Fountain

A couple of weeks ago one of the most innovative shows on radio, Hamish and Andy, broadcast a pissing contest they held between themselves and which Hamish Blake won to his obvious delight.

I know.

I know, too, which Rudyard Kipling quote you are not thinking of: 'It's very clever, but is it art?'

But, I've been asked by grown ups to take Surrealism, Dada and Duchamp seriously. I have been told that Fountain interrogates and challenges my prejudices about what is and is not art. (In fact, contrary to the experts, I have always thought that Fountain is a work which powerfully advocates conservative attitudes towards art, but then, I always was a bit of a death-of-the-author girl.)

So anyway, if it ever comes to a choice of one or the other, I really hope the Tate take Hamish and Andy.