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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.] -- (*) 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 |
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BBC- 2012 Hindley image use condemned
"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 |
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BBC- 2012 Hindley image use condemned
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 |
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BBC- 2012 Hindley image use condemned
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 Bangalore- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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BBC- 2012 Hindley image use condemned
"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. Cheers, George W Russell Bangalore |
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BBC- 2012 Hindley image use condemned
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 |
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BBC- 2012 Hindley image use condemned
"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 |
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BBC- 2012 Hindley image use condemned
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 |
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scRunge "murders" us...
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 |
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BBC- 2012 Hindley image use condemned
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 Bangalore- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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