



Out of time, and out of ideas….

These works of art were actually commissioned and paid for in advance of the display. Someone actually planned for days and weeks and months for these displays to look like this. One could expect the same level of artistry from a group of twelve year olds at a summer camp art show.

What’s the artist’s name? Who cares?

The oddly dressed mannequins are the work of an ‘artist’ who was selected to represent the UK at the biannual art show in Venice Italy. I cringed as I watched a video showing her work. Fortunately I had the sound muted so I did not have to hear her verbal explanations for what her visual art is about, or the ‘experts’ interspersed with the ‘art’ displays who also were explaining why this banal arrangement of mannequins is a life changing art event.

Have you ever met a window display worker who wanted to be an artist and actually was? Have you ever met an artist who worked with mannequins artlessly? Observe...