Turner prize

[mungbeanz]

So this year the Turner Prize went to a man who put a bin on the floor.

http://www.dailymail....-rubbish-bin-art.html

The comments section is full of the usual "It's not art!" comments, but the common defence is that we're all ignorant and just don't get it.

Can someone please explain why modern art is to be appreciated?

[Old_Geezer]

Well I guess if it captures your attention and has no other use, then it's art and has been appreciated by you.

Personally I prefer the old fashioned oil paintings that looked like what they were supposed to show.

[rojash]

Have you not read "The Emperor's New Clothes"?

[jno]

"So this year the Turner Prize went to a man who put some paint on a piece of canvas."

There now, does that sound any better? In both cases of course, there is a good deal of oversimplification involved. As for claiming that this somehow represents all of modern art...

[mungbeanz]

But we know that real art is not putting things down. The paint will be arranged in a way that shows talent and understanding of the subject. Tracy Emin's pants on a bed is not the same at all.

[Frank97]

I can't explain it myself but I do like it.

[rowanwitch]

the metal structure with the coloured plates and the ceiling effect are actully rather appealing in gving the feeling of park as is apparently the intent the bin is an interesting counterpoint in that it appears to be drawing away from the representative aspects of the work as if mans rubbish does not belong in an open space... it works for me...

[jno]

so have you actually seen the prizewinning piece of art? That would be a good start...

[rowanwitch]

seen a lot of pictures would be interestred to see it for real

[jno]

it looks white in some photos I've seen, cream in others. But it's a 3D experience, not 2D like a photo. I don't see the point of judging it on the basis of something in a newspaper.

[anagram]

Erm....am I missing something here...it's a rubbish bin! A lop sided rubbish bin in an attractive colour....but a rubbish bin! How is that art?

[jno]

it's not a rubbish bin, it's the whole room. Seeing photos of bits of an artwork is never going to be a useful basis for judging it, unless you're the Mail of course.