I hate to get all serious over such frippery, but wasn't it the case that artists who could paint/sculpt beauty could just as easily paint/sculpt ugliness? Fair enough, but can the creators of this monstrosity ever create anything beautiful or are they stuck churning out the ugly?
I’m not sure I could say it’s pleasing to the eye, but I suppose monstrousness is sort of the point. And the enormous viscera and oversized wandering genitals are at least entertaining the children. Which is practically a radical breakthrough in taxpayer-funded art projects.
Everybody celebrates the human body in all its surreal and visceral beauty, liberating us from the banal and ordinary to the wonder and extraordinariness that is everybody, every human body, Everybody
Perhaps it's my art background influence, but this kind of ugliness is not extraordinary; it's banal and predictable.
Here I am in Andalusia and I've been ranting all week about the way the fat and ugly and mostly male Germans and Scandahoovians have annexed a local beach for nude sunbathing, and bemoaning the equally unattractive overweight and tattoo'd male Brits who think it is perfectly acceptable to wander about the village shirtless.
"the human body in all its surreal and visceral beauty"
As anyone who's ever had cause to open an animal up, or watch abdominal surgery, viscera are not beautiful. They might be fascinating, especially in the way in which there really isn't any wasted space and getting them back in again is like re-packaging a gizmo in its original box to return to Curry's, but beautiful they are not. And it's not like the squares are jumping up and down at how frightful all this is. Yawning, more like. So much of this stuff seems designed pour ennuyer le bourgeoisie. Not a bit of épater in sight.
I looked at the first thing earlier. I could not, and left. Now there is a link to "feminist feels," and I can not, either. Both actually injured my eyeballs.
This is breathtaking even by Monbiot’s usual grim standards...
Thank goodness Always Weeping George™ is there to tell us which jobs – jobs that other people do to pay their mortgages and feed their families - are “pointless” and lack “social utility.” Which by his definition includes almost any job offered by Those Evil Corporations. Hissss.
Yes, of course. Students should pay no heed to supporting themselves or being in any way realistic. Instead of choosing a course wisely and earning a living, they should be “laying out exultant visions of a better world.” And then, armed with a useless degree and large debts, they can become unemployable, dependent on the state and resentful of others’ success. And thus become useful to the left.
So Monbiot the original Moonbat is living his teenaged dreams, huh? And I think plenty of people are living their stupid college dreams, thinking that staying up all night to yap about pretend-problems and announcing they've got all the solutions will sustain them through their forties and fifties. On Artists' Grants money.
The most rapacious City financier produces more social good than the entire stable of writers for Kommentar macht Frei. If one were to think of the Platonic ideal of useless, parasitical, unedifying non-jobs then one would be hard put to come up with anything better than Eeyorish pontificating in the pages of a Leftist rag like the Guardian.
The most rapacious City financier produces more social good than the entire stable of writers for Kommentar macht Frei.
But George is a life coach now. I wonder if it ever occurs to him that, were he given the power and influence he craves, he’d be the ruin of the world.
Looking at this it is obvious that the passengers on the B Ark were self selecting, however telephone kiosk sanitizers obviously should not be included.
Teen voters, the younger the better, are exactly what the left is looking for. They know no history; they base all of their decisions on emotion; they have no real world experience in terms of what works and what does not. They haven’t the slightest idea of discipline or delayed gratification. They live in a world of fantasy and wish fulfilment; they make demands that cannot be met but they’re willing to settle for an ice-cream cone. They are utterly dependent on others; they’re desperate to conform to the cultural norm, and in general they are the perfect, pliable, ignorant, utterly emotional, reason-free, easily-manipulated vote farm that the progressives need for their power grab.
So p-shopping some pol's face onto ACTUAL works of art is considered brilliant by our betters? Hmm. I wonder whether it struck any of those fools to think, "Wow, this "art" thing I'm p-shopping...maybe I could do that, if I worked at it."
"But George is a life coach now. I wonder if it ever occurs to him that, were he given the power and influence he craves, he’d be the ruin of the world."
George, of course, does have a great deal of power and influence. He has always been comfortably well off at the heart of the establishment. This just makes his sneering at people who desire a similar level of financial security for themselves and their families particularly odious. And his idea that universities should discourage their students from seeking careers that might offer financial independence is, at the very least, peculiar.
I think that needs a trigger warning for… whatever the f*ck that is.
Posted by: sH2 | June 03, 2015 at 14:14
I’m not sure how to appraise it on an aesthetic level, but it’s keeping the kids amused.
