August 27, 2004

Taking out the trash

Posted by Chris

A cleaner at Tate Britain has taken a work of art that takes the form of a bag of rubbish, and thrown it away.

Posted on August 27, 2004 08:21 AM UTC
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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?”

Posted by Ben · August 27, 2004 08:56 AM

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…

Posted by john b · August 27, 2004 12:03 PM

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

Posted by Steve Holmes · August 27, 2004 01:17 PM

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

Posted by Ben · August 27, 2004 01:51 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.

Posted by P O'Neill · August 27, 2004 03:44 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…

Posted by John Stein · August 27, 2004 07:58 PM
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