Modern British life!
One of these images illustrates the work of an ‘artistic radical with a cool intellectual agenda’ being an ‘iconic portrait of a complex allegorical description of modern British life’. It has graced the home of ‘style experts’ such as Elton John and is now owned by the Tate gallery.
The other is so offensive that it is necessary to apologise for even being in the same room…..
Your starter for ten…a or b?
- JuliaM
January 22, 2014 at 6:32 pm -
Racism has now officially jumped the shark.
- Mudplugger
January 22, 2014 at 8:39 pm -
Sure I saw those chairs at the Ideal Ho Exhibition.
- Moor Larkin
January 22, 2014 at 9:32 pm -
It’s those bloody 1970’s again.
http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw18998/Allen-Jones- Eyes Wide Shut
January 22, 2014 at 10:28 pm -
Oh, Moor you killer!
How ever did they get away with it: “sexy school girls – in KINKY BOOTS”.
Love the reference to how the “kinkiness” is still on the ration. You’re not my Dad, by any chance?
- Moor Larkin
January 23, 2014 at 9:57 am -
“sexy LITTLE school girls” is the quote I think.
Time for Patrick MacNee to be outed I think, and Honor Blackman to be blackballed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q-e_T4WRcs- Eyes Wide Shut
January 23, 2014 at 10:51 am
- Eyes Wide Shut
- Moor Larkin
- Eyes Wide Shut
- Margaret Jervis
January 22, 2014 at 10:10 pm -
Is (a) @louisemensch? She has a post-modernist ‘sense of humour’ but is a virulent ‘Angry Bird’ re the rennard stuff. I would expect that (a) is seen as a post-modernist comment on female exploitation ala dada – the reality! Whereas (b)is seen an uncouth kitsch, bad taste and racism
Your call!
- JimS
January 22, 2014 at 10:13 pm -
Allen Jones of (a) fame was on the BBC today to tell us that (b) was in poor taste.
- Moor Larkin
January 22, 2014 at 10:15 pm - Eyes Wide Shut
January 22, 2014 at 10:24 pm -
Oh, that’s different. She’s a Russian slut. One of those Russians who come over here and buy up our football teams, unlike good old Reg Dwight who bought himself a football team wot he was entitled to, being a local boy, even he is a shirt-lifter ‘n ‘all. Them Russians in our public schools , thinkin’ they can buy a bit of class for their pototo-headed sprogs, straight off some fackin’ ghetto in Eastern Europe. Tec, etc.
Poor girl made the usual immigrant’s mistake: some people here with a lot of money and style do this, so I should do it too.
Welcome to England: no one ever gets it right. Only some people get it more right than others .. for longer.
- Clarissa
January 22, 2014 at 11:39 pm -
They both look like excellent examples of Forniphilia to me…
- Moor Larkin
January 23, 2014 at 11:06 am -
There must be a male gay version surely.
If there isn’t, it’s a shocking gap in the market awaiting exploitation.
- Moor Larkin
- Ed P
January 23, 2014 at 10:44 am -
If a black woman sat upon (a), would that be racist?
- Ian Reid
January 23, 2014 at 3:21 pm -
A long time lurker here. As you might expectg the Guardian’s take on this is beyond parody.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/22/racist-chair-shocking-cruel-reminder
Personally I’m shocked at the sexism they display in assuming Dasha Zhukova is only where she is because she has a rich boyfriend, isn’t she allowed to be a success in her own right?
But we can be thankful that the Metropolitan Police are keeping us safe from people shouting “Yid” at Tottenham Hotspur football matches.
- binao
January 29, 2014 at 8:18 am -
Good to see that you’re back Anna.
Brain’s working like porage, but wasn’t there something in a similar line to these dubious artworks, but used for parking a bike?
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