No art here, sorry, only a relevant news item (from Ananova, again)

Taking the p*** A signed white urinal has been named the most influential modern art work of all time. Marcel Duchamp's Fountain came top of a poll of 500 art experts in the run-up to this year's Turner Prize. It beat Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon and Andy Warhol's Marilyn Diptych which were second and third respectively. Duchamp shocked the art establishment when he took the urinal, signed it and put it on display in 1917. "The choice of Duchamp's Fountain as the most influential work of modern art ahead of works by Picasso and Matisse comes as a bit of a shock," said art expert Simon Wilson. "But it reflects the dynamic nature of art today and the idea that the creative process that goes into a work of art is the most important thing - the work itself can be made of anything and can take any form." Picasso's Spanish Civil War painting, Guernica, came fourth, while Matisse's The Red Studio was fifth.

I find that quite sad, that a mass produced urinal with the artist's signature is the most influential piece of modern art. A piece where the concept is everything, where the artist is essentially thumbing his nose at the audience. But I suppose it has been very influential, because without it we might not have the Turner Prize.

reminds me of the millions spent by the Canadian Govt for a piece of plywood with three stripes on it.

Guess that just proves where those supposed art experts brains are. *flushes an imaginary crapper and giggles insanely as 500 morons go swirling down the drain*