Giant turd causes havoc (thread dedicated to Flut)

javaboy

http://www.smh.com.au/news/arts/giant-dog-turd-causes-havoc/2008/08/12/1218306839711.html

The Internet wrote:

A GIANT inflatable dog turd by the American artist Paul McCarthy has blown away from an exhibition in the garden of a Swiss museum, bringing down a power line and breaking a greenhouse window before landing again.

The art work, Complex ****, is the size of a house.

The wind carried it 200 metres from the Paul Klee Centre in Bern before it fell back to earth in the grounds of a children's home, said the museum's director, Dr Juri Steiner.

The inflatable turd broke the window at the children's home when it blew away on the night of July 31, Steiner said.

The art work has a safety system that normally makes it deflate when there is a storm, but this did not work when it blew away.

Steiner said McCarthy had not yet been contacted and the museum was not sure if the artwork would displayed again.

The artist first became known in the 1970s for his visceral performances and film works. During the 1990s he extended his practice to stand-alone sculptural figures and installations. Most recently, he has made a series of large inflatable sculptures.

He is known for tackling taboo subjects in ambitious installations that often turn fairytales into messy nightmares.

The escape of the inflatable turd is reminiscent of another event involving the rock group Pink Floyd.

In December 1976 a giant inflatable pig was tethered to one of the chimneys of the Battersea power station for a photographic shoot for the album Animals. Unfortunately, the pig broke free and was spotted by aircraft approaching Heathrow Airport.

The former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters lost another inflatable pig at the Coachella festival in April.

Commence puns.

chin_grin

He is known for tackling taboo subjects in ambitious installations that often turn fairytales into messy nightmares.

Cannot.come.up.with.adequate.pun.......AAAAAAAAAAAGH.

andrew

Must've been caused quite a big shitstorm.*


*I'll get my coat

patmac

Just as well it didn't run into a windfarm or the shit really would have hit the fan bigtime.

jigglywoo

Now that's what you call a floater :P

Silenceisbliss

sh1t happens

cormie

maybe it was bursting to go to the toilet and wanted the **** to hit the fan? that's sadly the best I've got so far

javaboy

Can you imagine the conversation when he was applying for a grant to create this monstrosity?

"You want to make a giant inflatable what? :eek:"

brianthebard

Man postmodern art is sh!t.

Turd Ferguson

This thread is shit...
FAIL :pac:

CtrlSource

i think they call that 'performance art'

cormie

Arty farty

FX Meister

CtrlSource wrote: »

i think they call that 'performance art'

No they dont

Adam

FX Meister wrote: »

No they dont

TRUTH
This man speaks it.

javaboy

Apparently after it smashed the window of a children's home, it became entangled in some nearby washing lines. It was touching cloth when they found it.

I heard the "artist" is going to make a second attempt at this exhibit called "Complex Shit - Number Two".

FlutterinBantam

javaboy wrote: »

Apparently after it smashed the window of a children's home, it became entangled in some nearby washing lines. It was touching cloth when they found it.

I heard the "artist" is going to make a second attempt at this exhibit called "Complex Shit - Number Two".

Complex Shít????

Nothing complex about a shít. Engage the pewter..down..stoop... walnut at 45 degrees...push... splaaaaathr....... swipe....up.. and away you go.

Artist is reading too much into these simple things I fear.