tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324253767948676232.post3990759769259786417..comments2023-03-31T03:31:21.872-07:00Comments on About Art: Shock Art- Is it Really Art? Part II.Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911596929021615466noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324253767948676232.post-90571399122298860492010-06-05T20:42:31.869-07:002010-06-05T20:42:31.869-07:00I agree, this stuff is wearing very thin. I suspec...I agree, this stuff is wearing very thin. I suspect it's all about museum curators wanting to maximise visitor numbers.<br /><br />TDTadeusz Deręgowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09378375790198719875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324253767948676232.post-73840332173351665382009-06-01T21:22:13.253-07:002009-06-01T21:22:13.253-07:00Oh yeah, and I actually looked up the inflatable p...Oh yeah, and I actually looked up the inflatable poop. funny news story here: <br /><br />From AFP:<br /><br />“GENEVA (AFP) — A giant inflatable dog turd by American artist Paul McCarthy blew away from an exhibition in the garden of a Swiss museum, bringing down a power line and breaking a greenhouse window before it landed again, the museum said Monday.<br /><br />The art work, titled “Complex Shit”, is the size of a house. The wind carried it 200 metres (yards) from the Paul Klee Centre in Berne before it fell back to Earth in the grounds of a children’s home, said museum director Juri Steiner.<br /><br />The inflatable turd broke the window at the children’s home when it blew away on the night of July 31, Steiner said. The art work has a safety system which normally makes it deflate when there is a storm, but this did not work when it blew away.<br /><br />Steiner said McCarthy had not yet been contacted and the museum was not sure if the piece would be put back on display.”alex*at*aufdemaurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13659275235876517856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324253767948676232.post-84796990268195995182009-06-01T21:18:48.699-07:002009-06-01T21:18:48.699-07:00Personally, "shock art" is not my cup of tea. If y...Personally, "shock art" is not my cup of tea. If you like it, great, I have no problem with that, like I said, it's just not for me. I have to agree with you on Damien Hirst's work. The shock has long worn off, but other people still blab about it being so crazy. I don't really know what to think of it. <br /><br />He comes up with the concepts himself, but he doesn't actually do them himself. He hires other people to do the dirty work then comes back and does some finishing touches, etc. It looks more like a weird science exhibit, not an art museum display.alex*at*aufdemaurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13659275235876517856noreply@blogger.com