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hyperdoig

From:     fried
Category: Art
Date:     06 March 2008
Time:     10:37 AM

Review:

you need your head examined clem. doig represents the middle-class perversion of all modernism/s 
gains. from pollock you get a paint effect flicked with a toothbrush, from rothko you get the stain of the 
hobbyist working on a nice piece of furniture. They are pretty pictures, much laboured on, something 
to look at, oh what a beautiful surface, oh look at the funny textures AND it's a picture of a skier that 
looks nice and realistic. ooh you know they're worth 50 million pounds. ooh lets take the kids for a day 
out at the doigs. Gauguin did it all hundreds of years ago, better.


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