mara-boo
19.05.03, 01:42
It's time for an update on the British art world, which, as far as I can
tell, exists mainly to provide me with material.
British art institutions have taken to paying large sums of money for works
of art that can only be described as extremely innovative (I am
using ''innovative'' in the sense of ''stupid'').
• An artist named Martin Creed won the prestigious Turner Prize, plus 20,000
pounds (about $30,000), for a work called The Lights Going On and Off, which
consisted of a vacant room in which the lights went on and off.
• The prestigious Tate Gallery paid 22,300 pounds (about $35,000) of British
taxpayers' money for a sealed can containing the excrement of a deceased
artist.
It's hard to imagine art getting any more innovative, but I am pleased to
report that the British art community is doing its darnedest. According to a
London Times story, the prestigious Paul Hamlyn Foundation has awarded one
of the biggest art prizes in Britain