Posted by: David | June 03, 2015 at 14:27
*backs away slowly, closes laptop*
Posted by: Mike | June 03, 2015 at 14:41
Probably German or Dutch. Those types seem to be very fond of public displays of annoying ugliness.
Posted by: Monty James | June 03, 2015 at 15:05
That's not how I remember Butlins.
Posted by: rjmadden | June 03, 2015 at 16:08
So that's wehre the little blighters come from. The stork/Paris thing isn't true?
Well, well, well. I'm stunned.
Posted by: bilbaoboy | June 03, 2015 at 16:09
I hate to get all serious over such frippery, but wasn't it the case that artists who could paint/sculpt beauty could just as easily paint/sculpt ugliness? Fair enough, but can the creators of this monstrosity ever create anything beautiful or are they stuck churning out the ugly?
Posted by: Watcher In The Dark | June 03, 2015 at 16:15
We can only hope that somewhere in the world there’s a recording of the meeting at which this, um, project was pitched to a funding committee.
Posted by: David | June 03, 2015 at 16:28
Here you go.
Posted by: Franklin | June 03, 2015 at 17:25
All hail Franklin. Post updated.
Posted by: David | June 03, 2015 at 17:33
this monstrosity
I’m not sure I could say it’s pleasing to the eye, but I suppose monstrousness is sort of the point. And the enormous viscera and oversized wandering genitals are at least entertaining the children. Which is practically a radical breakthrough in taxpayer-funded art projects.
Posted by: David | June 03, 2015 at 18:02
With apologies to George Will for posting this astute and potently timely observation under such a bizarre category.
Although there must be a connection in here somewhere...
Posted by: Ten | June 03, 2015 at 20:51
With apologies to George Will for posting this astute and potently timely observation under such a bizarre category.
What George said.
Posted by: David | June 03, 2015 at 21:05
Everybody celebrates the human body in all its surreal and visceral beauty, liberating us from the banal and ordinary to the wonder and extraordinariness that is everybody, every human body, Everybody
Perhaps it's my art background influence, but this kind of ugliness is not extraordinary; it's banal and predictable.
Posted by: Jimmy | June 03, 2015 at 22:23
Here I am in Andalusia and I've been ranting all week about the way the fat and ugly and mostly male Germans and Scandahoovians have annexed a local beach for nude sunbathing, and bemoaning the equally unattractive overweight and tattoo'd male Brits who think it is perfectly acceptable to wander about the village shirtless.
Now I find that art has vindicated me.
Thank God for small mercies.
Posted by: Lancastrian Oik | June 03, 2015 at 22:54
Goodbye breakfast.
Posted by: Jamie | June 03, 2015 at 23:42
Huhn. Ozzies? Didn't see that one coming.
Posted by: Megaera | June 04, 2015 at 02:22
http://www.dailylife.com.au/dl-people/dl-entertainment/this-anonymous-artists-tumblr-perfectly-illustrates-your-feminist-feels-20150603-ghfoa7.html.touch.html
Your feminist feels!
Posted by: dirk | June 04, 2015 at 02:41
I love the asininity of the commenters like this member of the young Comsomol: "To the naysayers: it causes a reaction. Mission accomplished =)"
Drawing Mohammed causes a reaction too, you conformist bastards. I didn't see any of your kind standing up for Charlie Hebdo or Pamela Geller.
Because that would take intelligence and moral courage.
Posted by: RightofGenghis | June 04, 2015 at 02:51
"the human body in all its surreal and visceral beauty"
As anyone who's ever had cause to open an animal up, or watch abdominal surgery, viscera are not beautiful. They might be fascinating, especially in the way in which there really isn't any wasted space and getting them back in again is like re-packaging a gizmo in its original box to return to Curry's, but beautiful they are not. And it's not like the squares are jumping up and down at how frightful all this is. Yawning, more like. So much of this stuff seems designed pour ennuyer le bourgeoisie. Not a bit of épater in sight.
Posted by: David Gillies | June 04, 2015 at 04:03
I looked at the first thing earlier. I could not, and left. Now there is a link to "feminist feels," and I can not, either. Both actually injured my eyeballs.
Posted by: Quint&Jessel, Sea of Azof, Bly, UK | June 04, 2015 at 04:45
Your feminist feels!
Your pretentiously angst-ridden white male poet feels.
First you wear the madness, like a badge, a sign of piety. Then you let it devour you.
