I don't know much about art but I know what I don't like.

[Highlander]

Pretentious twats who organise the Turner Prize. This from the BBC website

According to the prize's organisers, Yiadom-Boakye's "intriguing" paintings "appear traditional but are in fact much more innovative".

"Her portraits of imaginary people use invented pre-histories and raise pertinent questions about how we read pictures in general, particularly with regard to black subjects."

Have a listen to yourselves will you. Aggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh

[Jacqui Harvey]

Emperor's new clothes springs to mind.

[Colwyn]

Hi H
Up to your art criticism critique game again, are you? Here's a challenge for you. What do you make of this imagined portrait of a real person? I came across it recently in regard to another thread. What sort of occupation do you suppose this person had? Would you like to hazard a guess at his identity?

[thebillet]

I love a good anthropomorphism. ;-)

[Colwyn]

What you do on a Saturday night is completely your own business.

[Highlander]

Was he a mobile barber.

[Colwyn]

The portrait was painted a couple of hundred years before the term "anthropomorphism" was coined. But only a decade or so before "mobile".

[angela]

Portraits of imaginary people?? Do me a favour
 

[Scunner]

Yeah I bet it was supposed to be someone but turned out nothing like them, so he went for the old 'imaginary person' excuse.

[Colwyn]

It's the perfect image of the chap in question. Better than a photograph. But then I suppose Scotsmen might have a problem identifying him.