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Experiment: 96% of passers-by ignore famous artist's street painting
April 23, 2008 10:33am
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I'm not sure this experiement has anything to do with Luc Tuymens, or even art- it's an experiment in context. People don't expect to see fine art on the wall of building any more than they expect to hear a concert-quality violinist on the subway.
The message I took is that maybe we should be prepared to find beautiful things just about anywhere.