Contest Directions: Show which pieces of modern art might have been destroyed in the Saatchi warehouse fire. Use modern art works as source images, or create your own from scratch. [ browse best gallery pictures ] [ browse this contest gallery in high resolution ] Tag funny pix art Jackpot: 1st place: $5 Started: 5/29/2004 6:00:00 AM, Ended: 5/31/2004 6:00:00 AM
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A warehouse fire in London has destroyed more than 100 modern art classics that were part of the so-called Britart Movement. Local media reported the fire on Wednesday. The destroyed artworks include some owned by U.K. modern art collector Charles Saatchi. A spokesperson for Saatchi has said that the losses experienced by Saatchi could amount to millions of pounds. The destroyed pieces included works by Gary Hume, Patrick Caufield, Craigie Horsfield, Martin Maloneywere, Sarah Lucas and Damien Hirst.
Artist's Statement: This challenging installation reflects the futility felt when the real, external world is internalized. The dramatically-posed un-opend beverage container invokes a feeling that satisfaction is still a full step away, though still offers hope for the future, while the frosted, unlit bulb presents the darkness that permeates the brooding mind. Currently on show at the Tate: $24,000
Inspired by a found object this piece demonstrates the destructiveness of jealousy in a marriage. The violent separation of a comfortable household item reflects the resulting relationship, still a working whole, but supported by the dependency of the female, represented by the flimsy and gaudily-colored milk crate.
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