BBC- 2012 Hindley image use condemned

Whatever your opinion on the work in question (I remember thinking it
was provocative and interesting- but people obviously have different
opinions) it's incredible that anyone at Visit London thought it would
be a good idea to include it. I'm wondering if (a bit like the
Birmingham council ad which had the wrong Birmingham) this was farmed
out to people who didn't have a clue who Hindley was, and just saw a
striking image- i.e. people looking at a massive portrait...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7580261.stm

Downing Street and the mayor of London have condemned the use of a
portrait of murderer Myra Hindley in a video shown at a London 2012
event in Beijing.

The painting was shown in promotional footage produced by Visit London,
not the 2012 organisers.

A spokesman for Boris Johnson said the mayor was "deeply disturbed" the
image had been shown. A Downing Street spokesman said it was in "poor
taste".

Visit London said the image appeared fleetingly and had been shown
before.

[etc.]

--
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(email address on website) "If people think God is interesting, the
onus is on them to show that there is anything there to talk about.
Otherwise they should just shut up about it." -Richard Dawkins

"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" wrote in message
...
Whatever your opinion on the work in question (I remember thinking it
was provocative and interesting- but people obviously have different
opinions) it's incredible that anyone at Visit London thought it would
be a good idea to include it. I'm wondering if (a bit like the
Birmingham council ad which had the wrong Birmingham) this was farmed
out to people who didn't have a clue who Hindley was, and just saw a
striking image- i.e. people looking at a massive portrait...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7580261.stm

Downing Street and the mayor of London have condemned the use of a
portrait of murderer Myra Hindley in a video shown at a London 2012
event in Beijing.

The painting was shown in promotional footage produced by Visit London,
not the 2012 organisers.

A spokesman for Boris Johnson said the mayor was "deeply disturbed" the
image had been shown. A Downing Street spokesman said it was in "poor
taste".

Visit London said the image appeared fleetingly and had been shown
before.


A row easily avoided by picking out another piece.

However, it also says to me: "In London, people are free to look at diverse
and controversial examples of modern art (unlike in Beijing, where
talentless idiots make a career of churning out 500 almost identical pieces
in pseudo socialist-realist style and flog them to rich idiots in Hong Kong
and beyond via crappy Hollywood Road galleries)".

It must be said that Ann Widdecombe is a nut job. I assume (and hope) she's
too old, mad, fat and fundamentalist to get a job in the next Conservative
cabinet.

Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore

grusl wrote:

"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" wrote in message
...
Whatever your opinion on the work in question (I remember thinking it
was provocative and interesting- but people obviously have different
opinions) it's incredible that anyone at Visit London thought it would
be a good idea to include it. I'm wondering if (a bit like the
Birmingham council ad which had the wrong Birmingham) this was farmed
out to people who didn't have a clue who Hindley was, and just saw a
striking image- i.e. people looking at a massive portrait...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7580261.stm

Downing Street and the mayor of London have condemned the use of a
portrait of murderer Myra Hindley in a video shown at a London 2012
event in Beijing.

The painting was shown in promotional footage produced by Visit London,
not the 2012 organisers.

A spokesman for Boris Johnson said the mayor was "deeply disturbed" the
image had been shown. A Downing Street spokesman said it was in "poor
taste".

Visit London said the image appeared fleetingly and had been shown
before.


A row easily avoided by picking out another piece.

However, it also says to me: "In London, people are free to look at diverse
and controversial examples of modern art (unlike in Beijing, where
talentless idiots make a career of churning out 500 almost identical pieces
in pseudo socialist-realist style and flog them to rich idiots in Hong Kong
and beyond via crappy Hollywood Road galleries)".

It says that to me too- but I still think it was silly including it.

It must be said that Ann Widdecombe is a nut job.

She can always be relied upon to be outraged at 1130pm on a bank holiday
weekend.

--
(*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate -www.davidhorne.net
(email address on website) "If people think God is interesting, the
onus is on them to show that there is anything there to talk about.
Otherwise they should just shut up about it." -Richard Dawkins

On Aug 25, 3:58*am, "grusl" wrote:
"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" wrote in . uk...





