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The final word on Damien Hirst: Eldritch v Bowie
...as Hirst frequently crops up in conversation here. And I have to say Edlritch 1 Bowie 0. I have only just come across this from years ago; but it's cool: "David Bowie was telling me recently how great Damien Hirst is, and how Damien was very excited when told about the minotaur myth. I was shocked that Damien didn't already know it. Sorry David, but how can Hirst be such a great artist if he lacks a basic knowledge of history/myth/symbolism, if he lacks the vocabulary, the ability to insert visual shorthand like a hypertext link? And how much less rich an experience is it for the viewer who lacks the ability to recognise and follow such links? Postmodernism surely requires an even greater grasp of symbolism, as it's increasingly an art of gesture alone. If Damien's at all clever, it's because he's recognised that modern art has disappeared up its own backside, and drawn the only logical conclusion about his place in the scheme of things. There's a boy that's going places, even if he smells funny." http://www.sisters.co.za/interviews/interview.php?id=11 hey now hey now now...  May 19 12 04:51 pm Link I'm disappointed to hear that Bowie likes Hirst. I thought Bowie was a genius, but he did lose it sometime between  Monsters and Let's Dance, and never regained it since. Much respect to Eldritch. I love the Sisters of Mercy, though they are not as prolific in content or genius as Bowie, and Andrew has not aged as well as David, even though he is younger. May 19 12 05:01 pm Link May 19 12 05:16 pm Link Jo Warner Photography wrote: And by his own admission he is not anything like the singer Bowie is. May 19 12 05:32 pm Link Art of CIP wrote: That was pretty funny. May 19 12 05:36 pm Link Art of CIP wrote:
May 19 12 05:37 pm Link MMDesign wrote: Eliza C wrote: Whenever I share that with people I know that aren't creatives - they totally don't get it. But whenever I show that to other creatives - they always see the humor in it. If you don't get "A"rt - you'll never understand the humor of it... May 19 12 05:52 pm Link Art of CIP wrote:
May 19 12 06:08 pm Link Art of CIP wrote: I don't get it May 19 12 06:14 pm Link SPRINGHEEL wrote: I laughed! I cried! I saw it again! May 19 12 06:30 pm Link SPRINGHEEL wrote: You're still young jedi, it'll make more sense when you're older. May 20 12 06:32 am Link Reflected wrote: Hirst would be the Terry Richardson of Palette Mayhem. May 20 12 06:33 am Link MMDesign wrote: No, it won't May 20 12 08:39 am Link SPRINGHEEL wrote: Fine grumpy. May 20 12 08:44 am Link MMDesign wrote: Hennessy Youngman would be the neural anesthetic. May 21 12 07:44 am Link |
