BA賣藝術品攞cash flow。係BA executive lounges到果啲藝術品相信都不能幸免😔
//BA’s art collection includes works by British artists including Damien Hirst, Peter Doig, Anish Kapoor, Chris Ofili and Tracey Emin. Some have been displayed at the firm’s Waterside headquarters near Heathrow, but many of the 1,500 artworks in the collection have been on the walls of its executive lounges...
British Airways did not comment on the art selloff, but a source said the airline was not ruling anything out to save money and jobs, and the idea is believed to have been taken up by management after asking staff where to find savings.//
🗞 https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jun/10/ba-auction-art-collection-coronavirus
chris ofili 在 BIOS monthly Facebook 的最讚貼文
【本週聚焦】透視當代藝術,世界矚目的透納獎(四):跨越時代,超越框架的「透納」
「說來誇張,雖然透納獎是以繪畫大師 Turner 為名而創立,但成立十多年後,1998 年才產生第一位以繪畫獲得獎項肯定的藝術家──Chris Ofili,也是透納獎首位獲獎的黑人藝術家;雖然是創作手法中最基本的繪畫,但是 Ofili 所採取的材料相當特別,也並非常人能夠駕馭──他將大象的糞便加入顏料當中作畫;這在當時引發人們一陣譁然。其作品探討的主題多是外界對黑人的刻板印象與種族困境;而使用大象糞便為顏料則是源自幾年前的辛巴威之旅,沿途看到的洞窟壁畫與大象糞便讓他興起以此創作的意圖。」
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