This is … This is Contemporary British Art, a parochial take on the modern.
Richard Serra, Cy Twombly, and Gerhard Richter are all more interesting than any current artist Collings has discussed. But Channel Four’s audience–the great English public–are understandably more interested in their own domestic art scene. His show hyperbolically claims Lucas is the contemporary Picasso and Hirst is Bacon; he’s selling modern art as a lifestyle for young trendies, radical conformists looking for meaning.
Episode 3 – Lovely Lovely (1998)
February 5th, 2010 at 1:37 pm
This is …
This is Contemporary British Art, a parochial take on the modern.
Richard Serra, Cy Twombly, and Gerhard Richter are all more interesting than any current artist Collings has discussed. But Channel Four’s audience–the great English public–are understandably more interested in their own domestic art scene. His show hyperbolically claims Lucas is the contemporary Picasso and Hirst is Bacon; he’s selling modern art as a lifestyle for young trendies, radical conformists looking for meaning.
February 5th, 2010 at 1:37 pm
i think beauty is …
i think beauty is something gives you happiness.