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May 17, 2005
Lucian Freud
There is a painting of a female nude in my copy of Metro newspaper today. I'm no artist, and it's easy of course being a critic, but it looks to me like something a spotty teenager might produce. The woman looks very plain, she is posed awkwardly, the colours are very drab, and her nakedness leaves nothing to the imagination.
Reading the article below, I discover that this painting is actually of the artist's daughter Bella, and is believed to be worth about $2 million. The mind boggles.
This picture is horrible. It's ugly, seedy, and leaves a bad taste in my mouth. If this is modern art, then I think it's being bought for perverse reasons rather than any actual aethstic ones. If I have a picture on my wall, I want to actually enjoy looking at it.
Posted by se71 at May 17, 2005 11:19 AM
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