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Revered, Riveting Focal Point

04.05.04   /   Comments.05   /   Filed Under: "art"

Who buys PR like this?

“A revered art collection (based on the Barnes Collection in Philadelphia) becomes the focal point in a legal battle over race, history, art, and culture in this riveting new play by _______ [I don’t want to harvest any Google hits for this schlock]. When is the exhibition of art not just paintings on a wall, but a statement of larger social issues that asks us what it means to belong, to feel welcome, to be a part of the permanent collection we call humanity?”

“The permanent collection we call humanity?” I wouldn’t even buy this poop if it was a lump of purest tongue-firmly-in-cheek-fingers-crossed-behind-the-back-winking-like-you’ve-got-a-grape-nut-in-your-eye irony. Excuse me, I have to go wash out my aesthetic sensibilities.

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maria
no. 1 / posted 04.06.04 / 3:50 PM

Since I know all too well the details of your post, I can’t disagree with you. But I still have to say—you are so sassy!

todd
no. 2 / posted 04.07.04 / 7:52 AM

I wish I could write like that. What I wouldn’t give to have stupid metaphor at my fingertips… Okay, maybe there’s a lot I wouldn’t give, but still.

todd... again.
no. 3 / posted 04.07.04 / 7:56 AM

Ooh. Wait. Barnes Collection… Are we starting blog-warfare here? I’ll have to do some research later.

andrew
no. 4 / posted 04.09.04 / 4:17 PM

viewings of the collection of humanity is free on tuesdays.

aporitic
no. 5 / posted 04.26.04 / 10:13 AM

In The Terrible Threes, Ishmael Reed wrote, “There were still galleries in which art hung that was less interesting than the jargon that was peddled in its behalf.”

This seems to somehow fit in that vein.

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