Posted by: David | June 04, 2015 at 07:18
Looks like a set from a low-budget SciFi movie.
Posted by: Patrick Chester | June 04, 2015 at 08:21
Also, "Puppetry of the Penis":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGUUcOBnCpA
Cheers
Posted by: J.M. Heinrichs | June 04, 2015 at 09:49
Puppetry of the Penis
BKOOM
Posted by: Jimmy | June 04, 2015 at 12:26
Puppetry of the penis?
How about punditry of the penis. This is breathtaking even by Monbiot's usual grim standards...
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/03/city-corporates-destroy-best-minds
Posted by: Horace Dunn | June 04, 2015 at 14:21
This is breathtaking even by Monbiot’s usual grim standards...
Thank goodness Always Weeping George™ is there to tell us which jobs – jobs that other people do to pay their mortgages and feed their families - are “pointless” and lack “social utility.” Which by his definition includes almost any job offered by Those Evil Corporations. Hissss.
Yes, of course. Students should pay no heed to supporting themselves or being in any way realistic. Instead of choosing a course wisely and earning a living, they should be “laying out exultant visions of a better world.” And then, armed with a useless degree and large debts, they can become unemployable, dependent on the state and resentful of others’ success. And thus become useful to the left.
Posted by: David | June 04, 2015 at 14:41
So Monbiot the original Moonbat is living his teenaged dreams, huh? And I think plenty of people are living their stupid college dreams, thinking that staying up all night to yap about pretend-problems and announcing they've got all the solutions will sustain them through their forties and fifties. On Artists' Grants money.
Posted by: Quint&Jessel, Sea of Azof, Bly, UK | June 04, 2015 at 15:59
The most rapacious City financier produces more social good than the entire stable of writers for Kommentar macht Frei. If one were to think of the Platonic ideal of useless, parasitical, unedifying non-jobs then one would be hard put to come up with anything better than Eeyorish pontificating in the pages of a Leftist rag like the Guardian.
Posted by: David Gillies | June 04, 2015 at 16:55
The most rapacious City financier produces more social good than the entire stable of writers for Kommentar macht Frei.
But George is a life coach now. I wonder if it ever occurs to him that, were he given the power and influence he craves, he’d be the ruin of the world.
Posted by: David | June 04, 2015 at 17:10
Speaking of Australian taxpayer-funded art, and the high-minded, totally unassuming people who churn it out, this may amuse.
And do follow the link at the end.
Posted by: David | June 04, 2015 at 17:22
Looking at this it is obvious that the passengers on the B Ark were self selecting, however telephone kiosk sanitizers obviously should not be included.
Posted by: Bunny | June 04, 2015 at 18:24
Instead of choosing a course wisely and earning a living, they should be “laying out exultant visions of a better world.”
Because students are at that age when they know everything about everything.
Posted by: Mags | June 04, 2015 at 18:28
Because students are at that age when they know everything about everything.
As Bill Whittle put it,
Which may help explain why the Guardian devotes so much attention to that particular demographic, and why it presents the most hackneyed student blather as deep and radical insight.
Posted by: David | June 04, 2015 at 18:53
So p-shopping some pol's face onto ACTUAL works of art is considered brilliant by our betters? Hmm. I wonder whether it struck any of those fools to think, "Wow, this "art" thing I'm p-shopping...maybe I could do that, if I worked at it."
Nah.
Posted by: Quint&Jessel, Sea of Azof, Bly, UK | June 04, 2015 at 20:58
"But George is a life coach now. I wonder if it ever occurs to him that, were he given the power and influence he craves, he’d be the ruin of the world."
George, of course, does have a great deal of power and influence. He has always been comfortably well off at the heart of the establishment. This just makes his sneering at people who desire a similar level of financial security for themselves and their families particularly odious. And his idea that universities should discourage their students from seeking careers that might offer financial independence is, at the very least, peculiar.
Posted by: Horace Dunn | June 04, 2015 at 21:05
The Ultra Spiritual. I find it works just as well for The Progressive.
Om.
Posted by: Ten | June 04, 2015 at 23:17
Per Monbiot: Only 60% of London Business School's graduates get jobs in the finance industry.
Poor strike rate.
Might as well have done a degree in Dance Studies then.
I'm regretting that "post-graduate law v. living in a yurt and smoking dope" choice more than ever. Thanks, George.
Posted by: Lancastrian Oik | June 04, 2015 at 23:49