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Dots Stolen

Post by cronus » Wed Dec 11, 2013 10:09 am

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-25330237

Two signed Damien Hirst art works stolen from Notting Hill Gallery

Two signed Damien Hirst works of art worth £33,000 have been stolen from an upmarket gallery.

The pieces were taken from the Exhibitionist Gallery in Notting Hill, west London, in the early hours of Monday.

The stolen works, called Pyronin Y and Oleoylsarcosine, feature multi-coloured dots.

Police believe the artworks were specifically targeted and want witnesses to come forward.

(continued, could be connected....look similar?)
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Post by Mysturji » Wed Dec 11, 2013 1:23 pm

Fucking shite overpriced for snot-nosed knobheads with too much money.
They're fucking polka dots for fuck sake.

When looking at art, I have a very simple criteria: "Could I do that?" If the answer is yes, it doesn't merit a second glance. Those bits of shite don't merit a second glance.
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Post by cronus » Wed Dec 11, 2013 4:00 pm

Mysturji wrote:Fucking shite overpriced for snot-nosed knobheads with too much money.
They're fucking polka dots for fuck sake.

When looking at art, I have a very simple criteria: "Could I do that?" If the answer is yes, it doesn't merit a second glance. Those bits of shite don't merit a second glance.
Possibly stolen by the artist to increase flagging sales in his other less notable works?
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Post by MrFungus420 » Wed Dec 11, 2013 10:00 pm

Let's see:

Make a grid of circles.
Randomly determine which colour each circle will be.

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Post by JimC » Wed Dec 11, 2013 11:23 pm

Funnily enough, when I actually go to a gallery, and have a wander around in the abstract art section, I mostly find the paintings really interesting and enjoyable. The question of their possibly over-inflated prices is a separate one...
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Post by JacksSmirkingRevenge » Thu Dec 12, 2013 12:50 am

^ Yeah, I quite like abstract stuff, too. Howard Hodgkin's stuff in particular. I haven't been to an art gallery in years, though.

I would also agree that Hirst's work is mostly over-priced bollox.
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Post by Mysturji » Thu Dec 12, 2013 5:25 pm

JimC wrote:Funnily enough, when I actually go to a gallery, and have a wander around in the abstract art section, I mostly find the paintings really interesting and enjoyable. The question of their possibly over-inflated prices is a separate one...
Not saying I don't do that, just that the question "Could I do that?" is never far from my mind.
(TBH, mostly the answer is "No.")
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Post by mistermack » Thu Dec 12, 2013 9:04 pm

Modern art is absolute shite.

All of it. You can get a feeling off it. But you can do that off anything. I can do it from a photo, or a leaf, or a tree trunk.
In fact, the thought that some twat went to the trouble of deliberately making that bollox actually inhibits any feeling I might have got, had it been a natural formation.
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