tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post5122846576566992593..comments2024-02-06T16:17:25.826+00:00Comments on THE GRĂNMARK BLOG: Lucky, lucky Ilfracombe - they'll spend the next 20 years staring at Damien Hirst's pregnant monstrosityScott Gronmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-82480709611289013402013-08-14T00:08:55.743+01:002013-08-14T00:08:55.743+01:00Sorry to go against the grain but I actually love ...Sorry to go against the grain but I actually love Verity. It is spectacular and celebrates womanhood and pregnancy. Thank you Damien! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-65960449050970658632012-10-19T16:09:45.121+01:002012-10-19T16:09:45.121+01:00In that case I shall visit the town as soon as pos...In that case I shall visit the town as soon as possible and will endeavour to buy a 12" replica of the piece to place on our dining table, where our guests can fully enjoy it while tucking into the main course.Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-69944075871533086802012-10-19T16:05:42.847+01:002012-10-19T16:05:42.847+01:00A mass boycott of the town by visitors to encourag...A mass boycott of the town by visitors to encourage the authorities to get rid of this eyesore might just work!Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-30657792592728968542012-10-19T16:04:34.778+01:002012-10-19T16:04:34.778+01:00Yes, the "Women of World War II" memoria...Yes, the "Women of World War II" memorial certainly brings a lump to my stomach. Perhaps that's because they all appear to be so terribly thin. The result of rationing, one presumes.Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-8571491296263496332012-10-19T16:02:57.464+01:002012-10-19T16:02:57.464+01:00Brian, I'd be cautious about using a phrase li...Brian, I'd be cautious about using a phrase like "piece of shite" where leading artists such as Gilbert and George and Chris Ofili might read it - because you just know what's going to happen next. Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-23832309031197140352012-10-19T15:57:15.606+01:002012-10-19T15:57:15.606+01:00Unfortunately for Harriet Harperson, she was the l...Unfortunately for Harriet Harperson, she was the legal officer for the NCCL (now Liberty) in 1978, when it supported some incredibly dodgy policies on lowering the age of consent. If I were Hattie, I'd keep my gob firmly shut on this particular issue. God, she's awful! Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-63166516653362301712012-10-19T14:58:36.981+01:002012-10-19T14:58:36.981+01:00hmm. i'm lucky. i have visited ilfracombe last...hmm. i'm lucky. i have visited ilfracombe last spring, so i can be sure i will not go back and meet this... stgTomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-18871298678434932832012-10-17T23:03:02.191+01:002012-10-17T23:03:02.191+01:00I have made the point before.Which of our national...I have made the point before.Which of our national treasures is now safe? <br /><br />The Savile cemetery memorial is no more. Other tasteful tributes have been defaced. Please God that no one will follow the trend, for example by plastering this Eastbourne-quality work of art with "Baby on Board" stickers. Any suggestion to improve Hurst's work by adding to it a representation of a large, part-time, minority community NHS midwife with stirrups and probing tools at the ready would also be move in the wrong direction.<br /><br />Thank goodness we are all united in our admiration for the subtly and tastefully sculpted tribute to the Women of WW on the otherwise architecturally antiquated Whitehall.<br /><br />ex-KCSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-20758938976172876012012-10-17T22:21:04.561+01:002012-10-17T22:21:04.561+01:00There appears to be a mood of Philistinism at larg...There appears to be a mood of Philistinism at large in your blog. One can only regret this. As dear Nicky Scelerota was saying to Tracey and moi yesterday as we were on our second pot of Lapsong Souchong, with a coke chaser obviously, at his personal suite of Georgian themed withdrawing rooms at the Tat Modem, " Where is Eastbourne?" How we laughed.<br /><br />But have you noticed how Damien has managed to construct it so that the foetus appears to follow you round the beach? Too delicious. I despair of the soul of any one who is not deeply touched by this sub-Tech College GCSE standard carpentry course project piece of shite.Brian Pseuwellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-91591044442631095472012-10-17T09:30:50.642+01:002012-10-17T09:30:50.642+01:00My breakfast was spoilt this morning by the appear...My breakfast was spoilt this morning by the appearance of the misandrist Harriet Harman on To-Day desperately trying to climb on to the Savile band-wagon [she wants yet another inquiry - an "over-arching" one, this time.] I seem to have spent years listening to this inane ...person gas-bagging away. Perhaps Damian could do a separate sculpture of her - she obviously wants to be remembered for something.<br /><br />Or better still, we could adopt the Inuit practice of putting women who have outlived their usefulness [or are just plain irritating]on an ice floe and float them down the Denmark Strait. By the way and excuse my ignorance, but are Ms Harman and Tessa Jowell two separate people? If so, stick 'em both on the floe.SDGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-69131277569836195912012-10-16T17:54:58.200+01:002012-10-16T17:54:58.200+01:00I have it on good authority that this sculpture re...I have it on good authority that this sculpture represents the disembowelled body of Ms Tracey Emin. Perhaps this fact will make it more acceptable to you?SDGnoreply@blogger.com