Whatever your opinion on the work in question (I remember thinking it
was provocative and interesting- but people obviously have different
opinions) it's incredible that anyone at Visit London thought it would
be a good idea to include it. I'm wondering if (a bit like the
Birmingham council ad which had the wrong Birmingham) this was farmed
out to people who didn't have a clue who Hindley was, and just saw a
striking image- i.e. people looking at a massive portrait...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7580261.stm

Downing Street and the mayor of London have condemned the use of a
portrait of murderer Myra Hindley in a video shown at a London 2012
event in Beijing.

The painting was shown in promotional footage produced by Visit London,
not the 2012 organisers.

A spokesman for Boris Johnson said the mayor was "deeply disturbed" the
image had been shown. A Downing Street spokesman said it was in "poor
taste".

Visit London said the image appeared fleetingly and had been shown
before.

A row easily avoided by picking out another piece.

However, it also says to me: "In London, people are free to look at diverse
and controversial examples of modern art (unlike in Beijing, where
talentless idiots make a career of churning out 500 almost identical pieces
in pseudo socialist-realist style and flog them to rich idiots in Hong Kong
and beyond via crappy Hollywood Road galleries)".


There are no hacks in England churning out "art" for those who have
too much money and not enough taste?



It must be said that Ann Widdecombe is a nut job. I assume (and hope) she's
too old, mad, fat and fundamentalist to get a job in the next Conservative
cabinet.

Cheers,
George W Russell
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"PeterL" wrote in message
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On Aug 25, 3:58 am, "grusl" wrote:
"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" wrote in
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Whatever your opinion on the work in question (I remember thinking it
was provocative and interesting- but people obviously have different
opinions) it's incredible that anyone at Visit London thought it would
be a good idea to include it. I'm wondering if (a bit like the
Birmingham council ad which had the wrong Birmingham) this was farmed
out to people who didn't have a clue who Hindley was, and just saw a
striking image- i.e. people looking at a massive portrait...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7580261.stm

Downing Street and the mayor of London have condemned the use of a
portrait of murderer Myra Hindley in a video shown at a London 2012
event in Beijing.

The painting was shown in promotional footage produced by Visit London,
not the 2012 organisers.

A spokesman for Boris Johnson said the mayor was "deeply disturbed" the
image had been shown. A Downing Street spokesman said it was in "poor
taste".

Visit London said the image appeared fleetingly and had been shown
before.

A row easily avoided by picking out another piece.

However, it also says to me: "In London, people are free to look at
diverse
and controversial examples of modern art (unlike in Beijing, where
talentless idiots make a career of churning out 500 almost identical
pieces
in pseudo socialist-realist style and flog them to rich idiots in Hong
Kong
and beyond via crappy Hollywood Road galleries)".


There are no hacks in England churning out "art" for those who have
too much money and not enough taste?

I'm sure there are, but people are free to judge them on their merits. And
at least they're not making 500 near-identical pictures of Mao like you find
in the 798 Factory galleries.

Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore

grusl wrote:

[]
I'm sure there are, but people are free to judge them on their merits. And
at least they're not making 500 near-identical pictures of Mao like you find
in the 798 Factory galleries.

Worth pointing out that there is a burgeoning art scene in China at the
moment- increasingly sophisticated, and certainly catching the attention
of the kind of people the previous poster claims have to little taste
and too much money!

--
(*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate -www.davidhorne.net
(email address on website) "If people think God is interesting, the
onus is on them to show that there is anything there to talk about.
Otherwise they should just shut up about it." -Richard Dawkins

"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" wrote in message
...
grusl wrote:


I'm sure there are, but people are free to judge them on their merits.
And
at least they're not making 500 near-identical pictures of Mao like you
find
in the 798 Factory galleries.

Worth pointing out that there is a burgeoning art scene in China at the
moment- increasingly sophisticated, and certainly catching the attention
of the kind of people the previous poster claims have to little taste
and too much money!


It's all terribly subjective, I know, but I've been dragged around so much
modern Chinese art over the past 2 or 3 years in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong
Kong, New York and London, and to me it's all been ghastly and astoundingly
immature.

Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore

Only your best pals follow you on that one horny
No one cares and OT of course, but you don't care a bit as usual and martin
is soooo happy !
You made his day.

