Courage and good faith is more precious than the arts
Posted by madem | 19 Feb, 2010
Courage and good faith is more precious than the arts
Antawn Jamison is a gallery in Melbourne, Australia a well-known person in charge. One day last October, he received a strange delivery, express delivery, which is more than a dozen pieces of abstract paintings and an anonymous letter, the letter said: "Dear Jamison President, my grandfather before he died, there is a part of the United States rural painter Andre's works, has never publicized to the public, these are I recently accidentally found from his grandfather's attic, I wonder if Andre is not intended to study the works, please identify. "
"It's amazing, and I've never not seen such a rich artistic paintings!" Jamison on the painting, after a careful identification of extremely surprised to say. Later, he invited several artists together to appreciate, we have been deeply impressed, and agreed that this was Andre's work, and convinced that no doubt! Jamison decided to organize a January of this year Andrea exhibition and auction of paintings. In art magazines, he published a full-page advertisements, but also invited people to interviews with television stations.
On the day before the auction, there have been a surprising thing. A 30-to-year-old women with little daughter came to galleries to find Antawn Jamison, and she sounded very ashamed of: "Please excuse me with your jokes! Those paintings that I sent to you, but in fact this is not what Andre works, but from a less than two years old child's hand - her painting! "she said, pointing to the child's arms. It turned out that the mother called the Kalash Nikewa, is a resident of this city, her daughter Ai Lita arms less than two years of age. Ai Lita usually particularly fond of random paint on paper. One day, Kalash Nikewa feel that painting looks very much like abstract painting, it will be her daughter's whim, these "paintings" mailed to Jamison identification, and her only one purpose is to see their own " feeling "in the end whether the Right! "What? Are you saying that these paintings are her 'masterpiece'?" Jamison was thunderstruck a kind of feeling.
"Yes, sir! This is indeed my daughter's graffiti, and I saw on TV after this matter, it was found the seriousness of the matter! I have to tell us the truth, even though I know you will have extremely angry!"
Caras said Nikewa head down.
"This is the next finished!" Jamison sudden paralysis in a chair, his fame I am afraid I must planted on the mistakes in this, but the matter has now, he was subsequently Kalash nikewa said, "You first, go back! Thank you for your timely frankly say so! this issue is a result of my own, I am going to deal with! "
Caras Nikewa left, Antawn Jamison immediately came to television, the media disclosed the truth, but he decided not to cancel the exhibition and auction. "I am very sorry, but I said if you can not not do! Just that, first I must frankly admit their mistakes!" Jamison front of cameras not only shame and frankly said.
Antawn Jamison of the media to recognize their own mistakes, but also posted a gallery door eye-catching poster: "judging mistakes! The exhibition and auction of the 'paintings' in fact have come from in a two years were less than the children's hands, but the exhibition and the auction went ahead! "
However, in the exhibition and auction that day, unexpected thing is happening again - to see the exhibition and a particularly large number of people to participate in the auction, while the shoot went so far as reaching the highest price 10000 USD! A reporter interviewed several customers to buy paintings and asked them why they buy a child graffiti's "work." Almost every one customer said: "I bought more than just paintings, the most important is that I have seen from inside the man's sincerity, there is the child the mother admitted the mistake in good faith a timely manner, with Antawn Jamison dare to admit mistakes courage and sincerity, which are, in fact more than any work of art is worth! "
Antawn Jamison is a gallery in Melbourne, Australia a well-known person in charge. One day last October, he received a strange delivery, express delivery, which is more than a dozen pieces of abstract paintings and an anonymous letter, the letter said: "Dear Jamison President, my grandfather before he died, there is a part of the United States rural painter Andre's works, has never publicized to the public, these are I recently accidentally found from his grandfather's attic, I wonder if Andre is not intended to study the works, please identify. "
"It's amazing, and I've never not seen such a rich artistic paintings!" Jamison on the painting, after a careful identification of extremely surprised to say. Later, he invited several artists together to appreciate, we have been deeply impressed, and agreed that this was Andre's work, and convinced that no doubt! Jamison decided to organize a January of this year Andrea exhibition and auction of paintings. In art magazines, he published a full-page advertisements, but also invited people to interviews with television stations.
On the day before the auction, there have been a surprising thing. A 30-to-year-old women with little daughter came to galleries to find Antawn Jamison, and she sounded very ashamed of: "Please excuse me with your jokes! Those paintings that I sent to you, but in fact this is not what Andre works, but from a less than two years old child's hand - her painting! "she said, pointing to the child's arms. It turned out that the mother called the Kalash Nikewa, is a resident of this city, her daughter Ai Lita arms less than two years of age. Ai Lita usually particularly fond of random paint on paper. One day, Kalash Nikewa feel that painting looks very much like abstract painting, it will be her daughter's whim, these "paintings" mailed to Jamison identification, and her only one purpose is to see their own " feeling "in the end whether the Right! "What? Are you saying that these paintings are her 'masterpiece'?" Jamison was thunderstruck a kind of feeling.
"Yes, sir! This is indeed my daughter's graffiti, and I saw on TV after this matter, it was found the seriousness of the matter! I have to tell us the truth, even though I know you will have extremely angry!"
Caras said Nikewa head down.
"This is the next finished!" Jamison sudden paralysis in a chair, his fame I am afraid I must planted on the mistakes in this, but the matter has now, he was subsequently Kalash nikewa said, "You first, go back! Thank you for your timely frankly say so! this issue is a result of my own, I am going to deal with! "
Caras Nikewa left, Antawn Jamison immediately came to television, the media disclosed the truth, but he decided not to cancel the exhibition and auction. "I am very sorry, but I said if you can not not do! Just that, first I must frankly admit their mistakes!" Jamison front of cameras not only shame and frankly said.
Antawn Jamison of the media to recognize their own mistakes, but also posted a gallery door eye-catching poster: "judging mistakes! The exhibition and auction of the 'paintings' in fact have come from in a two years were less than the children's hands, but the exhibition and the auction went ahead! "
However, in the exhibition and auction that day, unexpected thing is happening again - to see the exhibition and a particularly large number of people to participate in the auction, while the shoot went so far as reaching the highest price 10000 USD! A reporter interviewed several customers to buy paintings and asked them why they buy a child graffiti's "work." Almost every one customer said: "I bought more than just paintings, the most important is that I have seen from inside the man's sincerity, there is the child the mother admitted the mistake in good faith a timely manner, with Antawn Jamison dare to admit mistakes courage and sincerity, which are, in fact more than any work of art is worth! "
