School of Saatchi
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- raskolnikov0
I'm very much keen on 'modern' art, call it what you will, but this show and these artists fail, for me, because they produce nothing with any personality. Nothing has any meaning. There is literally no social commentary or narrative to glean from any of their superficial assemblages.
And look what 'won', the dizziest of them all, all because she happened to find a tree trunk smashed on top of a fence. Now don't get me wrong I thought it looked great, but it was a pure accident.
This is pub art, 'fun' ideas that 'become art' merely because someone has made them and put them in a space on a show. Saatchi has become Midas and to me is irresponsible with the power his money has brought. Careers are made and lost because he says so, should he buy a piece from a young artist they are immediately 'sought after' and the market is made. Midas goes on perpetuating the worth of the unworthy. Ultimately, you have to look at this show in it's correct context; it is a 'reality' TV show. A 'reality' that bears no relation to actual reality but a reality born through the eyes of TV producers needing to gain reactions from the public. boxes needed to be checked, demographics covered, emotions stirred.
All in all it's exactly what you would expect from Saatchi; hype and advertising.