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Kate Moss: Art or Not? (Discussion)

MayMay said – Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:25:26 -0000 ( Edit Link )

Last week, Kate Moss - a fashion icon, was sculpted in gold.

A new statue of the controversial model was unveiled at a British museum for an exhibition this month. The statue, entitled “Siren”, depicts her in a yoga contortion.

Marc Quinn, the artist behind the art piece takes credit for designing the largest gold statue to be produced since the time of Ancient Egypt!

I’m curious to hear your thoughts. Does Kate Moss deserve the kind of compliment normally reserved for Egyptian queens and mythological goddesses? Or has Quinn created a masterpiece?

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chandra_avinash said – Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:02:24 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

There definitely is a symbolic value in using gold to create the statue. However, whether the subject should have been different or not is a debatable topic.
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1. MayMay said – Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:12:59 -0000 ( Flag Edit Link )
  
  You bring up a good point, Avinash. Quinn could have selected a regular nomal everyday person, and the creation still would have created a stir.
  
  To see the clay version of this Kate Moss artwork.
  
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kevingraham1 said – Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:29:46 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

May,you make a statement that anyone in Gold would cause a stir.
Do you not think in a society where celebrity is King and controversy is our breakfast lunch and dinner, that any person would get a reaction?
I think finding a person of celebrity and controversy and telling the world it has created a goddess out of them speaks volumes.
This art has a meaning we may not all like to hear.
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1. riddi said – Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:00:37 -0000 ( Flag Edit Link )
  
  well whats contentious…..here is what i wonder wether the appreciation of the art or the staute takin a figure we resemble with kate moss….to appreciate its not necessary to relate it with a celebrity…..the common man the layman the ones who are busy in their chores when look at the statue i suppose see the art n not the celeb figure(coz the celeb is in wilderness for them like the artisian in my village n not the metropoilitan burghers)……n then the question arises if ever the art should take the cruches of celebrity to come into light………as mentioned above…..coz then i wonder if ever the the lady in the potrait of monalisa was ever a celebrity…..was she…;)
  
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Shouldice said – Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:10:52 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

I like it, there should be more statues made of gold. use more gold. the more gold is used for sculptures the higher the price of gold the happier I am….of course stop driving your car so that the price of gas goes down…thanks
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1. lucyinthesky said – Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:02:45 -0000 ( Flag Edit Link )
  
  Hahaha nice. Well, maybe 1000 years from now people will find this statue and think it was the goddess of our time. Maybe that’s true.
  
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2. MayMay said – Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:34:02 -0000 ( Flag Edit Link )
  
  I second that! Gold never goes out of style. Ever seen the Mandalay Bay Hotel Resort in Vegas?! It’s shiny!
  
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chandra_avinash said – Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:30:44 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

It’s quirky enough to put it in a time capsule
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MayMay said – Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:40:33 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

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1. oLahav said – Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:49:53 -0000 ( Flag Edit Link )
  
  That was just painful.
  
  I actually like silver better than gold. A lot more elegant in my opinion.
  
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kevingraham1 said – Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:21:04 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

Different era of art altogether. I was looking at the era created and ideals behind the suject.
I like your vision of it, however.
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