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2001-12-10 - 3:02 a.m.

STUCKIST TURNER PRIZE DEMO ON BBC NEWS WEB SITE

In a feature titled 'Critics Split over Turner Winner', the following appears:

But dissent against the judges' choice has already begun, after a group of traditionalists called The Stuckists protested outside the Tate.

They made their feelings known with their own makeshift, modernist masterpiece - flashing handheld torches on and off.

The group's founder, Charles Thomson, said: "This has gone beyond a joke. The only people who cannot see how ridiculous it is are the organisers themselves."

Full feature on: But dissent against the judges' choice has already begun, after a group of traditionalists called The Stuckists protested outside the Tate.

They made their feelings known with their own makeshift, modernist masterpiece - flashing handheld torches on and off.

The group's founder, Charles Thomson, said: "This has gone beyond a joke. The only people who cannot see how ridiculous it is are the organisers themselves."

Full feature on: But dissent against the judges' choice has already begun, after a group of traditionalists called The Stuckists protested outside the Tate.

They made their feelings known with their own makeshift, modernist masterpiece - flashing handheld torches on and off.

The group's founder, Charles Thomson, said: "This has gone beyond a joke. The only people who cannot see how ridiculous it is are the organisers themselves."

Full feature on (copy and paste URL):

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/arts/newsid_1701000/1701400.stm

 

 

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