Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., ternahan <ternahan@s...> 
wrote:
> Steadman et al,
> 
> Did you see the story in yesterday's NY Times about the Damien Hirst
> installation?
> He set it all up in the gallery street window for his new show 
(Martin, I
> think it looked like our studios)

Trish,

Since I have unknowingly greated my master work can I now coat for 
posterity and retire from this madness?


> ....they had the opening reception and that
> night the custodian threw it out...said it looked like 
garbage...the gallery
> owner was quick to point out that he had only "set it aside" 
(meaning they
> were able to pull most of it out of the dumpster)...she was quoted 
as
> stating that it was worth hundreds of thousands of dollars...staff 
was able
> to put it back together, mostly. Hirst himself thought the whole 
thing was
> hysterically funny.

Oh he is missing an oportunity here! He should definately sue for 
damages since it was worth "hundreds of thousands of dollars". <<G>>

Martin

(snip)