Quite an interesting thread, with a particularly well articulated point made by 'Pez'.

I can sympathize with Silkys comments earlier. I'm sure his remarks were not made out of malice, but purely made from innocent ignorance. If you don't know anything about Turk, or this type of art, then such disparaging opinions are understandable. This piece of art should not be judged on its aestheics, but purely in its concept and when this criteria is used, you can begin to appreciate the intelligence of Turk's work.

Well done to Auction Sabateur for bringing work from such a class artist to the ordinary punter. A coup indeed.

I think it is brilliant....This brick thing has made me laugh a lot this evening...it is the ultimate piece of anti-art/post modern irony??....It's hilarious!

Yes its like marmite love it or hate....But you'll always remember this simple release

F**k me that makes £500 for a piece of sculpture an absolute steal!!!

Right. Earlier this evening we had a very pleasant telephone conversation with Mr Pud, who has kindly agreed to show his brick at The Babylon Academy in December. We have also bought one of Mr Turk's bricks, and we will be displaying both bricks together. We have put a lot of thought into what to call the new work which will be created when the two individual sculptures are combined. After much argument we have settled on the title "Two Bricks".

Many thanks to both artists.

quote - but actually available direct from Garvin's studio - whotf is garvin?

I need more than irony or a concept for me to like a piece of art. It needs an emotional response, a connection. Somebody taking the piss or qustioning what art is or commentating on our obsession with the artist rather than the art, I mean, come on, is that it? The best art that also questions art is not just an intellectual exercise. Picasso, Pollock, Rothko, Bacon all shocked and pushed the boundaries of what constitues art and are all equally uncompromising as many of the Sensation group of artists, but boy do you FEEL the art. It is moving, disturbing, upsetting, sad, horrific, depressing and so on. Art has surely got to be more than just a concept, a clever take on contemporary life or an intellectual statement. Just what exactly can you get from a single brick?

You jest??

Silky, do I get a red star now?

Now that might not be a bad idea, if everyone who has ever bombed a wall somewhere put a mini 'Tag' on a brick and brought it to the exhibition and slowly built an exhibit! Class idea my friend!!!!!!

We like the purity of "Two Bricks" and do not want to add to it. Apart from anything else, Mr Pud's Mum is looking forward to seeing it. Mr Turk's mum probably couldn't give a damn, but we will try to get her along to the show anyway.

However, we do love the forum tagged brick idea and will organise something. Bring a tagged brick, swap it for an exclusive of some sort. Watch this space...

What about doing it like the secret postcard thing at the RCA?
You could turn all the bricks round, number them and then sell tickets.
Some could be any old brick and some could be signed by artists or even the top prize of Puds 105k brick.

I realize and understand s-editions title for the 2 brick display, I would like to point out however that the title for my piece as a stand alone piece of art is;

'I Think I Need To Get Laid' (ITINTGL - for short)

Hence the £105k price tag.

Jeeeeez, word gets round quick! Amazing what a solicitors letter does!

Gavin has agreed to still allow the brick to be shown by S-editions, so luckily those who are travelling to see it won't be left disappointed!

By the way, the lady at the bank is talking bollocks cuz postage was free!