Friday, November 02, 2007

Art galleries are inspiring for all the wrong reasons

Namely, because they make me think "if these twats are making money off this crap, there is hope for us all"

Today at the Baltic (large art gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK) I saw an exhibition by Kendell Geers. The Baltic's website claims, "His work pushes for the limits of accepted moral codes and principles in order to collapse them and start again."

Maybe creating repeating patterns out of the word FUCK and printing them onto mirrors and skulls would have pushed some limits in the 1800's but I think those limits have now all been effectively pushed, demolished and collapsed already.

Neither the crucifix wrapped in warning tape, or the star made out of police emergency lights were much more stimulating.

Seriously, I'm inspired. If this is the level we're operating at, I've got some ideas.