Digital BW, The Print

average museum image viewing time is 10 seconnds. Sounds like the bathroom
art does very well in comparison....

> From: "Martin Wesley" <mwesley250@...>
> Reply-To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2001 17:15:08 -0000
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Chuckle and historical question
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Steadman Uhlich"
> <steadmanuhlich@k...> wrote:
>> I agree.  
>> 
>> I would much rather have my art hanging over a sofa than in an
> office building cubicle or restroom at an office.  The one over the
> sofa is "lived with" and obviously enjoyed by the buyer.
>> 
>> Recently I went to a Hospital here and enjoyed seeing some donated
> art from local artists hanging in the hallways...to brighten up the
> otherwise drab grey/putty walls of the halls....then I had a chuckle
> when I saw a "famous" local artist's big painting hanging in a
> basement mens room over the urinals....got me chuckling and helped me
> determine not to donate my art to that hospital.
>> 
>> Grin  (honest and true tale here).
> 
> Steadman,
> 
> No that's a perfect spot! Where else is more likely to be intently
> stared at by thousands of people! The road to fame and fortune leads
> through some strange places.
> 
> I did hear back that I print I sold wound up in the buyer's bathroom.
> Not a great ego booster but we all know that huge portion of our work
> gets purchased for interior decorating purposes.
> 
> Are we degenerating to bathroom humor here? ;-)
> 
> Martin
> 
> (snip)
> 
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