Turner Prize 2007
Dec 13th 2007, 6:13 am
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Turner Prize 2007
So this year's Turner Prize goes to Mark Wallinger, who has re-created the banners & posters of Martin Haw's Peace Camp, that existed from 2001 to 2006 in Parliament Square before new laws were drafted & it was demolished by police....
As a political statement it deserves merit, as he has created a new medium to continue a protest that was silenced by an act of parliament - but does it deserve the Turner Prize as a work of art? All he has done is re-create something that was created by others?
As a political statement it deserves merit, as he has created a new medium to continue a protest that was silenced by an act of parliament - but does it deserve the Turner Prize as a work of art? All he has done is re-create something that was created by others?
Dec 13th 2007, 10:52 am
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Re: Turner Prize 2007
So this year's Turner Prize goes to Mark Wallinger, who has re-created the banners & posters of Martin Haw's Peace Camp, that existed from 2001 to 2006 in Parliament Square before new laws were drafted & it was demolished by police....
As a political statement it deserves merit, as he has created a new medium to continue a protest that was silenced by an act of parliament - but does it deserve the Turner Prize as a work of art? All he has done is re-create something that was created by others?
http://www.artrabbit.com/images/data..._front_2_0.jpg
As a political statement it deserves merit, as he has created a new medium to continue a protest that was silenced by an act of parliament - but does it deserve the Turner Prize as a work of art? All he has done is re-create something that was created by others?
http://www.artrabbit.com/images/data..._front_2_0.jpg
Dec 13th 2007, 10:54 am
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Re: Turner Prize 2007
i just don't get the turner prize...but they are completely fantastic at playing the pr game, they get acres of coverage, so fair play to them i guess...
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Dec 13th 2007, 11:36 am
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Re: Turner Prize 2007
nothing wrong with a bit of Beaujolais 
The Turner prize is always weird if you ask me.
The Turner prize is always weird if you ask me.
Dec 14th 2007, 12:49 am
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Re: Turner Prize 2007
It isn't that weird....
Is it a significant statement?
Yes, because the "real" artifact was silenced by T.B's government, probably illegitamately (which in itself qualifies it as a work of Art insofar as it can be argued that one of the functions of art is to make the viewer question his/her own value system).
Is it a work of any technical merit?
This is debatable - is the technical merit contained within the skill to create the piece, or the skill to concieve of it?
Is it a significant statement?
Yes, because the "real" artifact was silenced by T.B's government, probably illegitamately (which in itself qualifies it as a work of Art insofar as it can be argued that one of the functions of art is to make the viewer question his/her own value system).
Is it a work of any technical merit?
This is debatable - is the technical merit contained within the skill to create the piece, or the skill to concieve of it?
