Garbage

07:07 27Aug2004 RTRS-British cleaner thinks modern art is garbage

LONDON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - A cleaner at London's Tate Britain modern art gallery threw out a bag of garbage which formed part of an artwork because it was thought to be trash, British newspapers reported on Friday.
The transparent bag of garbage -- full of newspaper, cardboard and other bits of paper -- formed part of a work by German-born artist Gustav Metzger called "Recreation Of First Public Demonstration Of Auto-Destructive Art".
It was on display next to a sheet of nylon that had been spattered with acid, and a metal sculpture on a table when a cleaner tossed it out with the other trash.
A Tate spokesman said the mistake was made the day before the exhibition opened at the end of June, and although the bag was later rescued, it had been damaged and Metzger had to replace it with another one.
The newspapers said the spokesman would not reveal how much the bag had cost to replace.
"It's now covered over at night so it can't be removed," the spokesman told the Times.





Modern art my *ss!!

I'm going to give the contents of my bin to an art gallery and call it "Reaction of Jimmy to a whole lot of stuff that would stink out his house if he didn't chuck it out."

Thats stupid, people call anything art now a days, and this coming from an artist! Drawings are art. Paintings are art. Sculpture (to an extent) is art. A bag of trash is NOT art.

I've seen a picture frame, with human hair inside. No glass cover, just hair off someones head glued inside a frame. Then spray painted silver. The frame was spary painted gold. Price tag listed what "mediums" were used, and showed a price of $700.

wow...i gotta look into this "modern art stuff"

who said college kids have to be poor?!?!?!?

garbage art--thats just plain stupid!!!!!