Not art

I don't know if I've mentioned this before, but I think that most modern art is complete and utter crap. Were I in London, I'd be sure to voice that opinion:

Pickled cows, elephant dung paintings and a transvestite potter -- The Turner Prize deserves its reputation as one of art's most controversial awards.

Now art lovers can decide for themselves if the prize rewards pretentious twaddle or cutting edge British art. Almost a quarter of a century of Turner prizewinners went on display on Monday at London's Tate Britain museum.

I think "pretentious twaddle" is probably being generous.

The Turner enrages traditionalists who argue that it is a travesty of modern art, but the show attracts up to 120,000 visitors a year intrigued to see what all the fuss is about.

In 1995, the "Bad Boy" of British contemporary art Damien Hirst won with a pickled cow. In 2003, transvestite potter Grayson Perry wore a frilly Shirley Temple dress to accept his award. Chris Ofili used elephant dung to adorn his 1998 winning entries.

The latter being, quite literally, crap.

Whatever happened to people painting pictures of...things or people? That was nice. You know what else was nice about those days? Artists not using bodily fluids or animal crap in their work. Yeah.