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Bars Of Used Soap On A Rod Hanging From The Ceiling Are Arts
(Miroslaw Balka's Work Is Currently On Display At The Tate Modern) The Tate Modern has bought (using taxpayers' money) an exhibit which is bars of used soap skewered onto a rod which hangs from the ceiling. I appreciate different things are art to different people but not with taxpayers' money.
 pallan281  11 May 2008 20:21
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Yes they are art! But Artie must do better.
 
 keepmindok  24 Jul 2008 10:49
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They certainly are, but no art is to be taken at face value.
 
 Damian  12 May 2008 00:55
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The piece is called soap and steel and yes it is art.
If you are not happy with the purchase using tax dollars write to the agency that handles acquisitions and express your dislike of their purchase. You will never buy a piece of art with taxpayer dollars that all taxpayers will like, that is just impossible.
 
 openurmind  11 May 2008 20:50
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li nk
 
 verum  04 Aug 2008 08:19
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I agree 100% with your statement. Art is not just anything. I have seen, in a public gallery, 50 pounds of sand on the floor, roughly shaped as a square, nothing else; is that art ?
There is a limit to what I can accept as Art...
 
 Garamond  12 May 2008 00:09
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 Art is not just anything - Art is everything.
by  Damian
 12 May 2008 00:54
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