As the saying goes "in the end, opinion is king." I am sure that Mr. Creed will do quite well having captured the opinion of the opinion makers.
I guess it says a lot about a) the state of the world (as I believe that artists are the distant early warning line of where we are about to be) b) the human tendency to invent and follow fashion and trends (hang on to your wide/narrow ties...just keep re-cycling them as taste-makers change the fashion rules c) the desperate human need to be seen to be "in the know." arthur cordell -----Original Message----- From: Keith Hudson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 2:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: The Turner Prize I am sure that FWers will be interested to know who won the Turner Prize last night. This is named after one of our greatest artists and is considered to be the most prestigious prize in the world of art. It is so important that the "intelligent" channel on English TV -- BBC 2 -- devoted an hour to show the works of the finalists and the deliberations of the jury. In fact, the programme was so important that it was allowed to run on for another 20 minutes, delaying the evening news. The work of art that won the prize was an empty room with a light flashing on and off every five seconds. This is a worthy successor of a series of great works of art in recent years which have won the Turner Prize, including a pile of house bricks and an unmade bed. This year's winner, Martin Creed, already well-known for his crumpled balls of used photocopy paper which sell for thousands of pounds to great art galleries all round the world, says that he is unable to explain adequately the meaning behind his latest creation and that it is up to us to find meaning in it. Indeed, he says, his work of art is so democratic that almost any of us can re-create it in our own homes -- although, of course, we would probably be unable to sell ours for well over �100,000 that he's been offered for his original. For anybody who might possibly demur about the beauty of this work of art, please remember that the English are the most sensitive and discerning people in the whole world, and that the artistic cognoscenti of London who chose the winner of the Prize are the most sensitive and discerning people in the whole of England -- as freely acknowledged by the artistic cognoscenti of several other capitals round the world such as New York and Paris. Keith Hudson ___________________________________________________________________ Keith Hudson, Bath, England; e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________________
