Giant inflatable turd blown from moorings and brings down power line

It's like the headlines on the press cuttings that Tyler Durden collects in "Fight Club".

Read that as "A giant inflatable dog turd created by the American artist Paul McCartney"

Here's an actual picture of the turd in question, pre-flight (NSFW)

... I mean, his last album wasn't great, but that's a bit harsh (xP)

Maybe he could rename the piece 'Loose Stool'?

surely "floater"?

^ winner

You'd certainly have a job on your hands flushing it away.

Blowjobbie

They should have a YouTube video of it floating off with the Stones' "Turd On The Run" as a soundtrack.

can't believe they wouldn't secure something like this better, it must have cost them a pile

The guy responsible for the moorings must feel down in the dumps. He's probably going to get the crapped kicked out of him, if not shitcanned.

at least nobody died.

Kerm can you please rephrase that to include a pun about fecal matter. Thanking you in advance.

I knew I'd catch shit for that.

Attempt number two: I know it's what some artists do, but making a big one like this can be dangerous. Regular art is safer.

Shocking when someone with an appreciation for the arts is actually killed by a piece of art. Thankfully in this current incident, the shit didn't hit the (art) fan.

Is this going to stop the runs of any further exhibits?

it'll put a strain on it. but things will come to pass eventually.

the incident will go into the log book

This is number two in the list of things to make me laugh today.

Perhaps it's the beginning of a new movement?

These shite specific installations can be a log-istical nightmare

Oh man ure puns are killing me.

It takes a lot of work to put together such a notable artistic compostition.

the museum looks like a real dump anyway

Oh, I thought it was the exhibit that did

some warhol is ok but i'm not a fan of this plop art

Apparently the first anyone knew of this is when a flustered and panicky museum guard phoned up the curator and told him "Da doo doo gone gone, da doo doo gone"

Here it is while it was exhibited in the Middelheim Park in Antwerp last year:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1286/765650419_b58494bccc_b.jpg

That is shit.

"I didn't do it, man"

http://i34.tinypic.com/2ev5jbc.jpg

And here's the pooper scooper

http://www.ttamine.com/services/crewtrainer/crewtrain_icons/Terex-340H-Hydraulic-Shovel.jpg

oh the poomanity

Burg3rpip3 advertising campaign gets off to a bad start...

Here it is while it was exhibited in the Middelheim Park in Antwerp last year:

Is it actually supposed to look like Jabba the Hutt?

You should ask his dog, it's based on a real life - smaller - one he created in McCarthy's living room.

Wait - his dog came up with the design here? That's quite an interesting nugget. Anyhow, looking at those pictures, I'd say that shit was overblown.

Definitely a problem with too much gas there.

The dog designed it? Dog made a mess in that case.

I mean, I'm not one to casually poo-poo an artist's work but...

Come on man, it's avant merde.

Typical example of the increasing commodeification of contemporary art.

yes it's awfully bog-standard

and corny

The guy responsible for the moorings must feel down in the dumps

yeah but you know, shit happens.

what an embarrassing accident.

there is something fundamentally wrong with this artist

I hear he's been with flushed with success too. But red faeces all round now, I bet.

this is some scary shit. when creating a sculpture as big as a house, it's the artist's dootie to make sure it doesn't wipe out power lines and cause a big stink.

I'm surprised this sort of thing isn't more wide spread

It is, but this particular artist is the victim of a smear campaign...

it's all a tissue of lies.

Either way, his career's gonna hit the skids now for sure.

I don't know, no-one tells him shit anymore...

His reputation is growing slowly but surely though, in fact I'd say his stock in the wider artistic community is rising excrementally

yes. it'll double, you see.

(ouch.)

Read that as "A giant inflatable dog turd created by the American artist Paul McCartney"

-- Tom D., Tuesday, August 12, 2008 6:23 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

lol otm

almost emailed it to my friend w/ the subject "lol paul mccartney"

I bet this whole thing went down like a turd balloon with the organisers.

They didn't know it was going to blow off right in their faces

Meanwhile, the artist himself is on the roll of homour

honour

Museum must have been potty not to have this piece of art more solidly secured, they've soiled their reputation somewhat

This shit is off the hook

this is the number 2 story on the internet

I'd tread carefully with this story

...otherwise it could end up everywhere.

Meanwhile, the competition has dried up.

he was just mucking about

Somebody did a sloppy job.

Art these days is really going down the drain.

Due to all the negative publicity, there's not much interest in the work being sold at auction. So it will probably go for peanuts.

Very apropos as I've always thought Paul McCarthy's work was kind of shit anyways (you can read that as pure pun or not).

Yes, all this kind of art's been dung before and dung to death

There are no flies on this piece... oh wait a minute yes there are...

apparently he's just been commissioned for installation number 2.. or as he calls it "job B"

The piece is going to stand as a candidate at the next General Election, to try and attract the "floater" vote

If you ask me, McCarthy's career's in the toilet as a result of this - the critics will pan him

The artist needs to sell the work for a high price, as he's built up a substantial gambling debt playing craps.

Compared to this guy, other artists are just pissing in the wind

It's going to appear in the halftime show at the next Superbowl

Later this month, there will be a documentary that really lifts the lid on the artist and tries to get a handle on him.

Narrated by Brian Sewer-ll I hope.

He's always been something of a rebel, I read that he claimed he was out to smash the cistern

Due to the success of this piece, he was able to quit his cubicle job

Unfortunately it's not all good news, as some people are still yanking his chain about the size of his ballcock.

What I really want to see is a Damien Hirst diamond-encrusted dog turd.

The success is not sudden - he's tried for years to make something that would make a big splash

Art dealers are hoping that this won't all turn out to be a flash in the pan, otherwise they'll be in deep shit.

The piece will be exhibited at Los Angeles International Airport, after which it will be ex-LAX

Not many people know that McCarthy has another string to his bowl, he's an accomplished jazz singer, he can scat like nobody's business

The work is to be sent on a world tour. First it will be sent to Shitterton in Dorset, then to Middelfart in Denmark, and then the Antarctic (the bottom of the world), before being launched into space to orbit Uranus, and on it's return it will be flushed down Niagara Falls.

When someone accused the McCarthy of plagiarism, he was reported to be steaming.

At first, the piece was ignored, but pretty soon everyone wanted a slice.

When pressed to comment, McCarthy stated, "This has left a bad smell, I only intended to put a smile back on people's faeces, but now I feel I should wash my hands of it... before leaving"

Another great work of art crushed under the boot of criticism...

McCarthy has been commissioned to produce another similar work at his convenience.

He recently told a negative critic to "bite it"

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