Uninvited Artist Posts Work at 4 Museums

[Kadie]

Uninvited Artist Posts Work at 4 Museums

2 hours, 34 minutes ago

By ULA ILNYTZKY, Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK - Paintings of President Bush (news - web sites) and former President Clinton (news - web sites), accompanied by messages referring to the artist's bodily fluids, mysteriously appeared last week on the walls of two major city museums and reportedly at two other museums in Philadelphia and Washington.

Harold Holzer, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, said Wednesday that a cartoon-type painting of Bush against a background of shredded dollar bills was found hanging Saturday on the wall near an exit in the museum's modern art galleries.

"The Metropolitan is a repository for the greatest works of human creativity over the last 5,000 years," Holzer said. "It is not a bulletin board. For us, it is clearly an unwelcome demonstration of self-aggrandizement."

The 9-by-15-inch work, done on a frameless canvas, was affixed to the wall with double-sided tape. A label taped next to the painting said it was made with "acrylic, legal tender and the artist's semen."

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[Ediacara]

1. ...acrylic, legal tender and the artist's semen....

Nearly choked on my coffee LOL

[JayS]

2. Sounds like a seminal piece of work. n/t

n/t

[Lisa]

3. Bush and Clinton -- now that's "fair and balanced"

Hey, at least the artist is trying to be bipartisan.

As for the museum's indignation -- I wonder if they have any Dadaists in their permanent collection!

""The Metropolitan is a repository for the greatest works of human creativity over the last 5,000 years," Holzer said. "It is not a bulletin board. For us, it is clearly an unwelcome demonstration of self-aggrandizement.""

[Nevernose]

5. Obviously a Nader voter (n/t)

[htuttle]

4. As far as I'm concerned, the art was in the act itself

Going into the Met and just hanging up two of your own paintings? That's beautiful!

on edit:

I just noticed that this guy has done this at 4 museums in 3 cities.

LOL! An Art Terrorist!

[NashVegas]

7. I'm Telling Yas

Bush has been a blessing for artistic expression. He has inspired and helped produce more meaningful art in the past two years than the NEA does in a decade.

[truthisfreedom]

6. sounds a little snobbish, don't you think?

"The Metropolitan is a repository for the greatest works of human creativity over the last 5,000 years," Holzer said. "It is not a bulletin board. For us, it is clearly an unwelcome demonstration of self-aggrandizement."


i think some of us feel that way about some of the "legitimate" work in these museums/galleries. perhaps "self-aggrandizement" is the last resource of the unknown and unconnected.