Some good news and some bad news

Michael Mcneil · 2004-05-26T16:56:38+00:00

There was a fire in a warehouse that destroyed hundreds of examples ofthe finest modern British art.And the bad news is that it was all insured. Charles Saatchi can affordto go and get the wankers to produce more.

May 26, 2004 46 Replies

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The Natural Philosopher 22 years ago

I'll throw in my 2c worth.

Most great artists that we revere from the past were not recognised in theior lifetimes.

Mosat great art is considered great because it shows two things togther

- a design that speaks to all of us, and a degree of craftsmanship hat allows the message to become clear.

I would maintain that art that speaks only to a minority, or indeed only to a single person - the artist himself - and is not exexcuted with any degree of craftmanship, will not become great - and indeed anyone who finds they have a paid a fortune for a shed full of it, might well be tempted to torch it in a falling mareket.

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Grimly Curmudgeon 22 years ago

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "Mary Fisher" saying something like:

You can't deny most of it was pretentious nonsense, though.

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Grimly Curmudgeon 22 years ago

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember The Natural Philosopher saying something like:

The man wins a coconut.

"An insurance job", was my first thought on seeing the footage of the aftermath of the blaze.

No, tell a lie, my first thought was something along the lines of "I hope they got it all".

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Grimly Curmudgeon 22 years ago

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Nick Brooks saying something like:

LOL! Excellent.

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geoff 22 years ago

In message , Grimly Curmudgeon writes

And a significant proportion of the public have now woken up to the fact

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tersono 22 years ago

(We had a labrador called Louis. Odd coincidence.)

It's said that Picasso went to the local carpenter and said "Can you make me a wardrobe like this?" and gave him a sketch of what he wanted.

"Yes, certainly", said the carpenter.

"How much?"

"Oh, I'll do it for free... if you sign the sketch."

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geoff 22 years ago

In message , Peter Taylor writes

S'OK, I bought some blank cassettes today - I have it 207 times over

"OK kids, of you don't go to sleep T E will be round to tuck you in ..."

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