Janitor Accidentally Throws Artwork Away
Published August 30, 2004
A British janitor accidentally threw away a "work of art" at the Tate Britain exhibition in London.
The trashbag bag was filled with discarded paper and cardboard and it was part of a work by Gustav Metzger, said to demonstrate the "finite existence" of art.
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I say, let's hire this guy as a curator and have him clean a few of our museums...
- Janitor Accidentally Throws Artwork Away
- Published: August 30, 2004
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- Writer: Lenny Campello
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Doh!
Great minds.... etc.
That is really funny - I guess in this case art imitates life
I see your distain of modern art doesn't interfere with your attempt at selling the book(s) at Amazon (oh, and netting a kick-back in the process).
How healthily American of you.
i still don't see how something anyone could make, with almost no effort (millions of us do it every week, in the case of a full trash bag) can be called art.
There's no talent behind it. So effectively, there's no artist.
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this is a very popular story!