Taking out the trash

by Chris Bertram on August 27, 2004

A cleaner at Tate Britain has taken a “work of art”:http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=555511 that takes the form of a bag of rubbish, and thrown it away.

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Ben 08.27.04 at 8:56 am

Perhaps one of the pithiest responses to dull conceptual art yet seen in the art world.

Perhaps this person may get hired on a new BB4 ‘people’s’ art show, entitled “which of this shit would you bin?”

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john b 08.27.04 at 12:03 pm

D’oh! Still, kudos to the Independent’s headline writer for getting a pun on the title of one of the 1990s’ best albums in there…

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Steve Holmes 08.27.04 at 1:17 pm

Oh, and I thought realism died in the late 19th century. Glad to see its return.

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Ben 08.27.04 at 1:51 pm

Incidentally, a brief search reveals exactly the same type of incident has happened before.

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P O'Neill 08.27.04 at 3:44 pm

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Incidentally, a brief search reveals exactly the same type of incident has happened before.
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Which makes me wonder if we’re in snopes territory with this one.

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John Stein 08.27.04 at 7:58 pm

My girlfriend does this to me all the time at home. I’d be a world-renowned artist by now but for her! Just the other day I had a dust bunny with the face of Elvis…

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