The Stuckists demonstrating outside this year's exhibition of Turner Prize nominees had a point - will we really look back in 200 years time with awe at a mannequin sitting on a toilet, next to some crusty cereal bowls?
Unlike the Stuckists, I can really enjoy conceptual art - when its fresh, shocking, inspiring or just funny. But my main gripe with this year's Turner Prize was that it was quite simply, mediocre.
The cereal bowls were part of Cathy Wilkes installation - a grouping of sculpture and found objects in a pseudo-domestic scene. It just felt done - hasn't this kind of work become a bit of a joke?
Goshka Macuga's chrome and glass sculptures were sleek and inoffensive - but i could somehow imagine them being created by some sort of Mayor of London-backed consortium at City Hall...
Mark Leckey's film of Felix the Cat among other mixed-media installations felt the most extensive of the lot - it looks like he is the favourite this year.
I found Runa Islam's films of delicately smashing crockery and tut-tut drivers in a sun-baked park the most compelling...
When there is so much exciting art out there, does this shortlist truly represent the best of British talent? Have a look at the Guardian's imagery and see for yourself..
The Stuckists' anti-Turner Prize flyer
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