MODERN MALADY: Autistic Space 2. AN ART GALLERY IS AN INSULAR SPACE, ART LIKE LIFE LIVES ELSEWHERE. IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME GO CHECK FOR SIGNS OF LIFE. Pretext: Disgusting. Freud work sets new world record A Lucian Freud painting of a sleeping, naked woman sells for $33.6m (£17.2m) in New York, a new record. source: BBC On a random excursion in incomparable Soho, New York, I stumbled across a prominent typical gallery. Lovely how it all unfolds in front of my eyes. - Where are you? - I am outside an art gallery. - What do you see? - I see the reflection of my feet on the ground. and I see paintings as well as a man facing the computer. - What kind of paintings? - Art history tells me that was an abstract painting. - How does the art history come to know this? READ THE FULL ARTICLE...

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