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Man held for hitting urinal work

 
 
Reply Fri 6 Jan, 2006 04:19 pm
Some people get all excited about public sculptures. No art work will ever please all.
I find it not even bad looking. Not as ugly as those cannons or tanks one sees in public places.
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Man held for hitting urinal work

Fountain is considered a landmark work of modernism
A 77-year-old Frenchman has spent a night in custody in Paris after attacking a plain porcelain urinal considered to be a major artwork.

The urinal, made in 1917 by the French-US artist Marcel Duchamp, was slightly chipped when the man hit it with a hammer on Wednesday.

Called Fountain, the piece was attacked at the Pompidou Centre in Paris.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4587988.stm
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Chai
 
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Reply Fri 6 Jan, 2006 04:42 pm
Now I'm pissed.
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detano inipo
 
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Reply Fri 6 Jan, 2006 05:06 pm
Please wipe yourself.
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LionTamerX
 
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Reply Fri 6 Jan, 2006 05:49 pm
It's the second time he's done it too...Weird.

Maybe it's a fetish thing.
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detano inipo
 
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Reply Fri 6 Jan, 2006 06:41 pm
The man is deranged; probably a religious fanatic.
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ossobuco
 
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Reply Fri 6 Jan, 2006 06:59 pm
Good grief, what now. I suppose it'll have to be put behind glass...
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detano inipo
 
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Reply Fri 6 Jan, 2006 07:15 pm
osso, you break me up. wonderful
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ossobuco
 
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Reply Fri 6 Jan, 2006 07:16 pm
Or in a shower stall..



To be serious, I hate having to protect every thing, it is soooo distancing.
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boomerang
 
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Reply Fri 6 Jan, 2006 07:21 pm
I love Dada.

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Police said the man claimed the hammer attack was a work of performance art that Marcel Duchamp himself would have appreciated.


You know, he could very well be right about that.
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detano inipo
 
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Reply Fri 6 Jan, 2006 08:36 pm
My favourite is dada Maman Raray.
Or Man Ray to normal people.
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Shapeless
 
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Reply Sat 7 Jan, 2006 03:32 pm
Absolutely brilliant. As long as there are people who react that way to Dada, Dada will always have the last laugh. I can't help but tip my hat to Monsieur Duchamp.
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