"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" a écrit dans le
message de ...
Whatever your opinion on the work in question (I remember thinking it
was provocative and interesting- but people obviously have different
opinions) it's incredible that anyone at Visit London thought it would
be a good idea to include it. I'm wondering if (a bit like the
Birmingham council ad which had the wrong Birmingham) this was farmed
out to people who didn't have a clue who Hindley was, and just saw a
striking image- i.e. people looking at a massive portrait...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7580261.stm

Downing Street and the mayor of London have condemned the use of a
portrait of murderer Myra Hindley in a video shown at a London 2012
event in Beijing.

The painting was shown in promotional footage produced by Visit London,
not the 2012 organisers.

A spokesman for Boris Johnson said the mayor was "deeply disturbed" the
image had been shown. A Downing Street spokesman said it was in "poor
taste".

Visit London said the image appeared fleetingly and had been shown
before.

[etc.]

--
(*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate -www.davidhorne.net
(email address on website) "If people think God is interesting, the
onus is on them to show that there is anything there to talk about.
Otherwise they should just shut up about it." -Richard Dawkins

scRunge12 blabbles:

Only your best pals follow you on that one horny
No one cares and OT of course, but you don't care a bit as usual and
martin
is soooo happy !
You made his day.


scRunge's whole life is a sordid and hapless farrago...


--
Best
Greg


"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" a écrit dans le
message de ...
Whatever your opinion on the work in question (I remember thinking it
was provocative and interesting- but people obviously have different
opinions) it's incredible that anyone at Visit London thought it would
be a good idea to include it. I'm wondering if (a bit like the
Birmingham council ad which had the wrong Birmingham) this was farmed
out to people who didn't have a clue who Hindley was, and just saw a
striking image- i.e. people looking at a massive portrait...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7580261.stm

Downing Street and the mayor of London have condemned the use of a
portrait of murderer Myra Hindley in a video shown at a London 2012
event in Beijing.

The painting was shown in promotional footage produced by Visit London,
not the 2012 organisers.

A spokesman for Boris Johnson said the mayor was "deeply disturbed" the
image had been shown. A Downing Street spokesman said it was in "poor
taste".

Visit London said the image appeared fleetingly and had been shown
before.

[etc.]

--
(*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate -www.davidhorne.net
(email address on website) "If people think God is interesting, the
onus is on them to show that there is anything there to talk about.
Otherwise they should just shut up about it." -Richard Dawkins

On Aug 25, 10:57*am, "grusl" wrote:
"PeterL" wrote in message

...
On Aug 25, 3:58 am, "grusl" wrote:





"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" wrote in
. uk...

Whatever your opinion on the work in question (I remember thinking it
was provocative and interesting- but people obviously have different
opinions) it's incredible that anyone at Visit London thought it would
be a good idea to include it. I'm wondering if (a bit like the
Birmingham council ad which had the wrong Birmingham) this was farmed
out to people who didn't have a clue who Hindley was, and just saw a
striking image- i.e. people looking at a massive portrait...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7580261.stm

Downing Street and the mayor of London have condemned the use of a
portrait of murderer Myra Hindley in a video shown at a London 2012
event in Beijing.

The painting was shown in promotional footage produced by Visit London,
not the 2012 organisers.

A spokesman for Boris Johnson said the mayor was "deeply disturbed" the
image had been shown. A Downing Street spokesman said it was in "poor
taste".

Visit London said the image appeared fleetingly and had been shown
before.

A row easily avoided by picking out another piece.

However, it also says to me: "In London, people are free to look at
diverse
and controversial examples of modern art (unlike in Beijing, where
talentless idiots make a career of churning out 500 almost identical
pieces
in pseudo socialist-realist style and flog them to rich idiots in Hong
Kong
and beyond via crappy Hollywood Road galleries)".
There are no hacks in England churning out "art" for those who have
too much money and not enough taste?

I'm sure there are, but people are free to judge them on their merits. And
at least they're not making 500 near-identical pictures of Mao like you find
in the 798 Factory galleries.


Are you sure if there is enough money someone would not be doing just
that in England or anywhere else in the world?



Cheers,
George W Russell
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