The Great Art Debate

[William the White]

The neon is Tracy Emin, I imagine. Have you invited Tango to a private view yet?

[Bruce Rioja]

It's Tracy Emin - it's a neon bloody sign, man.

[Montreal Wanderer]

The neon is Tracy Emin, I imagine. Have you invited Tango to a private view yet?

He would probably prefer it to My Bed. Me too!

[mummywhycantieatcrayons]

The neon is Tracy Emin, I imagine. Have you invited Tango to a private view yet?

Yes - the young Canadian artist who painted the painting on the left was thrilled by that photo with the Emin.

[KeyserSoze]

the one on the left looks great.

[William the White]

Are we going to get an online gallery with curator's notes?

[KeyserSoze]

I can give you an uneducated's view when i go next week, Bill. I'll take my camera and some photos, too, mainly just to piss off mummy.

[Montreal Wanderer]

The neon is Tracy Emin, I imagine. Have you invited Tango to a private view yet?

Yes - the young Canadian artist who painted the painting on the left was thrilled by that photo with the Emin.

Who is he?

[William the White]

I can give you an uneducated's view when i go next week, Bill. I'll take my camera and some photos, too, mainly just to piss off mummy.

Excellent.

I'm hoping to catch it myself in June.

[TANGODANCER]

The neon is Tracy Emin, I imagine. Have you invited Tango to a private view yet?

TRUST ME!...Bet all the blokes with their names on the post-it notes in her tent are having a right old laugh at that one..

[William the White]

The neon is Tracy Emin, I imagine. Have you invited Tango to a private view yet?

TRUST ME!...Bet all the blokes with their names on the post-it notes in her tent are having a right old laugh at that one..

The men in Emin's life are famous for enjoying a right old laugh. As is she.

[mummywhycantieatcrayons]

The neon is Tracy Emin, I imagine. Have you invited Tango to a private view yet?

Yes - the young Canadian artist who painted the painting on the left was thrilled by that photo with the Emin.

Who is he?

Andrew Salgado.

[Montreal Wanderer]

The neon is Tracy Emin, I imagine. Have you invited Tango to a private view yet?

Yes - the young Canadian artist who painted the painting on the left was thrilled by that photo with the Emin.

Who is he?

Andrew Salgado.

A quick check shows you to be correct - he describes your photo as "Just me & Emin chillaxin'", while Michael James O'Donoghue claims this was taken at his office.

[Bruce Rioja]

The neon is Tracy Emin, I imagine. Have you invited Tango to a private view yet?

Yes - the young Canadian artist who painted the painting on the left was thrilled by that photo with the Emin.

Why? One's a fantastic piece of work, the other's a neon sign? Please don't tell me that you've fallen into the 'gullible shithead' club as well. Even I've sketched designs for neon sign makers to reproduce, several of them. Seriously. Hey, maybe I should exhibit? My bedroom floor's a fecking sight to behold.

[mummywhycantieatcrayons]

The neon is Tracy Emin, I imagine. Have you invited Tango to a private view yet?

Yes - the young Canadian artist who painted the painting on the left was thrilled by that photo with the Emin.

Why? One's a fantastic piece of work, the other's a neon sign? Please don't tell me that you've fallen into the 'gullible shithead' club as well.

Why was he thrilled? I don't know - you'd have to ask him!

As for me - it looks good outside our lecture theatre, provides a nice splash of light and colour and gives genuine pause for thought when you think about how bitter that phrase 'Trust Me' is likely to be for her, given the life she's had. If that makes me a gullible shithead then sign me up!

[TANGODANCER]

As for me - it looks good outside our lecture theatre, provides a nice splash of light and colour and gives genuine pause for thought when you think about how bitter that phrase 'Trust Me' is likely to be for her, given the life she's had. If that makes me a gullible shithead then sign me up!

