Artist Jake Chapman sparks a debate by condemning taking children to art galleries as a "total waste of time".
Quick! Scratch that summer holiday trip to the Tate! Taking children to art galleries is a "total waste of time", according to one of Britain's top artists.
Jake Chapman, half of the revered Chapman brothers duo, called parents "arrogant" for thinking children could understand such complex artists as Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko. He says that standing a child in front of a Pollock is an "insult" to the American who pioneered the abstract expressionism. "It's like saying... it's as moronic as a child? Children are not human yet," the father-of-three declared... Keep reading on The Independent
Quick! Scratch that summer holiday trip to the Tate! Taking children to art galleries is a "total waste of time", according to one of Britain's top artists.
Jake Chapman, half of the revered Chapman brothers duo, called parents "arrogant" for thinking children could understand such complex artists as Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko. He says that standing a child in front of a Pollock is an "insult" to the American who pioneered the abstract expressionism. "It's like saying... it's as moronic as a child? Children are not human yet," the father-of-three declared... Keep reading on The Independent