quoted 5 lines Brings to mind the story about the famous artist (forgot his name)>Brings to mind the story about the famous artist (forgot his name)
>who anonymously donated a toilet as an entry to an art show. The
>critics laughed at it and said it was a piece of crap (as it indeed
>was), but once the artist revealed himself as the creator, all the
>critics were tripping over their own feet to praise it.
are you sure you've got this story straight? it sounds vaguely like
something Tristram Tzara, one of the Dadaists tried. he exhibited a
toilet and called it art. everyone said "it's not art, it's an
ordinary household appliance." he said, "it's art because it's in an
art gallery." i don't remember the critics ever changing their mind
about it.
(don't get me started on the Dadaists... i love them... read
Stoppard's play "Travesties"... i think it has a dramatized version of
the toilet prank in it.)
as frank zappa said, "art is what you put the frame around."
/jon