Have any of you New Yorkers seen Alejandro Diaz ("Born in San Antonio, 1963 - Lives and works in New York") on the street in Manhattan, sometimes in front of Tiffanys, with a stack of scrawled "messages" on rough pieces of cardboard - all for sale?
We were at a new LACMA exhibition of Chicano Art, which was certainly interesting, but for us what stood out was a wall covered with these cardboard "messages," along with a photo of a very nattily dressed Alejandro Diaz, next to a pile of his art for sale.
"GET OFF YOUR TRUST FUND AND DO SOMETHING"
"PLEASE DON'T FEED THE SUPERMODELS"
"UNKNOWN ARTISTS AT UNHEARD OF PRICES"
"EMOTIONALLY MOVING SALE"
"FOOD TO GOGH"
"MEXICANS WITHOUT BORDERS"
"NO SHOES, NO SHIRT, YOU'RE PROBABLY RICH"
"BY DISAPPOINTMENT ONLY"
"WET BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND"
THE FILET MIGNON OF AFFORDABLE CONCEPTUAL ART"
"AVAILABLE FOR SPEAKING ROLE IN MAJOR MOTION PICTURE"
"LOOKING FOR NICE UPPER EAST SIDE LADY WITH CLEAN, ELEGANT APARTMENT. MUST HAVE CABLE"
"MEXICAN WALLPAPER"
"THIS PRODUCT IS MADE WITH INNER-CHILD LABOR"
If any of you run into him, let us know. We may be in the market and it's always good to support local art, especially if it lifts "The Inner Heart."
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this is a terrific blog REB
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