Huh, I could have made that!

MissAdventure

I have a work of Eminesque art in my bedroom as we speak.
An unmade bed.

I do see the artistic merit of her bed, though.
I like it.

I am a philistine, I can't see any merit at all in her unmade bed.

Is there any, really?

Chewbacca

Because they "jar" and don't "flow" with the dots in random places. This piece also "jars" on me because the wrong cow is in the wrong place.

I agree with you, I would want to put them into a pattern. I can't see outside the obvious box. DD got it from two of her G Grandmothers on my and DH side.

Art is only worth what anybody pays for it. I don't understand or appreciate modern art generally. Occasionally I like a modern art picture purely for the colour, but the installations of bricks, unmade beds etc leave me laughing at the gullibility of the people who spend a lot of money on them. The emporer's new clothes comes to mind. But as always each to their own.

NotSpaghetti

Yammy
Zeitgeist?

Maybe, he was meant to have gotten his idea from the children's game where you lifted intestines etc. out of a plastic body with tweezers.
We didn't have it but we had books that I always caught them in with all the dissections in vivid detail.
She was also once caught by a removal man with a hand full of teeth. Skeletons were real in those days and they had come down off the loft for our move.

Because they "jar" and don't "flow" with the dots in random places. This piece also "jars" on me because the wrong cow is in the wrong place.

A variation based on an idea suggested by an artist

I really like the colours SD

Buttons are fab aren’t they Maw.
I used to love my nan’s button tin, so many little treasures.

Chewbacca

All of those are wrong StarDreamer and would drive me nuts if I had to live with them.

Can you explain why please?

All of those are wrong StarDreamer and would drive me nuts if I had to live with them.

Invasive

More to come

These are sweet Fanny

FannyCornforth

Are you going to show us an example of this Grid / Button art please SD?

Thank you for the request, Fanny.

Thank you.

stardreamer yes , started at art school in the 60’s

MawtheMerrier

m.youtube.com/watch?v=3V-AXTHnsUY

I wonder if Aphrodite at the Waterhole still exists.

The Rebel (1961 film)

There are several excerpts from the film available on YouTube.

MrsKen33

Am I dismissed then for being subversive.?

No, not all.

Everyone is welcome to participate.

By changing colours you have added a new path of thought to our discussion.

Was it you who has trained as a professional artist?

I like to think of myself as an artist, but I am just a hobbyist who has a go.

I am now going to have a go as requested by Fanny.

I like this, seen at Chatsworth Flower Show a couple of years ago then Burghley House

I really like this one by Tracey Emin.

Tracey Emin: Roman Standard

Am I dismissed then for being subversive.?

m.youtube.com/watch?v=3V-AXTHnsUY

I think of a lot of so called modern art as being produced by “ideas merchants” but not artists. Unfortunately these ideas often equate to an intellectual view of art that undermines a lot of real art. I love David Hockney who is able to “show” you things you hadn’t noticed before. This was evident after seeing his wonderful exhibition at the RA a few years ago where he painted trees,seasons etc. Ever since I have looked at the colours in tree trunks in a completely different way. There are other modern artists who create magic on their canvases. I would love any of their works but Tracey Emin’s bed would be something I would definitely pass on as well as some of her so called “art”.

My DD is still very artistic she uses her art skills in another way at work.
Her house is not a bit like mine or her siblings she can put things she found on a walk a fir cone, a feather and a piece of bark as a display and they look professional.
She seems to see things on a different level we all take her advice on paint colour etc.

Chewbacca those re-enactments are absolutely brilliant! ?
What is the name of the website please?

This thread is like entering a parallel universe - especially on a hot day!