Tashyboy
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Just seen the winners exhibit and the other entries. Quite frankly. Rammel. What is that rubbish all about. If that is art then am playing off scratch.
Turner prize.
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Beezerk
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Not a modern art fan then? 😄
The Baltic Mill near me has some right tosh sometimes, but on occasion there's some really interesting work. Worth a visit if you're in the area.
The Baltic Mill near me has some right tosh sometimes, but on occasion there's some really interesting work. Worth a visit if you're in the area.
Tashyboy
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If I am up your way, then it will be a golf course if I have an afternoon spare. I do like art, but there's art and there's tart.
Jensen
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Yeah don't think I would bother with The Baltic either, after a few visits.
On my last visit there was a model railway train, raised off the ground by about 3 foot, circling the track and pausing at various spots that weren't even stations !!
Eh what's that all about
On my last visit there was a model railway train, raised off the ground by about 3 foot, circling the track and pausing at various spots that weren't even stations !!
Eh what's that all about
Blue in Munich
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Now this we can agree on.
Piece
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Yup, rammel. Even the artist couldn't explain why she won. I provide the answers you provide the questions, I think I heard!
srixon 1
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Paid a visit to the Baltic last Xmas. One of the exhibits was a load of old carrier bags. Utter tosh.
louise_a
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I try to keep an open mind on lost things but some of the Turner Prize winners and other art installations have really left me shaking my head. Tracy Emin's bed and Damian Hirst's animals in formaldehyde spring to mind.
Jensen
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Ah and another at The Baltic was something made out of toe nail clippings - disgusting.
That wasn't on the O level art curriculum
That wasn't on the O level art curriculum
Blue in Munich
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She was that bad she made the latest Lib Dem MP's ramblings in that radio interview seem coherent.
Tashyboy
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That above sentance should read.
Paid a visit under Tashboys stairs. One of the exhibits was a load of old carrier bags.👍
chrisd
Major Champion
On the BBC 10 o clock news they tried to explain the "Art" of the winner - well, if anyone wants to see anything artistic in it they are welcome ! I saw the finalists of the Turner prize at an exhibition some years ago and I don't think I've ever seen such a pretentious load of rammel!
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
Reminds me of an outing with my niece to the Tate up North years back.
She was 6.
We strolled up to this modern art piece, looked at it from several angles and then, in her high pitched and loud voice, she gave her opinion.
"Well, that's rubbish! A dead elephant could do better than that"
I nearly died laughing and the look on some of the "arty" faces was priceless.
And she was right!
She was 6.
We strolled up to this modern art piece, looked at it from several angles and then, in her high pitched and loud voice, she gave her opinion.
"Well, that's rubbish! A dead elephant could do better than that"
I nearly died laughing and the look on some of the "arty" faces was priceless.
And she was right!
PhilTheFragger
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Art is all about making you think and feel, interpreting the work in front of you and gauging first the initial gut reaction, then after a period of contemplation looking at the piece , opening your mind, letting the piece transport you to a different plane.
I've tried that, still can't see past a load of junk haphazardly thrown together with absolutely no artistic merit at all.
To quote "The Tash". Rammell
I've tried that, still can't see past a load of junk haphazardly thrown together with absolutely no artistic merit at all.
To quote "The Tash". Rammell
I imagine you are missing the point here.
The prize reflects the artists exhibitions over the last year and is given to a young artist who has done something different.
Someone i know won it a couple of years ago she was an exceptional painter, back in the 90's. she didn't win with a painting
The prize reflects the artists exhibitions over the last year and is given to a young artist who has done something different.
Someone i know won it a couple of years ago she was an exceptional painter, back in the 90's. she didn't win with a painting
Doon frae Troon
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There is no such thing as bad art......my missus keeps telling me.
I quite liked the winners stuff, especially the ninkynock.
I quite liked the winners stuff, especially the ninkynock.
Beezerk
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Sounds awesome
Thing with The Baltic, you have to kind of pick and choose when to go, otherwise like you say, it's just a pile of washing machines or summat. I remember seeing a room there a few years ago, it was about the Northern Ireland Troubles, very moving and disturbing.
In the early days of the Baltic they had an exhibit of some tea bags and a cup and saucer. They had a guide stood next to it looking very serious. I asked her if she was tempted to move one of the tea bags and drop it a few cm away. She looked at me in horror, "no, that is how the artist intended it look". It was soooooo difficult to stifle the laughter.
The Turner prize is designed to annoy the general public with its total stupidity. It works pretty much every year.
The Baltic is a nice building, decent cafe and somewhere to get warm on a winters day if you haven't been before. Now I go to one of the cafes on the Toon side and look at it across The Millenium Bridge. Much better than seeing what is inside it.
The Turner prize is designed to annoy the general public with its total stupidity. It works pretty much every year.
The Baltic is a nice building, decent cafe and somewhere to get warm on a winters day if you haven't been before. Now I go to one of the cafes on the Toon side and look at it across The Millenium Bridge. Much better than seeing what is inside it.
Beezerk
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You're having a laugh? This is superb...
http://www.balticmill.com/whats-on/monica-bonvicini
This one's called "Fluorescent Tubes Hanging From The Roof"
I've changed my mind. I am now inspired 
