Saturday, December 31, 2005

Do I Make Bar Art?

What is Bar Art?
If art could talk (and maybe someday it will), Bar Art might say, "You better leave my mother outa this you cocksucker! (beer bottle smashes over bar; best friend runs over and apologizes for Bar Art; Bar Art throws-up and begins to sob; The object of Bar Arts aggression and Bar Art hug each other and continue the conversation with all misunderstandings of the past forgotten; Bar Art and the object of his former aggression appear as brothers in arms as if out of a Vietnam War movie; Other bar patrons who were admiring Bar Arts chiaroscuro effects earlier have now lost all respect for his petty tricks and leave the bar in disgust, denying the bartender of a tip; Bartender senses things have gone awry and attempts to kick out Bar Art and the former object of his aggression; Bar Art and the former object of his aggression impulsively assume the role of soldiers in a strange enemy land hemmed in by enemy forces and begin fighting their way out of the bar; Bar Art is hit in the head by a flying stool while the object of his former aggression is mercilessly beaten near the entrance by a bouncer itching for an opportunity to demonstrate his ability to disable slow, intoxicated people; Bar Art wakes up the next morning vowing to be gallery art for now on; Bar Art changes his tune by about 6p.m. that day and by 9p.m. is smashing a beer bottle over the bar calling the object of his aggression a cocksucker....)"

Sunday Jan. 8, 4-7p.m.
@Dirty Franks, 13th & Pine St.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I've long thought that I want my paintings to act like alcohol - to some how change the feeling of the room they're in. Unfortunately, liking gin as I do, my work tends to elicit maudlin or belligerent responses...