Not all it's cracked up to be

[Troll]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...8/ntate108.xml

Just another mad Doris?

Made by Colombian artist Doris Salcedo and entitled Shibboleth, the fissure is the latest monumental piece to fill Tate Modern's giant Turbine Hall in the rolling Unilever series of commissions.

What may not be glaringly obvious to visitors is that Shibboleth is laden with meaning as deep as the crack itself, according to Salcedo.

She explained that it was a statement about racism and the gap between Europeans and the rest of mankind.

She went on: "It represents borders, the experience of immigrants, the experience of segregation, the experience of racial hatred.

"It is the experience of a Third World person coming into the heart of Europe.

[TheFaQQer]

How deep is it?

"It’s bottomless. It’s as deep as humanity,"

No it isn't - it's about 3 feet deep in places. Or is that just a damning indictment of the state of humanity today?

[alreadypacked]

No it isn't - it's about 3 feet deep in places. Or is that just a damning indictment of the state of humanity today?

Or is that just a damning indictment of the state of workmanship today

[DBA_bloke]

"It is the experience of a Third World person coming into the heart of Europe."

Only if that crack is filled with gold - cheeky feckin' c**t.

[Dundeegeorge]

Envy is a nasty thing

I admire the artist. Keeping a straight face while explaining your work is the only asset you need. I wonder how many artists would be free to follow their dream and perhaps achieve their potential if agencies were closed down.......

[shelby68]

Should get some Polish builders in to fix that...

[VectraMan]

Two vistors to the Tate Modern have fallen into the hole which forms the centrepiece of the new installation in the Turbine Hall.
The pair, who were at a private viewing of Doris Salcedo's Shibboleth 2007, were not seriously injured.

The London museum said there were no incidents when it was opened to the public for the first time on Tuesday.

A Tate spokeswoman added there were no plans to place barriers around the 167-metre long crack at this stage.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7037536.stm

[Churchill]

Shibboleth - It's not about racism, it's about thpeech impedimenths!!!

[TheFaQQer]

I admire the artist. Keeping a straight face while explaining your work is the only asset you need. I wonder how many artists would be free to follow their dream and perhaps achieve their potential if agencies were closed down.......

A friend of a friend of mine tried modern art as a joke.

He buried a leather jacket for six months to let it go mouldy a bit, and then passed it off as an indication of the state of the cattle industry in the UK.

It was critically acclaimed, and won some prize!

[NotAllThere]

A friend of a friend of mine tried modern art as a joke.

He buried a leather jacket for six months to let it go mouldy a bit, and then passed it off as an indication of the state of the cattle industry in the UK.

It was critically acclaimed, and won some prize!

Nice idea. Sounds pretty arty to me.