The Washington Post’s Reliable Source (Amy Argetsinger) reports today on the anti-climatic events surrounding the so-called Real Collector and the copycat, who apparently left the trunk that turned up last week. The trunk contained random junk and a box representing what the copycat thought of as “good” art.
It’s complicated, you should go read the article so I don’t have to recap the whole thing here. I’m still on my first cup of coffee.
The Artomatic folks, whose five-week run ends Sunday, were decidedly unpsyched. For most of their nine years, they’ve been hit by critics who think the show’s open-door policy to all artists encourages too much . . . well, schlock. Later, our mysterious correspondent e-mailed us to say that the message of the trunk was meant to support, not attack, Artomatic artists. Still, groaned co-chairman Rebecca Gordon, “It’s not a sophisticated argument.”
I think it’s a good piece, and I think I can speak for my Steering Committee Co-Chair Tracy Lee when I say we’d like to move on now, forget the whole thing, and enjoy the final weekend of the show without all the distractions. But first, more coffee…
4 out of 5 doctors agree: the best way to recover from drama overload is to plant more sunflowers
I was voting for gin myself.
actually, gardening with martinis might not be a bad combination. There won’t be any straight rows, but you also won’t care.
Plus, olives are good for you. Am in the neighborhood, we’ll be right over :-)