I’m not artistically talented. I can draw reasonably well – you don’t want to play Pictionary against me, at any rate – but I am by no stretch of the imagination an artist. Luckily for those who are looking for that title, and the accompanying fame and NEA grants, actual artistic skill is no longer a requirement for creating that which is classified as “art.” As this story amply illustrates:
Artists catch head lice for show:
Seven German artists are living with lice in their hair in an Israeli museum for three weeks in the name of art.
The Berliners aim to stretch boundaries of what is art, saying they are toying with ideas about hosts and guests in line with a theme set by the museum.
“The idea is that we live in the museum as their guests, and at the same time we are hosting lice on our heads,” said artist Vincent Grunwald, 23.
The artists are wearing shower caps to prevent the lice from spreading.
Milana Gitzin-Adiram, chief curator of the Museum of Bat Yam, near Tel Aviv, said: “Art is no longer just a painting on the wall.
“Art is life, life is art.”
Coming soon to an art museum near you: a live exhibit of a fat guy in a recliner, watching football and eating burritos, creating skidmarks on his underwear. The works of art will be removed during commercials and exhibited in a sealed glass display.
What, you think that couldn’t happen?
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