Great or not,we need to define the word "art" away from the common conception of it. I'm beginning to see the light. Great art, it seems, has little to do with the ability to draw,paint of carve sculptures, but a burning desire to say something, even if that something is a load of bollox. Tracey Emin's lifetime subject, at which she's achieved fame and fortune, it seems, is the word "Me". Hard to relate that to Vincent Van Gogh who never sold a painting in his life and died in poverty.

I fully accept I'll never be asked to join "The Great Art Appreciation Society" . I'll do my best to manage.

[mummywhycantieatcrayons]

Great art, it seems, has little to do with the ability to draw,paint of carve sculptures, but a burning desire to say something,

Works for me!

[William the White]

As for me - it looks good outside our lecture theatre, provides a nice splash of light and colour and gives genuine pause for thought when you think about how bitter that phrase 'Trust Me' is likely to be for her, given the life she's had. If that makes me a gullible shithead then sign me up!

Great or not,we need to define the word "art" away from the common conception of it. I'm beginning to see the light. Great art, it seems, has little to do with the ability to draw,paint of carve sculptures, but a burning desire to say something, even if that something is a load of bollox. Tracey Emin's lifetime subject, at which she's achieved fame and fortune, it seems, is the word "Me". Hard to relate that to Vincent Van Gogh who never sold a painting in his life and died in poverty.

I fully accept I'll never be asked to join "The Great Art Appreciation Society" . I'll do my best to manage.

What is this common conception of great art? Where can I find it?

Or is it simply identical with your taste? Are you in fact talking 'all about me'?

[TANGODANCER]

As for me - it looks good outside our lecture theatre, provides a nice splash of light and colour and gives genuine pause for thought when you think about how bitter that phrase 'Trust Me' is likely to be for her, given the life she's had. If that makes me a gullible shithead then sign me up!

Great or not,we need to define the word "art" away from the common conception of it. I'm beginning to see the light. Great art, it seems, has little to do with the ability to draw,paint of carve sculptures, but a burning desire to say something, even if that something is a load of bollox. Tracey Emin's lifetime subject, at which she's achieved fame and fortune, it seems, is the word "Me". Hard to relate that to Vincent Van Gogh who never sold a painting in his life and died in poverty.

I fully accept I'll never be asked to join "The Great Art Appreciation Society" . I'll do my best to manage.

What is this common conception of great art? Where can I find it?

Or is it simply identical with your taste? Are you in fact talking 'all about me'?

No Will, I'm not talking "all about me", but forgive me for intruding. You were the one who brought me into it, were you not? .

[William the White]

As for me - it looks good outside our lecture theatre, provides a nice splash of light and colour and gives genuine pause for thought when you think about how bitter that phrase 'Trust Me' is likely to be for her, given the life she's had. If that makes me a gullible shithead then sign me up!

Great or not,we need to define the word "art" away from the common conception of it. I'm beginning to see the light. Great art, it seems, has little to do with the ability to draw,paint of carve sculptures, but a burning desire to say something, even if that something is a load of bollox. Tracey Emin's lifetime subject, at which she's achieved fame and fortune, it seems, is the word "Me". Hard to relate that to Vincent Van Gogh who never sold a painting in his life and died in poverty.

I fully accept I'll never be asked to join "The Great Art Appreciation Society" . I'll do my best to manage.

What is this common conception of great art? Where can I find it?

Or is it simply identical with your taste? Are you in fact talking 'all about me'?

No Will, I'm not talking "all about me", but forgive me for intruding.

Are you affronted? I don't think you're intruding into anything when you offer an opinion.

So, let's try again. If this 'common conception' isn't simply you talking about your personal taste, where does it exist? Because I think that art has always been a contended space - at least where artists have had the liberty to experiment.

You mention Van Gogh - who was such an innovator that he was totally rejected by the art establishment of his time. And, indeed, there's plenty on here who think he's gash. So he was certainly not part of any common conception of great art in his own time. didn't stop him being a great artist though.