Thursday, May 12, 2005

But is it art?........encore


This is part of a painting by chimpanzee artist Congo, completed in the late 1950s, which will be auctioned off at London's Bonhams auction house.

Congo, who was born in 1954, produced some 400 drawings and paintings between the ages of 2 and 4. It was not immediately known if he was still alive, a Bonhams spokeswoman said. In 1957, animal behaviorist Desmond Morris organized an exhibition of chimpanzee art at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts, including works by Congo. Critics reacted with a mixture of scorn and skepticism, but Picasso is recorded as having owned a painting by Congo, Bonhams said.

This piece is called "If he touches my banana one more time, this is what his brains are going to look like smeared all over the floor...." Posted by Hello

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