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Modern art...
What a joke! Why don't these people get proper jobs!?
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georgehippo
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 5:30 pm


Whats yer favourite sculpture, or piece of modern art? I'm a big fan of Anthony Gormley...he did the Angel of the North but my favourite is this piece: The Field of the British Isles...I saw it in a disused train shed in Gateshead many years ago...was pretty impressive 3nodding


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PostPosted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 6:09 am


I love the Angel of the North... heart

That picture looks slightly scary, all the little figures... how big were they, Georgey? surprised

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georgehippo
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 8:35 am


about 6 inches tall Alley 3nodding
PostPosted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:49 am


Wow... that must have been pretty impressive, but still a little bit scary... all those midget figures... ninja

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PostPosted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 1:40 pm


yep i was in awe of them...my friend wanted to leave almost straightaway sad
PostPosted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 5:16 pm


i think i would have done too, just looking at the picture is a little freaky, the intensity of being regarded by all those faces gonk

i can't even look at the picture for too long! redface

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 5:47 am


I'm glad it's not just me, Jelly... I think I would have found that awesome, but disturbing... eek
PostPosted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 12:38 pm


Like being started at by the entire population of the UK or something? smile

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 2:31 pm


Eirwyn
Like being started at by the entire population of the UK or something? smile

rofl cool

...No, wait... are you saying the UK is like a disused train shed, full of tiny staring figures...? Oh, well, I guess you're right... blaugh lol wink
PostPosted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 3:45 pm


I figured that was the artist's intent. Too bad he dumped you all in a train shed, though. Maybe he should've filled Marks & Spencer or Speaker's Corner instead, you think? mrgreen
(The old man with the toilet brush who thinks he's the king might have liked that...! lol )

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georgehippo
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 3:52 pm


Eirwyn

(The old man with the toilet brush who thinks he's the king might have liked that...! lol )


Who? Surely not! confused
PostPosted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 6:17 pm


Yup! biggrin
When I was in London in '91, my pen-pal friend took me to Speaker's Corner on a Sunday. We walked along the rows of speakers & she hung out there so much she knew a lot of them. She pointed at a little old man in rags holding a toilet brush & babbling unintelligibly & said "He thinks he's the King. Hi, King! *waves*" & he waved his toilet brush & said "Raaah! Raaah!" or some such back. And then she pointed at a younger man all in old clothes that were all purple, with long hair & a beard, with a poster board covered with tiny print & said, "He thinks he's Jesus. Hi, Jesus! *waves*" & Jesus waved back. biggrin

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 6:48 pm


eek

whenever i go to Lincoln there's always one of the Jesus loves you brigade out preaching, but i've never seen anyone that loopy ninja
PostPosted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 6:51 pm


i'm on holiday this week, so if the weather permits i'll wander round town and take some pics of the odd things that they put up in the name of art around here..

one thing about those clay figures Geo, they have an effect on whoever sees them, and that's usually all an artist's intention is i'd imagine, some sort of response though a good one is no doubt a bonus ninja

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georgehippo
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 9:07 pm


Poppetta
i'm on holiday this week


yayyy! Can i come to stay Poppy...? Can i? Can i? 3nodding
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