A friend of mine has been busy this summer setting up an Asian Art show at the local convention center. She was kind enough to give me a ticket so this morning before class I went and checked it out. On the way in I noticed a prominent sign that seemed to warn against using cameras. Of course seeing as how I am illiterate here I decided to ignore this warning.
It seems I am not the only one who likes to take photographs at art exhibitions. I wonder if I could sell my photo of this photo of a visitor to an art exhibition for the six figure prices that seemed to be the norm in this part of the show. That is six figue US dollars not Korean won.
This painting, which was selling for tens of thousands of dollars, was titled "Waterboy." I thought a more appropriate title would have been "Chin Deep in ****"
It seems I wasn't the only one that thought ignoring the no photography rule was a good idea. Every where I looked there seemed to be people snapping pictures.
I don't know what was funnier the man ignoring the no photos rule at the exhibition or the artist that ignored intellectual property laws to make the paintings. I do know that I like and agree with them both.
My favorite painting was this painting of sand...
...that was painted on sand.
Finally what would an art show be without people wearing black sipping coffee.
I had a great time and hope that the art show becomes a regular event. On a more sober note, my friend informed me that most of the Chinese artists that were being shown were not able to attend because of the difficulties in obtaining a visa. Unfortunately it does not comfort me at all that America is not the only place in the world that needs to work on its immigration policies and procedures. Someone should though before the Chinese decide to get petty and make it difficult to get into China. I think that many Korean and American companies would find it very infuriating if they faced the same troubles that Chinese people do getting visas.
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