MkIII Escort wins Turner Prize

[nobrakes]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3e3982dz8ko

[FourWheelDrift]

"Art showcasing Scottish Sikh community wins Turner Prize"

Do the Sikh community crave an Escort RS1600?

[Bluevanman]

A picture of testicles would be a suitable art piece because it's all a load of bks isn't it

[Drive Blind]

I thought it was an Orion at first, but then i realised it was a convertible

[MDMA .]

FourWheelDrift said:

"Art showcasing Scottish Sikh community wins Turner Prize"

Do the Sikh community crave an Escort RS1600?

It’s a cab

[TonyToniTone]

Drive Blind said:

I thought it was an Orion at first, but then i realised it was a convertible

I also thought it was a MkII Orion.

[pheonix478]

I mean a mk1 maybe but a mk3? gtfo

[Mont Blanc]

Bluevanman said:

A picture of testicles would be a suitable art piece because it's all a load of bks isn't it

Of course it is.

"The judges noted the 'considered way in which she weaves together the personal, political and spiritual in her exhibition'. Kaur was also praised for gathering different voices through unexpected and playful combinations of material".

You've got to hand it to them. It actually takes a bit of skill to come up with such utter, utter bullst like that, and then say it with such authority to make it sound important.

You could literally take a dump on the floor, make up some 'meaningful' nonsense about it, and it would win a prize.

I was in the Tate gallery a few years ago, and one of the exhibits was a white square painted on a white wall. You obviously couldn't see it, and the explanation below it said something like "The artist is trying to tell us how he felt when his wife left him". I just walked out at that point.

I am absolutely convinced that modern art is just some massive in-joke where the art community tries to see how far they can push things before it all gets exposed as a prank. "Right lads, this week, we are just gonna spill some baked beans on the gallery floor and then claim it's an expression of political frustration within the Congolese community. Let's see if they fall for it!"

[J4CKO]

FourWheelDrift said:

"Art showcasing Scottish Sikh community wins Turner Prize"

Do the Sikh community crave an Escort RS1600?

Nah, they favour the RS Turban...

[cuprabob]

pheonix478 said:

I mean a mk1 maybe but a mk3? gtfo

Sadly it had to be a 1984 model to tie in with the 40th anniversary of the Turner Prize. Although I'm not sure why it's an Escort.

[dandarez]

A 'vintage' Ford Escort...

Tracey Emin, all is forgiven!

[Mobile Chicane]

Missing the tissue box on the parcel shelf, the CD hanging off the mirror, and the leopard skin seats.

Not to mention the racing livery of grey and red oxide primer.

Or would that be pandering to people's expectations of the oeuvre? And therefore the artist is wilfully subverting these?

[daqinggregg]

For those who can’t open the BBC link: I agree, MK I Ford Orion; observation, shouldn’t the curtains be on the inside.

[nobrakes]

daqinggregg said:

For those who can’t open the BBC link: I agree, MK I Ford Orion; observation, shouldn’t the curtains be on the inside.

Thanks! Sorry, I only saw the front half of the car on my phone - I’ll get my coat.

[Google [bot]]

nobrakes said:

daqinggregg said:

For those who can’t open the BBC link: I agree, MK I Ford Orion; observation, shouldn’t the curtains be on the inside.

Thanks! Sorry, I only saw the front half of the car on my phone - I’ll get my coat.

Leave your coat where it is.

[Southerner]

nobrakes said:

daqinggregg said:

For those who can’t open the BBC link: I agree, MK I Ford Orion; observation, shouldn’t the curtains be on the inside.

Thanks! Sorry, I only saw the front half of the car on my phone - I’ll get my coat.

It’s an escort cabriolet, no?

[nobrakes]

Southerner said:

nobrakes said:

daqinggregg said:

For those who can’t open the BBC link: I agree, MK I Ford Orion; observation, shouldn’t the curtains be on the inside.

Thanks! Sorry, I only saw the front half of the car on my phone - I’ll get my coat.

It’s an escort cabriolet, no?

Yes. I doubt there were ever many in Glasgow.

Not sure where the 5 series on the wall fits in.

[Mont Blanc]

daqinggregg said:

For those who can’t open the BBC link: I agree, MK I Ford Orion; observation, shouldn’t the curtains be on the inside.

It is a 1984 Mk3 Escort 1.6i Cabriolet.

Edited - Corrected for typo.

Edited by Mont Blanc on Wednesday 4th December 08:46

[TonyToniTone]

Third generation (1980) - hope they didn't drive it there

[W124Bob]

The artist has missed a trick really, he should have gaffer taped it to the wall and put a giant banana behind the wheel!