sum for doing very little.
Artist or con artist?

Both, for the art.

Let's see how it plays out.

 

[cisamcgu]

Basically, he is stealing from the museum; the museum that supported him previously. A criminal if he doesn't return the money

 

[Salty seadog]

Basically, he is stealing from the museum; the museum that supported him previously. A criminal if he doesn't return the money

I refer you to my post above.

 

[Beebo]

So he was paid £3900 to recreate an installation using cash worth £84,000. But has done nothing. But he has actually created something and generated publicity.
He should return the cash and keep the £3900 as a stunt.

 

[slowmotion]

Did he sign his masterpieces?

 

[Salty seadog]

Did he sign his masterpieces?

Might need one of those ultra violet lights to see it.

 

[Dolorous Edd]

“The work is that I have taken their money,” he told Danish radio. “It’s not theft. It is breach of contract, and breach of contract is part of the work.”

So presumably he would have no problem with me going round to his house and "performing art" on his possessions and his family.

Utter arse.

 

[PeteXXX]

Could he claim that is a painting of Digital Currency? 🤔

 

[newfhouse]

So presumably he would have no problem with me going round to his house and "performing art" on his possessions and his family.

Utter arse.

Only if you were asked to do so. He was, he did.

 

[Dolorous Edd]

Only if you were asked to do so. He was, he did.

No, as the article states quite clearly, what he was asked to do was

to recreate two earlier works which used bank notes to represent average incomes. A 2007 work, An Average Danish Annual Income, displayed krone notes fixed to canvas in a frame, and a second 2011 work about Austrian incomes used Euro bills.

He is no freer to creatively interpret that request as an invitation to take the money and do nothing, that I am to creatively interpret your post as an invitation to defecate on my pet cat.

 

[Beebo]

I bet he would be p’s off if the gallery had just recreated his original. It’s not very difficult.

 

[newfhouse]

He is no freer to creatively interpret that request as an invitation to take the money and do nothing, that I am to creatively interpret your post as an invitation to defecate on my pet cat.

Feel free, but do it artistically.

I think what he’s done is not only creative but quite amusing. And there’s no denying the outrage is quite performative.

 

[winjim]

They've decided to display the work, so they can't be that upset. And it fits the theme of the exhibition. Aren't we kind of done with this now though? The KLF burned a million quid, Banksy shredded a work at auction, probably loads of other artworks I don't know about do similar things. Don't we all get the link between art, and capitalism, and labour, and money, and value? I guess as long as we live in a capitalist society we will carry on getting the art that reflects that society. That is what it's for, after all...