The nominees for the ridiculous charade that is the Turner Prize have been announced, and the favourite is Mark Wallinger, whose great contribution to the world of art has been the recreation of the vast anti-war demonstration/eyesore established in Parliament Square by the deranged far-leftist Brian Haw.
There is much that one might wish to say about modern "art". I certainly cannot see how such rubbish can be considered art, under any meaningful definition of the word.
However, Wallinger's pathetic piece is in this respect no more awful than most other Turner nominees, so I would have avoided commenting on it, but for one thing: am I the only one who finds incredibly annoying the manner in which leftists in the art world will stop at nothing to promote their views? One cannot go to the theatre nowadays without being subjected to some liberal, anti-war/anti-capitalist/anti-Christian rant, masquerading as "challenging, thought-provoking theatre". Now, it seems, you cannot set foot in an art gallery without being confronted with similar leftist rubbish. Another good reason for withdrawing all public funding from the arts, I think.
(Cross-posted at ATW)
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