tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22518525.post6816228912043686511..comments2023-10-27T11:18:27.852+11:00Comments on From the notebook of.: Art prize scandal: trustees look even stupiderS Simmondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13082268725118026028noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22518525.post-90663788075209580742010-04-24T08:50:03.976+10:002010-04-24T08:50:03.976+10:00I am amused by your tone. The world needs more cha...I am amused by your tone. The world needs more characters like you.<br /><br />I'm also amused by the nerve of the copier.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08023844543481324561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22518525.post-28146167700535066612010-04-16T00:01:07.724+10:002010-04-16T00:01:07.724+10:00Bazza,
I think it's too hard to pass judgment...Bazza,<br /><br />I think it's too hard to pass judgment on the relative merits of each painting without seeing them both in the flesh.<br /><br />I have no problem with art referencing other art - it's not easy to be fully original. People, after all, tend to consider art through the prism of all that which they have already experienced.<br /><br />That aside, it remains that the S Simmondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13082268725118026028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22518525.post-28163685852937922082010-04-15T23:20:33.136+10:002010-04-15T23:20:33.136+10:00Tom, you remind me of a Doonesbury character.
We...Tom, you remind me of a Doonesbury character.<br /><br /><br />We give you Neighbours and Rolf Harris, and we get to keep Dav Graney and The Church. Well actually, you got them too, but fortunately they came back here.<br /><br />At least Rolf Harris has found somewhere where he's warmly appreciated.S Simmondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13082268725118026028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22518525.post-28166686855365126932010-04-15T21:30:32.208+10:002010-04-15T21:30:32.208+10:00I'm a bit of an expert on art.
Give me Rolf Ha...I'm a bit of an expert on art.<br />Give me Rolf Harris or give me death! Have you noticed how his eyes follow you every where?<br />I think you and Bazza are geniuses!Tom Eagerlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22518525.post-84218395105588944732010-04-15T06:52:04.912+10:002010-04-15T06:52:04.912+10:00Most major new works of art refer to what has gone...Most major new works of art refer to what has gone before and they always have done so. <br />But my biggest complaint about this picture would be that <i>it is inferior to the original</i>. Compare them here: http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/1039434/art-prize-winner-in-plagiarism-storm<br />The original has a wonderful depth that the modern version lacks.<br />The recession of the bazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794010156639774028noreply@blogger.com