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?

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