
Right, so the above.
And this:

And indeed this:

Looks like a pile of crap a two year old did and you pin it on the fridge to make them feel alright yes?
Well, believe it or not, the above abortions are the "works" of an Turner Prize winning artist named Howard Hodgkin.
Yes, a prize winner. And he's "highly respected". By which I mean utter beauts of the highest order laud this rubbish as subtle abstraction; like it's clever, like it takes talent to do and there's a deeper meaning the plebs can't understand.
No really - http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/sep/26/howard-hodgkin-witty-glittery-proust-painters#_
So I'm jumping off the fence here - anyone, anyone at all, who can look at the above and say "ah yes, that's fine art", is an absolute tosser.
/rant