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ccp

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Art
« on: October 12, 2007, 06:45:00 AM »
I guess you've seen the guy who had an ear transplanted to his arm and calls this art.  I always thought art was to create something of beauty.  It's purported boundaries have become blurred to include anything anybody wants it to be including political statements, and anything that is shocking enough to gain attention.  The following falls in the latter which as far as I can see is just a grotesque stunt to get attention:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=487039&in_page_id=1965

It ain't art.  It is a weirdo with nothing else to say or do IMO.

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Re: Art
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2007, 08:26:03 AM »
That is one of the lamest things I have ever seen..You are right. That is not art but something out of a sci-fi movie.

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"It took me about an hour"
« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2013, 08:00:51 AM »
To paint one of his works of art all sold out:

http://kieronwilliamson.com/