Fourth Plinth Go-ahead
Westminster City Council today granted planning permission for more than 2,400 pathetic twits to claim their one hour of fame by mounting the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square. To call this nonsense "art" is a bald-faced lie. It is merely another aspect of human stupidity. The rumour that London Mayor Bouncy Boris will be riding a unicycle on the plinth is false. He doesn't want to make the Conservative Party look silly.
posted by Unknown @ 11.6.09
6 comments
6 Comments:
I find the project an honourable one and am proud that I will take my hour as a part of this art of humanity.
The aim is that in a place set aside for war heroes, we celebrate instead the beauty of humanity in all its everyday reality.
Art is more than perfect pictures, it is something that aims to make us think beyond what is common.
Namaste,
Tina Louise
Hi, Tina
Thank you for disagreeing with me so nicely. I might agree with your idealistic view if all the participants stood in the nude - that would be a true celebration of humanity - and nobody pretended it was "art".
Body painting is a form of art, and the models wear briefs. I could admire those "living artworks" standing on the fourth plinth. I would like to see an international competition organized in the UK, like the annual event in Austria. The art is fantastic and it celebrates the human body as well as does the best sculpture.
Do you know that another war hero will eventually stand on the fourth plinth?
I feel certain that nudity will surely feature at some point for some of the 2400 participants :)
But we each have our own unique view of what constitutes the art of the human being.
There is art in a human voice, art in human dance, art in human... being.
For me, I remain undecided about which part of being human I will use as art. The whole adventure is exciting and having read comments from just a very few of the others, get the idea that we are all intent on making the most of this experience.
Your comment has added fuel to my thoughts and plans, I am off to wander the internet and brows body art... thank you.
Namaste,
TIna
I already suggested the perfect sculpture for the plinth over at the Guardian, a bronze group of pigeons. With room for their warm blooded breathren to nest, and so bomb themselves, a well as their favorite targets throught the City.
Thanks for the heads up about the shelter competition, already submitted a Judgment Chapel to the Vatican for the 2011 Venice Biennale. Small and warm, with ease of access, even as a bus shelter. Gonna use the tools and try it out.
It is time for a full out offensive to bury Contempt art, the stank of its rotting carcass began long before Hirst pickled his sharks.
art collegia delenda est
Type "bodypainting" or "body painting" into my search box to find some examples. At least one of my contacts trains people in the art of face and body painting. She won the world bodypainting championship last year. Superb artist.
Recently I saw a young lady painted to look like a statue. She kept still, changing her pose occasionally, and drew quite an appreciative crowd.
Let me know how you get on. If you do something really artistic, send me a photo I can publish.
Hi, Donald
Good luck with the shelter competition. Let me know how it goes.
"Contempt Art" is a good name for it! I'm conducting my own small war against what I call the "Anti-art Establishment".
Try the Stuckist website and you should find some like-minded souls. They've been hammering away at Tate Passé for yonks.
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