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Enjoy........ Sometimes we view things much too
seriously........Aaron
>Subject: Interpreting Art
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> > A couple attending an art exhibition at the National
Gallery were staring
>at a portrait that had them completely confused. The painting
depicted three
>black men totally naked sitting on a park bench. Two of the
figures had
>black penises, but the one in the middle had a pink penis.
> >
> > The curator of the gallery realized that they were having
trouble
>interpreting the painting and offered his assessment. He went on
for nearly
>half an hour explaining how it depicted the sexual emasculation
of
>African-Americans in a predominately white, patriarchal society.
"In fact,"
>he pointed out, "some serious critics believe that the pink penis
also
>reflects the cultural and sociological oppression experienced by
gay men in
>contemporary society."
> >
> > After the curator left, a Scottish man approached the
couple and said,
>"Would you like to know what the painting is really about?" "Now
why would
>you claim to be more of an expert than the curator of the
gallery?" asked
>the couple. "Because I'm the guy who painted it," he replied. "In
fact,
>there's no African-Americans depicted at all. They're just three
Scottish
>coal-miners. The guy in the middle went home for lunch."
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