If ever there was something that showed the contrast between real art and the mindless, random mental excretions that are passed on us as art nowadays, this is it.

A "critic" comments:

"It makes you think about how their heads are bound together and the claustrophobia of relationships, what it's like to be bound to someone else," a Tate spokesman said.



"It also raises awareness of the historical context. When the Kiss was first seen in Britain it was viewed as obscene.

"Now it is not thought to be quite so contentious, but the string highlights that moment of erotic poignancy."

It also made for an interesting combination of different materials, with marble seen as high culture and string low culture, he added.



Can you BELIEVE this outpouring of verbal flatulence? I wonder if you could arrange to beat this gasbrain up with a 2 by 4, and get away with calling it performance art.

She was nominated for the Turner Prize in 1997 and was also behind a controversial collection of crushed brass musical instruments which went on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum in 2001.

I really don't want to know what would make a display of crushed instruments "controversial." Really.

For more fun, check out other nominees for the apparently quite prestigious Turner Prize.