tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post2052599081658596923..comments2024-03-13T10:32:22.656+00:00Comments on thanetonline: Carl Andre and Rosa Barba at The Turner Contemporary Margate a Review of the New Exhibitions.Michael Childhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09499435016469020417noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-15628978714538641792013-02-12T14:09:46.412+00:002013-02-12T14:09:46.412+00:00Thanks for giving me a reason to inform my husband...Thanks for giving me a reason to inform my husband that I still see no need to visit the Turner!<br />The video reminds me of 'team building' seminars endured while working at a now defunct large company where all those involved felt the need to make some comment that sounded intelligent.<br />As far as this exhibition is concerned, the term 'Emperors new clothes' comes to mindAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-9245400429576476832013-02-06T11:55:24.447+00:002013-02-06T11:55:24.447+00:00we should embrace these works and open our minds t...we should embrace these works and open our minds to them. our masters have decided we need to work with these things in our minds. be affeared the MATRIX knows all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-63100953572211125262013-02-05T19:35:16.753+00:002013-02-05T19:35:16.753+00:00... but no more remarkable than the fact that this...... but no more remarkable than the fact that this tosh is being foisted on a public who are also having to pay for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-23460589237149227512013-02-05T18:29:04.845+00:002013-02-05T18:29:04.845+00:00Jeremy Beadle - now that would have been impressiv...Jeremy Beadle - now that would have been impressive. Lazarus springs to mind....Tim Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09360638835659673415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-88347743911007111312013-02-05T16:50:16.094+00:002013-02-05T16:50:16.094+00:00I think the people taking part were bewildererd; b...I think the people taking part were bewildererd; but polite.John Holyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284672912775316883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-25005282694271736102013-02-05T16:13:31.991+00:002013-02-05T16:13:31.991+00:00This would be a very funny joke - if we weren'...This would be a very funny joke - if we weren't paying a fortune for it.<br />Do you think the people asking the questions realised they were being set up?<br />And why didn't Jeremy Beadle or Dom Joly turn up at the end?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-13571543478068948952013-02-05T14:54:05.043+00:002013-02-05T14:54:05.043+00:00In the past I have enjoyed this type of gathering....In the past I have enjoyed this type of gathering. I used to say the most outrageous things in order to liven it up and tease. As a work of art it is nonsense.John Holyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284672912775316883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-39507156784487853572013-02-05T13:05:56.851+00:002013-02-05T13:05:56.851+00:00Thanks for giving me a reason to inform my husband...Thanks for giving me a reason to inform my husband that I still see no need to visit the Turner!<br />The video reminds me of 'team building' seminars endured while working at a now defunct large company where all those involved felt the need to make some comment that sounded intelligent.<br />As far as this exhibition is concerned, the term 'Emperors new clothes' comes to mind. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-17039244362118856282013-02-04T14:52:56.815+00:002013-02-04T14:52:56.815+00:00Michael,
I've been longing for ages to use &#...Michael,<br /><br />I've been longing for ages to use 'recondite'. It is often as you say a recondite word. <br /><br />I had a friend at work whose name when put through the spellchecker came out as 'termite'. John Holyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284672912775316883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-13064651563259275952013-02-04T14:31:38.406+00:002013-02-04T14:31:38.406+00:00Ah John, recondite – always tricky to start with a...Ah John, recondite – always tricky to start with a word not many people understand that means something not many people understand – I guess, sticking with the Irving theme and using something predisastered could have meant fewer spelling mistakes. Michael Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499435016469020417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-5849064427280996582013-02-04T13:12:51.572+00:002013-02-04T13:12:51.572+00:00Previous post corrected for spelling:
Much of Mod...Previous post corrected for spelling:<br /><br />Much of Modern Art is recondite. Possibly some works exist to make money being a case of art for arts sake and money for f.... sake. There is no particular harm in this, after all everyone has the right to make an honest living. John Holyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284672912775316883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-22535668660652825582013-02-04T12:41:11.856+00:002013-02-04T12:41:11.856+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.John Holyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284672912775316883noreply@blogger.com