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Acrylic-bob · 02-11-2011, 15:13

Row as art work at Hyndburn pub falls flat (From Lancashire Telegraph)

Looking at the story and then the comments written after it, It appears that things "arty" are not really getting much better. I loved the "...overpaid muppet" comment but the delicious irony of Britcliffe's comment took my breath away. Thank you Peter, better late than never. And the bit about the posters being "... part of Lancashire Museum's Cultural Olympiad" made me laugh so much it was almost worth the money wasted on it. Almost, but not quite.

Neil · 02-11-2011, 15:39

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Originally Posted by Acrylic-bob

Row as art work at Hyndburn pub falls flat (From Lancashire Telegraph)

Looking at the story and then the comments written after it, It appears that things "arty" are not really getting much better. I loved the "...overpaid muppet" comment but the delicious irony of Britcliffe's comment took my breath away. Thank you Peter, better late than never. And the bit about the posters being "... part of Lancashire Museum's Cultural Olympiad" made me laugh so much it was almost worth the money wasted on it. Almost, but not quite.

Your comments are as pathetic as the the overpaid muppet comment, both of you obviously have no idea what you are talking about.

Acrylic-bob · 02-11-2011, 16:16

Neil, hi! Thanks for the enthusiastic 'welcome back'. I knew I could count on you. I'm sure you'll be pleased to hear that now the closed season is here again I shall have oodles of time to poke fun at and be generally disrespectful to those who think themselves better than the rest of us. I'm going to take it easy for a few days, just until I get back into my stride again and then watch me go. I have loads of un-PC opinions and rants just bursting to get out.

cashman · 02-11-2011, 16:48

Nice one A-B welcome back.

Tealeaf · 02-11-2011, 16:55

Given the precedent of this artwork on the Commercial pub, I wonder if this building could now be Hyndburn’s answer to the fourth plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square. As most of you are probably aware, this plinth was empty for many years because the powers that be did not know whom or what to put on there. Over the last ten years or so, though, we’ve had a sailing ship in a bottle, an armless and legless pregnant woman (that was absolutely ghastly) and clowns stood on there for one hour, 24 hours a day for a year. That was fun.

With a subtle nod to the Commercials location, maybe someone could stick a barge in a bottle up on the roof. Or we could be really daring and stick a panopticon up there. Or maybe use the location as a site for an annual ‘Flash Mob’.

garinda · 02-11-2011, 17:20

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Originally Posted by Neil

Your comments are as pathetic as the the overpaid muppet comment, both of you obviously have no idea what you are talking about.

I'm at a loss.

Why is A--b's opinion dismissed as pathetic?

He's probably the most academically qualified person on here, when it comes to talking about art. Certainly a little more so than myself. Which is probably why we were both approached by the organisation involved to sit on their board.

On this occasion I actually liked what these people did. I thought it was bold, and worked as a piece of enviromental art.

As I presume it was funded by the lottery, I've no problem there. That's profit raised from people who choose to play it. It's not tax.

My only comment was regarding the execution. Noting that it started to peel off, only a few weeks after it was done. That seemed a shame, after all the work that the young people must have put into it.

The wet and damp weather doesn't affect billboards like that. They're up for months.

When it was first done I think it visually looked better than it does now.

But as Gayle said, it wasn't meant to be there forever. It was a short-term project, as far as the end display was concerned.

Acrylic-bob · 02-11-2011, 17:41

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Originally Posted by garinda

I'm at a loss.

Why is A--b's opinion dismissed as pathetic?

Yeah, Why was my opinion dismissed as "pathetic"? Come on, big boy, explain yourself.

Atarah · 02-11-2011, 18:15

Gosh, hello Acrylic-bob. Welcome back, where you bin?

Acrylic-bob · 02-11-2011, 18:40

Hi Honey, I've been in sunny Blackpool, feeding folk. It's nice to be home.

Bee · 04-11-2011, 16:09

Decorations on Commercial gone.........

Tealeaf · 04-11-2011, 16:14

Bee! Welcome back!

Oh..and A-B too! I forgot to mention that the other day.

Acrylic-bob · 04-11-2011, 16:35

Aparently the Observer and Gayle had little difficulty in locating the owner of the Commercial Hotel at Church; Chiltern (Accrington) Ltd.

I am astonished that HBC have not been able to locate the owners and compel them to do something about the disgraceful state of their property. I mean it's not as though they do not have the requisite powers.

Hi Tealeaf, I forgive you.