'Angel of the South' sculptures revealed!

[8ball]

I think it has to be the house on the pile of rubble for pure comedy value.

 

[untethered]

I'd say that the values of the contemporary art world are so twisted that it's only possible to produce good work by sneaking it under the radar.

For example, producing a substantial, representative piece and then concocting a perverse pseudo-intellectual narrative around it to keep the critics happy.

 

[untethered]

I think it has to be the house on the pile of rubble for pure comedy value.

There's nothing funny about vandalising England.

 

[DotCommunist]

There's nothing funny about vandalising England.

Why did no one tell this to post war town planners

 

[8ball]

There's nothing funny about vandalising England.

Actually, the more I think about it the more appropriate the 'house on rubble' sculpture seems.

Choosing this one would mark a rare moment of self-awareness - it works on so many levels.

Can I vote again?

 

[i-am-your-idea]

If you're going to have a horse, at least make it a cool pre-Roman horse:

he is one cool horse.

 

[untethered]

Why did no one tell this to post war town planners

They did, but they weren't listening.

"Come friendly bombs..."

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

At a time when we're told that riding horses is more dangerous than taking class A drugs....The horse wins it by a nose.

The Angel of the South

Personally I think it looks stupid, but I guess someone likes it.

 

[editor]

Hooray! The urban choice wins!

 

[5t3IIa]

I like huge art and huge art in the shape of hosries is even better

 

[christonabike]

Why not a cow?

 

[fractionMan]

Or a dinosaur?

That would be

 

[tarannau]

Horses are rubbish. I'd prefer a big sheepdog up there.

 

[zenie]

I quite like the horse, i wonder if you can climb on it?

I really liked the massive chair and table they had on Hampstead Common, that would have been great

 

[Biddlybee]

Got some ropes?

Not sure I like it, it's a bit scary.

 

[Brainaddict]

It just doesn't have anything to it does it? It looks like a giant-sized toy horse from a children's playset. It's not doing anything - just standing there looking like a spare wheel. It doesn't evoke anything (too literal to evoke the chalk horses as its supposedly meant to). It doesn't make you think. It's not aesthetically pleasing, except in as far as horse-shapes generally are aesthetically pleasing. What's the POINT of it?

Now if they'd made it nibble the top of the pylon behind it as though grazing on galvanised steel, that would have been

 

[zenie]

What's the POINT of it?

Do you like art?

 

[DotCommunist]

It just doesn't have anything to it does it? It looks like a giant-sized toy horse from a children's playset. It's not doing anything - just standing there looking like a spare wheel. It doesn't evoke anything (too literal to evoke the chalk horses as its supposedly meant to). It doesn't make you think. It's not aesthetically pleasing, except in as far as horse-shapes generally are aesthetically pleasing. What's the POINT of it?

Now if they'd made it nibble the top of the pylon behind it as though grazing on galvanised steel, that would have been

It's a giant horse. It needs no point.

 

[ricbake]

It's the wrong horse - it should be this one!

 

[Brainaddict]

Do you like art?

Okay, maybe it was badly phrased. Things don't have to have a point.

But while it is art, I don't see how it can be considered good art. It's just a big horse. I mean, well done and all that, but why not do something interesting/evocative/beautiful while they're at it?

 

[Brainaddict]

It's the wrong horse - it should be this one!

Now a giant rearing horse would look great, as well as having some historical meaning. Instead it's just standing there like a lemon

 

[tarannau]

It's a bit chocolate box and unchallenging, isn't it.

You can't even fit marauding Celts in there for a bit of Trojan ransacking action.

 

[zenie]

Okay, maybe it was badly phrased. Things don't have to have a point.

But while it is art, I don't see how it can be considered good art. It's just a big horse. I mean, well done and all that, but why not do something interesting/evocative/beautiful while they're at it?

I was only teasing you

It's a giant fuckin horse, giant, that's the point!

 

[ChrisFilter]

What a bunch of shit. If you're gonna do a massive anything, should be a cool looking 3 giant lions thing like from the beginning of Setanta's coverage of England games.

That'd be cool

 

[tarannau]

What are horses good for anyway? Chasing foxes, quaint transport for stockbrokers' children and midget-betting syndicate fodder aside.

 

[Fruitloop]

I reckon a good thing would just be a massive pylon like the ones in the background, but with no wires.

 

[DotCommunist]

What are horses good for anyway? Chasing foxes, quaint transport for stockbrokers' children and midget-betting syndicate fodder aside.

Good eating on 'em

 

[DotCommunist]

I reckon a good thing would just be a massive pylon like the ones in the background, but with no wires.

I'd have preferred a big Eye of Sauron

 

[Crispy]

I'd have preferred a big Eye of Sauron

Now you're talking!

Maybe the horse can have red laser eyes

 

[Brainaddict]

I reckon a good thing would just be a massive pylon like the ones in the background, but with no wires.

I quite like that. A pylon looming over the pylons looming over the countryside

This is the thing, and I know I sound like some kind of philistine, but people like us really can come up with better ideas than these so-called artists. Especially after a few rounds in the pub