Comments on: Man Wins Turner Prize For Dressing As Bear

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Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:57:43 +0000

[...] the right artist win? Adrian Searle thinks so in The Guardian, others (Bloggers, the Tabloid Press) might have different opinions, but though the prize is judged on the basis of [...]

By: Ms Henderson

Ms Henderson — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 02:09:12 +0000

The reporter should get their facts right. Mark won for his piece State Britain, 2007 not this much earlier work.

By: Gilbert Wham

Gilbert Wham — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 19:12:05 +0000

I dunno, I spend quite a lot of time looking at contemporary art. I spend quite a lot of time saying ‘That’s fucking shite’ as well, but I have my reasons. Maybe I’m just more of a Stag At Bay man at heart, eh?

By: Mr Luke

Mr Luke — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:58:09 +0000

Most people who criticise art works never make the effort to go and see them, they seem to have no interest in contemporary art, they just like being outraged at things… It’s always the same with the turner prize, the judges take pleasure in picking controversial winners in order to grab headlines and perpetuate their publicity.

The real problem is that people seem to think that getting outraged by the turner prize once a year constitutes forming an opinion on the state of contemporary art.

By: Desperate times call for... at Quick Indian Cooking

Desperate times call for... at Quick Indian Cooking — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:20:11 +0000

[...] It’s because I’ve been too busy running desperately around my kitchen in a chicken costume protesting about the perils of factory farming inÂ an attempt to win Â£25,000 cash. [...]

By: C J Davies

C J Davies — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:41:28 +0000

Read the second line of the article, Steve

By: Steve Evans

Steve Evans — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:49:37 +0000

Quite agree, CJ Davies. All future arts awards should only be made to Realism style oil paintings of bowls of fruit. And yes, the presentation must be made at a black-tie dinner in the banqueting hall of a prestige hotel in the centre of London. Many of us shout “hurrah” and join you in your plea for a return to sense and conservative values.