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cblj_backup) wrote2006-06-28 09:07 am
cblj_backup) wrote2006-06-28 09:07 am
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LONDON (Reuters) - One of Britain's most prestigious art galleries put a block of slate on display, topped by a small piece of wood, in the mistaken belief it was a work of art. The Royal Academy included the chunk of stone and the small bone-shaped wooden stick in its summer exhibition in London. But the slate was actually a plinth -- a slab on which a pedestal is placed -- and the stick was designed to prop up a sculpture.
So I thought this was the bad part. And then I read on.
The sculpture itself -- of a human head -- was nowhere to be seen. The academy explained the error by saying the plinth and the head were sent to the exhibitors separately. "Given their separate submission, the two parts were judged independently," it said in a statement. "The head was rejected. The base was thought to have merit and accepted."
Okay, seriously, I thought I should just put that last sentence in bold and leave it be. The base had more merit than the head. Ouch, right? Stupid mistake, right? But wait for it.
"The head has been safely stored ready to be collected by the artist," it added. "It is accepted that works may not be displayed in the way that the artist might have intended."
BAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Their head of PR must be wetting himself with laughter at his own cleverness.
So I thought this was the bad part. And then I read on.
The sculpture itself -- of a human head -- was nowhere to be seen. The academy explained the error by saying the plinth and the head were sent to the exhibitors separately. "Given their separate submission, the two parts were judged independently," it said in a statement. "The head was rejected. The base was thought to have merit and accepted."
Okay, seriously, I thought I should just put that last sentence in bold and leave it be. The base had more merit than the head. Ouch, right? Stupid mistake, right? But wait for it.
"The head has been safely stored ready to be collected by the artist," it added. "It is accepted that works may not be displayed in the way that the artist might have intended."
BAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Their head of PR must be wetting himself with laughter at his own cleverness.