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From: "Mark Roberts"
Subject: Re: A thirst for Art
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/4718573.stm
I'm speechless - on so many levels...
From the article:
American-born Mr Hill said the bottle was clearly a work of art.
He said: "It looked like an ordinary bottle of water. But it was
on a plinth, labeled, described and in the programme of the whole
festival."
Now I know how to make something into art: Put it on a plinth and label
it!
(Now I gotta go and get me some plinths...)
I howled when I read that. The whole concept of the piece was so pompous, I
can't believe the guy didn't go and get a bottle of Evian, strip the label
and put it on his plinth.
Of course that wouldn't have made the news.
William Robb
