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| Crack of doom! opens up at museum | |
| 2007-10-11 | |
| Three women have been hurt by falling into Tate Modern's latest installation - a crack in the floor. At 548 feet long, up to three feet deep and 10inches wide, it zigzags the length of the Turbine Hall and has been described as a highly original work of art. But visitors have already paid the price for failing to heed warning signs. And a builder said if he had been responsible for the crack he would be sued for health and safety breaches. One young woman had to be dragged out by friends after falling into the crack in the floor but was otherwise unharmed. A few minutes later, another visitor to the gallery, who thought the crack was painted, also fell in - this time injuring her wrist. One observer said: "Instead of art imitating life, here it's threatening life."
The crack is said to represent (choose one) (a) the gullability of the gallery's board of trustees, who could be fooled into paying for anything, no matter how stupid, as long as you call it "art" (b) the artist's lack of imagination and talent (c) the wanton destruction of the earth by the Bushitler-Haliburton administration's illegal invasion for oil (which means that this humble crack is, like, speaking truth to power, man!) (d) the tendency of intellectual elites to keep digging when they hit bottom (e) the division problem of integrating immigrants into European society. | |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #6 The best part is that the same two "performance" artists who pissed in DuChamp's " |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-10-11 23:25 |
| #5 Dear God... |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2007-10-11 22:40 |
#4 The Tate also showed this magnificent bit of "Art": "Tracey Emin shows us her own bed, in all its embarrassing glory. Empty booze bottles, fag butts, stained sheets, worn panties: the bloody aftermath of a nervous breakdown. By presenting her bed as art, Tracey Emin shares her most personal space, revealing sheÂ’s as insecure and imperfect as the rest of the world." It later sold for around $250,000. Proving, once again, that we're all in the wrong business. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-10-11 22:36 |
| #3 Don't tell FEMA; they will bring in a gajillion trailers and force all the art to live in there while they bribe officials to not fix the place..... |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2007-10-11 14:40 |
| #2 nick-named Doris's crack, Not going anywhere near that - literally or figuratively. |
| Posted by: xbalanke 2007-10-11 13:50 |
| #1 The installation cost about £300,000 and took more than six months to complete. Yes, once again, I am in the wrong business. Please adress all personal injury lawsuits to "controversial" artist Doris Salcedo... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-10-11 12:34 |