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*snicker* Janitor Mistakes 'Art' for Trash (I sympathize, heh)
via Wash TimesCleaner throws out bag of trash in artwork August 28, 2004 LONDON, England, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A janitor at a London museum threw away a bag full of paper and cardboard, not realizing that it was part of a work of art. Recreation of First Public Demonstration of Auto-Destructive Art by Gustav Metzger was part of an exhibit Art and the 60s at the Tate Britain gallery. Metzger has since replaced the bag, the BBC reports. Metzger, now 78, invented auto-destructive art in 1959. The work also includes a piece of nylon that is gradually eaten away by acid. The gallery told the BBC that the work is now covered at night and that museum staff have been told that the rubbish is part of the art. Metzger is not the first modern artist to have confused housekeepers. A work that consisted of a pile of beer bottles and other trash was thrown out at a London gallery while a conscientious janitor in Germany scrubbed out a dirty bathtub that was part of a gallery installation. Lol! Make that man / woman an honorary simplisme American. Trash is trash. Get a clue, Gustav, you're a twit. Posted by: .com 2004-08-28 |
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