Bill Thompson (ArtsProfessional issue 16, December 17, p10) does art no favours when he suggests that it owes everything to ?context?.
An excellent work remains excellent regardless of whether it is on the wall of the Tate, or lying in a skip. Taking someone else?s photos and sticking them on your painting does not alter the fact that they are someone else?s photos. And pornography: that?s simple, really. It?s in the eye of the beholder. It may be a naked body, a face, an ankle or a piece of underwear; if it turns YOU on, it qualifies, m?lud.
Published: 14-01-2002