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Posted by Andrew Werby on October 3, 2007, 3:14 pm
Please log in for more thread options [You're just jealous because you don't look as pretty in a frilly frock...]
Andrew
> News of the weird... yeah.. I love the internet... What next.. we all show
> up on Jerry Springer... Naked potters on Springer...
>
> LONDON (Reuters) - Pickled cows, elephant dung paintings and a
> transvestite potter -- The Turner Prize deserves its reputation as one of
> art's most controversial awards.
>
> LONDON (Reuters) - Pickled cows, elephant dung paintings and a
> transvestite potter -- The Turner Prize deserves its reputation as one of
> art's most controversial awards.
> Now art lovers can decide for themselves if the prize rewards pretentious
> twaddle or cutting edge British art. Almost a quarter of a century of
> Turner prizewinners went on display on Monday at London's Tate Britain
> museum.
> The Turner enrages traditionalists who argue that it is a travesty of
> modern art, but the show attracts up to 120,000 visitors a year intrigued
> to see what all the fuss is about.
> In 1995, the "Bad Boy" of British contemporary art Damien Hirst won with a
> pickled cow.
>
> In 2003, transvestite potter Grayson Perry wore a frilly Shirley Temple
> dress to accept his award.
>
> Chris Ofili used elephant dung to adorn his 1998 winning entries.
> Pop star Madonna swore live on television when presenting the award in
> 2001 to Martin Creed, who won with a bare room containing a light that
> switched on and off.
> But is it art? The debate has raged ever since the Turner was first
> awarded in 1984, although one thing critics can agree on is that the prize
> deserved full marks for putting contemporary art in the center of public
> discussion.
> "All publicity is good publicity. I give it 10 out of 10 for opening up
> public debate and 10 out of 10 for exporting the event around the world.
> Britart is in sparkling health," said art writer Meredith
> Etherington-Smith.
> Reflecting on the art fest habitually derided by mocking tabloid
> newspapers, ArtReview editor Mark Rappolt said: "It certainly pulls in the
> crowds and other countries like France and Germany have set up their own
> versions."
> But he sounded a note of caution.
> "Where it is going now is an open question. At some point you are going to
> run out of noteworthy young artists. Some years it can be a struggle," he
> told Reuters. "But it has definitely helped to popularize art."
> Tate Britain director Stephen Deuchar defends the prize, telling Reuters
> at Monday's press viewing: "We do not deliberately sensationalize. Nothing
> could be further from the truth.
> "We want the artists to be comfortable with media pressure. We have to
> shield them. But of course the point of the prize was to stimulate debate,
> so we can't turn around and complain."
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