The Latest Judgement in Arts & Literature:

66.67% agree

33.33% disagree

DeGirl wins

DeGirl thinks... Fractal Patterns (when you ignore all the boring maths) are incredibly beautiful.

Shame they're not around so much nowadays. Heyday in the 90's.

Voting ended: 15th Oct 08 at 16:59

Comments: 5 |

66.67% agree. DeGirl wins!

Judge13 states: DeGirl you're one persuasive person

Arts & Literature

100% agree

0% disagree

dewolfe wins

dewolfe believes... That if Marc Quinn thinks Kate Moss is the 'Ideal Beauty' of our time, then he must be blind.

Though she's not facially unattractive, a skinny, coke snorting, smoking, binge drinker is not my ideal beauty (of any time!). To each their own I know, but to immortalise her in a £1.5 million gold statue is going a bit far.

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Posted 2nd Oct 08 at 10:22

Voting ended: 5th Oct 08 at 10:22

100% agree

0% disagree

Colin wins

Colin is convinced... that Damien Hurst must be laughing his cock off right now

all those millions for a few pickled fish. Are people insane? Who want's half a cow in their house unless it's on a plate done medium rare in a red wine jus with green beans and saute potatoes? I've got a jar of soused herrings in the cupboard, who'll open the bidding at £500,000?

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Posted 16th Sep 08 at 19:07

Voting ended: 30th Sep 08 at 19:07

40% agree

60% disagree

Colin loses

Colin insists... I'm Banksy

it all started when I did a YTS course in painting and decorating.

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Posted 28th Jul 08 at 18:49

Voting ended: 4th Aug 08 at 18:49

45.46% agree

54.54% disagree

neverwrong loses

neverwrong believes... The most inspiring artist of all time is SALVADOR DALI

Surrealism is much more interesting than just a painting of a flower in a vase!

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Posted 10th Jul 08 at 13:38

Voting ended: 13th Jul 08 at 13:38

90.91% agree

9.09% disagree

steve wins

steve reckons... Tracey Emin's art is just not very good

Don't get me wrong, I love modern art but I just think her work is just very poor indeed. She creates the sort of things you would expect a degree student to produce for their final year project. It's not rubbish but just not very good.

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Colin says... Wrong, art can be used to described any creative process, from a painting to a footballer's trade. Nature, though beautiful, cannot be art. A landscaped garden CAN be described as art because it requires a creative hand
Posted 9th Jul 08 at 16:45
The Phantom says... That's just not true Colin because 'art' as a word only has meaning if it has a collective meaning. The word 'Orange' only has meaning because we all agree on what colour the word 'Orange' means. Same with art, so if most people don't describe it as 'art' then it's not.
Posted 9th Jul 08 at 10:47
Colin says... It's art if you say it is
Posted 9th Jul 08 at 10:39
dewolfe says... The problem is if everything is art then nothing is art. All things could be art if placed in the right context. A mobile phone isn't art unless displayed as show of modern design but i think context , as always, is everything. Unfortunately it means that even rubbish literally can be seen as art.
Posted 8th Jul 08 at 09:51
Matola says... If this is art, then it seems to me that anything and everyhting is art. Can someone define what is NOT art. And by the way - hate her stuff.
Posted 8th Jul 08 at 09:24
Orange says... Like everyone has a differrent take on what is good art and what is not, everyone has their own definition of what IS art and what is not. Her 'stuff' is not 'art' in my opinion.
Posted 8th Jul 08 at 08:37
steve says... The "It's meant to be crap just to get the plebs talking about art" premise is an old, tired and patronising idea used by some to hide behind due to the lack of anything new or original to say.
Posted 7th Jul 08 at 20:27
steve says... King Henry, if the BBC took our millions and just gave us game shows it would also evoke plenty of debates/feelings but would do nothing for TV as an art form.
Posted 7th Jul 08 at 20:26
King Henry says... Now wait a minute everyone! Here we are again - talking about it. Just proves that it IS a subject matter that evokes more debate/feeling than a lot of other exhibits and as such is thought provoking art.
Posted 7th Jul 08 at 19:56
David says... Now wasn't there actually an exhibit of rubbish in a bag that cleaner threw away by accident? Ha ha priceless. They should have also made the bed. Adds nothing in my mind.
Posted 7th Jul 08 at 19:55

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Posted 7th Jul 08 at 18:47

Voting ended: 21st Jul 08 at 18:47

71.43% agree

28.57% disagree

Colin wins

Colin reckons... that art is any creative process that inspires thought

There always been the whole "that's art" / "you can't call that art" debate. Art means different things to different people. Although I think Tracy Emin's 'tent' and 'unmade bed' were basically junk, and Damien Hurst's formaldehyde dissections were really just biology class specimens, I would still class them as art. Why? Because they didn't just 'happen' (as my unmade bed did), they came into being as part of a creative process, and they instigate thought processes in the onlooker. In the same way I would class Battersea Power Station, Brighton Pier and The Supermarine Spitfire as art.

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Posted 7th Jul 08 at 11:07

Voting ended: 21st Jul 08 at 11:07

100% agree

0% disagree

PrettyPolly wins

PrettyPolly reckons... Most of the fantasy books published are formulaic. The same things happen time after time after time.

The main character always is or very quickly becomes an orphan. They have no idea of their powers. They have to go on a long treacherous journey to defeat the bad guy. And they always gather a group of people around them to help them on their journey. Please, someone, write something original!

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Posted 28th Jun 08 at 20:37

Voting ended: 12th Jul 08 at 20:37

75% agree

25% disagree

BusyBee wins

BusyBee believes... That the death of Fred in the final Harry Potter was totally unnecessary.

Why did Fred have to die? It wasn't a large part of the story. We already knew that Voldemort and his Death Eaters were bad people - they had already killed lots of people. It seemed totally unnecessary and added nothing. Just a death for the sake of a death.

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Posted 28th Jun 08 at 20:07

Voting ended: 12th Jul 08 at 20:07

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The Latest Judgement in Arts & Literature:

DeGirl thinks... Fractal Patterns (when you ignore all the boring maths) are incredibly beautiful.

Arts & Literature

dewolfe believes... That if Marc Quinn thinks Kate Moss is the 'Ideal Beauty' of our time, then he must be blind.

Colin is convinced... that Damien Hurst must be laughing his cock off right now

Colin insists... I'm Banksy

neverwrong believes... The most inspiring artist of all time is SALVADOR DALI

steve reckons... Tracey Emin's art is just not very good

Colin reckons... that art is any creative process that inspires thought

PrettyPolly reckons... Most of the fantasy books published are formulaic. The same things happen time after time after time.

BusyBee believes... That the death of Fred in the final Harry Potter was totally unnecessary.

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