Saturday, January 06, 2007

Are any modern artists not complete bastards? The buffoonish chappy Italian/Dane in the link wants to dye the summit of Mont Blanc red to protest pollution in the Alps. If he really cares about the environmental issue, surely there are any number of productive activities he might pursue; these would likely not, however, generate the same publicity as a massive eyesore. I'm sorry, this is not Andy Goldsworthy, it is plain egotism. if you were wondering, the "artist's" curriculum vitae includes defacing an iceberg, and, oh yes, he's the complete bastard that put live goldfish in a blender and claimed it was art. Shouldn't a real artist be able to actually produce art, not just graffiti and damage? Why can't he just mock Mahomet like the good Danes? If French mountaineers attack him with piolets and crampons, is it art?