‘Charles,’ said Cordelia, ‘Modern Art is all bosh, isn’t it?’<\/p>\n
“‘Great bosh.’<\/p>\n
“‘Oh, I’m so glad. I had an argument with one of our nuns and she said we shouldn’t try and criticize what we didn’t understand. Now I shall tell her I have had it straight from a real artist, and snubs to her.'”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Evelyn Waugh, himself an artist, probably would not have predicted the level of bosh to which modern art would eventually sink. Here<\/a> is an exhibition of invisible art currently on display in London:<\/p>\n But this empty sculpture stand is in fact the main attraction at a leading British gallery \u2013 and punters will be charged \u00a38 a head to see it.<\/p>\n The \u2018work\u2019 was created as a stunt by Andy Warhol and will form part of an exhibition of \u2018invisible art\u2019 at London\u2019s Hayward Gallery.<\/p>\n Visitors will be asked to look beyond \u2018material objects\u2019 and \u2018set their imaginations on fire\u2019 by looking at the empty gallery spaces.<\/p>\n Also included in the 50 \u2018invisible works\u2019 will be an empty piece of paper, an empty canvas and an empty space.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Asinine as it is, it may be preferable to this<\/a> less than appetising portrait of Stephen Harper:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In Brideshead Revisted, one of my favourite novels, the following exchange takes place: ‘Charles,’ said Cordelia, ‘Modern Art is all bosh, isn’t it?’ “‘Great bosh.’ “‘Oh, I’m so glad. I had an argument with one of our nuns and she … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Empty-art.jpg\" "\\"Empty"){kind=spacer}
It looks like the aftermath of a museum robbery.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Harper.jpg\" "\\"Harper\\"")
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