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they are pretty cool

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I think so too.:)

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I never thought I would find E-coli so beautiful. I would like to know what size they are.

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Around 20 - 25cm

http://www.lukejerram.com/projects/glass_microbiology

They are fantastic & that link gives the real things to compare against...

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Thank you so much for that link Cobby.

I have just sat mesmerized watching the HIV virus being recreated. I know Jerram is the artist but I have to say the glass blowers who turned the artist's visions into 3 dimensional objects are truly amazing artisans in their own right.

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Wonderful! They show the beauty of life, even in organisms which many think of as our deadly enemies. Makes a change from photographs of koala bears and baby seals...

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Something for Magg(ot)y... ;)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/m...er/8250414.stm

What a load of Jackson Pollocks!

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Stop motion animation of the evolution of life...

Link

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Not sure I agree with this year's Turner prize winner.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11928557

Surely the prize was established for contemporary visual arts?

http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/turne...ory/essay.shtm

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The Criteria seems to change from year to year...I've only ever liked one winner in the entire history of the competition.

Personally I think it was a mistake to call it the Turner prize as not one person who has been nominated or won in the event has even one tenth the skills of Turner plus he can hardly be the epitome of contemporary art of the last 60 years..it should have been named after a British artist whom was rather more contemporary like Francis Bacon,Henry Moore ,Barbara Hepworth,Bridget Riley,Peter Blake,David Hockney and my particular favourite Stanley Spencer...

Personally I think it's not so much a case of Contemporary art more like Contentious Art. :rolleyes:

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Very well put Maggy. I have given up trying to see where that the winners of the Turner Prize have displayed an ounce of the Talent displayed by Turner. I feel that it is a showcase for those "artists" that like to push the boundaries of what a gullible public are willing to accept as artistic endeavour. With the art critics indulging in a case of the Emperors New Clothes syndrome.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11974290

I thought I was inclined to Scroogism.:erm:

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Comparing it to my tree makes me feel positively decadent.

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Turner Prize hopefuls announced..
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13282415

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13283000

Sigh! Here we go again.