Turner Prize visitors blast 'c**p' entries

Faced with display cases full of refuse and a mocked-up office scene, visitors to this year's Turner Prize exhibition are finding inspiration elsewhere.

Instead of spending all their time viewing the shortlisted entries, art lovers are flocking to the comment room, where they can share exactly what they think of the show.

Hundreds of uncensored pithy comments are already pegged on to the wooden walls. Karl Bennett, a 31-year-old teacher from Earl's Court, said: "I ended up spending more time reading them than looking at art."

One disillusioned gallery-goer summed up his thoughts with the catchphrase from Ricky Gervais's TV show Extras. He simply wrote: "Are you having a laugh?"

Next to it an anonymous critic wrote: "If this is good now (which it isn't) what the hell does the future hold?" Another summed up the exhibition in two words: "Bit crap."

One simply drew a sad face to sum up his feelings, while another said: "Gordon's Gin are the sponsors. How appropriate. You'd want to be pissed before you view this art."