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steeljack 09-10-2007 03:53
Art or just a bad concrete job
 
a new show at the 'tate modern' features a crack in the floor


BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Sculptor fills Tate with a hole

to me all it represents is an example of a bad job done by a poorly trained concrete crew and deserves jacking out, a re-pour and full refund

no doubt the tax-payers of the UK are happy about the way pubic funds are used in paying for a piece of builders rubble , and the salaries of public emmployees/ officals who authorize junk like this ..........:rolleyes:

anywhere else the "crack" would be cordened off by orange plastic cones as a safety hazzard

comments .....? :eek: :eek: :eek:

WillowTheWhisp 09-10-2007 07:37
Re: Art or just a bad concrete job
 
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Originally Posted by steeljack (Post 479448)

no doubt the tax-payers of the UK are happy about the way pubic funds are used in paying for a piece of builders rubble , and the salaries of public emmployees/ officals who authorize junk like this ..........:rolleyes:
Plenty of the tax-payers of the UK think it's a load of old rhubarb too but we are told that art is meant to make you stop and think and provoke discussion so the very fact that it has done so is proving that it is indeed art. Personally I think it's 'Emperor's New Clothes' syndrome. I have to admit that I can see what she's getting at with her inspiration but I'm still not convinced that it's art.

Despite what they say about there being people on hand to warn visitors about the dangers of falling into the crack or tripping over it (as it widens and narrows) I can foresee a lot of broken bones and some legal claims in the not too distant future. If that was in an out door pavement it would have to be cordoned off and people wouldn't be allowed anywhere near it for health and safety reasons. I'm amazed that they've got away with it.

garinda 09-10-2007 08:06
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I think it looks great!

All that guff about racial hatred, and immigrants in Europe is rubbish.

I like it because in these Health and Safety conscious days, it looks like it should have black and yellow warning signs all round it. The fact that staff at the Tate have to warn people not to fall down it is hilarious.

WillowTheWhisp 09-10-2007 10:38
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Originally Posted by garinda (Post 479464)

All that guff about racial hatred, and immigrants in Europe is rubbish.

Ah but you see you are missing the point of the great gulf which is forming between 'us' and 'them' (whoever 'they' are :D) You're not allowed to just like it, you have to be moved by the thing. It could be a representation of the 'rich' and the 'poor' or it could be perceptions of class distinction...... or it could simply be a crack.

It's the same as how those concentric circles that we haven't got on top of the Coppice were supposed to represent the Accrington Pals. ;)

MargaretR 09-10-2007 12:05
Re: Art or just a bad concrete job
 
Has this 'artist' got shares in Polyfilla?

BERNADETTE 09-10-2007 13:16
Re: Art or just a bad concrete job
 
Do people actually pay to look at this? If they do they want their heads looked at!!!

kathleen_firth 09-10-2007 14:04
Re: Art or just a bad concrete job
 
looks like a very bad concrete job to me

SPUGGIE J 09-10-2007 14:06
Re: Art or just a bad concrete job
 
If that is art then I am the Queen of Sheeba. Cant believe they are getting away with this time and time again. Hell I could do a better job when bevvied up.

Mancie 09-10-2007 14:32
Re: Art or just a bad concrete job
 
The last time I visited the Tate Modern I was walking around and came across an area with 4 old wooden pallets stacked up with a man sitting on them, the man was wearing decorators overalls and reading a newspaper. About half a dozen people were standing there looking at the man..... I walked around and came back to the same area 30 mins later ... the man had gone and he's overalls were draped over the pallets, by this time there were around 15 people staring at the palllets!....to this day I don't know if this was an exhibit or just a bloke doing some painting!!

WillowTheWhisp 09-10-2007 14:42
Re: Art or just a bad concrete job
 
Like that Two Ronnies sketch with the mopping buckets.

Trentster 12-10-2007 00:53
Re: Art or just a bad concrete job
 
Well it had to happen ! Compo claim to follow.....


Tate Modern's crack claims first victims - Times Online

BERNADETTE 12-10-2007 01:16
Re: Art or just a bad concrete job
 
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Originally Posted by Trentster (Post 480697)
Well it had to happen ! Compo claim to follow.....


Tate Modern's crack claims first victims - Times Online
Who in their right mind goes to look at something like that? You can walk down any street and see "ART" every day!!:confused:

cashman 12-10-2007 12:32
Re: Art or just a bad concrete job
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SPUGGIE J (Post 479536)
If that is art then I am the Queen of Sheeba. Cant believe they are getting away with this time and time again. Hell I could do a better job when bevvied up.
well Queen,those that know better than us say its ART.:rofl38:

Ianto.W. 12-10-2007 12:33
Re: Art or just a bad concrete job
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by steeljack (Post 479448)
a new show at the 'tate modern' features a crack in the floor


BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Sculptor fills Tate with a hole

to me all it represents is an example of a bad job done by a poorly trained concrete crew and deserves jacking out, a re-pour and full refund

no doubt the tax-payers of the UK are happy about the way pubic funds are used in paying for a piece of builders rubble , and the salaries of public emmployees/ officals who authorize junk like this ..........:rolleyes:

anywhere else the "crack" would be cordened off by orange plastic cones as a safety hazzard

comments .....? :eek: :eek: :eek:
No self respecting Irishman, would lend his name to a job so badly done even 'crack' is poor:D
No se

WillowTheWhisp 12-10-2007 13:48
Re: Art or just a bad concrete job
 
How could they manage to fall down it? It's not as if they didn't know it's there for goodness sakes.

BERNADETTE 12-10-2007 13:53
Re: Art or just a bad concrete job
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp (Post 480776)
How could they manage to fall down it? It's not as if they didn't know it's there for goodness sakes.
Probably a compensatoin set up:eek:

Wynonie Harris 12-10-2007 22:37
Re: Art or just a bad concrete job
 
Just been watching Kirsty Wark and three culture vultures wittering on about how wonderful this "work of art" is. Not one of 'em had the bottle to tell it like it is and admit to the sheer worthlessness of the whole thing. Still, that would mark them out as philistines and that would never do, would it? ;)

MargaretR 14-10-2007 16:42
Re: Art or just a bad concrete job
 
Just seen this in Kansas City news

"A woman alleges that a neighbor attacked her inflatable Halloween lawn display of three ghosts and a giant pumpkin, then apparently smashed his head through her window.

State police found a drunken John Odee, 43, inside Dawn Garcia’s house Thursday night, arrested him after a brief struggle, and charged him with burglary.

Garcia told the Middletown Times Herald-Record that she heard hollering and swearing and looked outside to see Odee struggling with the giant pumpkin. When she yelled at him to go away, Odee charged the house. She fled with three of her children and heard window glass breaking"

Amazing that anyone would think that a giant inflatable pumpkin would be appreciated and admired by the neighbours :)

WillowTheWhisp 14-10-2007 16:44
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A giant inflatable pumpkin is more artistic than a giant crack.


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