Conceptual Art
In order to better understand the meaning of conceptual art I did a bit of research and I still cannot get my head around the idea that a pickled shark can be worth the £50K price tag that was the first price to Damien Hirst when originally commissioned by Charles Saatchi in 1991. In 2004 it was sold for £6.5m – 2006 the shark started to rot, changed shape (now the idea is positively sinister) and the formaldehyde, in which it was suspended, became seriously cloudy. The solution to this problem was that the whole installation had to be remade with new materials and still considered, can you believe it, to be worth £6.5million. I just don’t get it – a bit like the broom that the road sweeper has been using for 20 years – it has had several new handles and a few new heads, but he still declares that it is the same broom.