Tracey Emin

[hellywelly4]

Tracey Emin has been made a dame. I just don't know what to say.  Anyone else have an opinion? 

[naomi24]

I do have an opinion - quite a poor one.

[10ClarionSt]

I've heard of her but never seen any of her work. Someone was obviously very impressed.

[hellywelly4]

I thought  'The Emperor's New Clothes' but didn't want to seem nasty!!

[ynnafymmi]

Hopefully once Starmer gets in all this nonsense will be abolished.Awards only to our war heroes.No more HOL,just some kind of senate.The Royal Family fine,just slimmed down.Sorted by Miffy.

[Ellipsis]

She's an iconic Brit, a prominent cancer survivor, and she's raised a lot for charity ...

[Cloverjo]

Hmmm. 
A bit ridiculous really, but I think most of these awards are. 
She was well-paid for her 'art'.

[Old_Geezer]

Was it for the tent, or the bed ?

[david small]

A mockery mocking the gullible.

[andy-hughes]

I had a chat with the gallery supervisor on a recent cruise I was on - all the sizeable cruise ships have a gallery where you can buy modern art, some really expensive.

She told me that the way to become famous these days, is to create something that no-one has done before.

That works fo Damian Hurst's and Tracey Emin's art - they have both done things not done before.

Now I honestly don't know enough about it to offer an informed opinion about what constitutes 'art', or what makes it valuable, but clearly they are both doing something right.

I prefer to think that my lack of understanding is my issue, rather than the artist's, or the consumer who pays six or seven figures for it.

Having said that, I know what I appreciate.

If I had the money to own Dali's Matamorphosis, or Swans Reflecting Elephants, or Hurst's diamond skull, I would.

[andy-hughes]

david - // A mockery mocking the gullible. //

We have cross-posted, but as you can see, I don't share your view.

Just because I don't understand something doesn't mean it's not either valid or valuable, it just means I don't understand it.

[ynnafymmi]

Didnt a French"artist"not can his own merde and called it art.Methinks Emin is following on from him.Yeuch.

[Ellipsis]

If one person falls for it, they're gullible. If a lot of people fall for it, it's a movement. Luckily it's only art, not politics ...

[andy-hughes]

ynnaf - // Didnt a French"artist"not can his own merde and called it art.Methinks Emin is following on from him.Yeuch. //

I so, he was doing as I suggested he needs to, which is creating something no-one has done before.

I don't mean the subject matter, just that he offered it as art, that had not been done before I imagine.

[douglas9401]

I can take or leave her art, always thought she could do with a wash though.

I'm sure my opinion will affect her not a jot.

[ynnafymmi]

But its not true art Andy.True art isnt throwing a paint pot over its viewers.If thats the case,we can all do it.We all have unmade beds,what makes Emins unmade bed so special?

[Cloverjo]

If Saatchi hadn't paid a million+ pound for her bed we might never have heard any more about her. 
 

I do like some of Emin's work. Now, what about a damehood for Beryl Cook? She's a proper artist, of the old school. 
 

[davebro3]

Is it a "metropolitan elite" thing? 

[Smowball]

Still can't get over the whole bed thing lol! 

[Ellipsis]

It's your King's thing ...

[ynnafymmi]

"your King",ellipsis?Surely our King?