FC: sorry if I missed this but there's a very cool new scupture on campus...
- Thread starter BBrown
- Start date
Also a very interesting Irish painting on exhibit at the campus on loan from the National Art Gallery in Dublin--following is the history of the painting:
Historical Painting
At the National Art Gallery in Dublin,
a husband and wife were staring at a portrait
that had them completely confused.
The painting depicted three black men totally naked,
sitting on a 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 personal
assessment. He went on for over 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,
an Irishman 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 am the artist, who painted the picture,' he replied.
'In fact, there are no African Americans depicted at all.
They're just three Irish coal miners.
The guy in the middle went home for lunch.'
Last edited:
