The Anonymous Widower

Is It Art?

There was a discussion as to whether some of the high-profile art in the UK recently, like Anthony Gormley’s Fourth Plinth, is actually art.  Perhaps, it is, but perhaps it is not.

In the 1960s, the Engineering Department at Liverpool University bought a set of modern prints.  Some wag put a beautifully typed and framed note beside one, which said “We would have liked to buy a painting by this artist, but unfortunately we could afford it.  So he was gracious enough to sell us the rag on which he wiped his brushes.”

Seriously though, I went to the University recently to see the Stuart Sutcliffe retrospective.  I don’t like modern art generally, but when it is good like some Warhol, I relate to it.  Now, the Sutcliffe paintings showed a certain talent.  I wonder what would have happened if he hadn’t died at 22.

July 24, 2009 - Posted by AnonW | World | Art, Beatles, Liverpool