16 June 2006

Art Interpretation

At the National Art Gallery in Dublin, a husband and wife were staring at a portrait that had them completely confused. The painting depicted 3 black men totally naked, sitting on a bench.
Two of the black figures had black penises, but the one in the middle had a very pink one.
The curator of the gallery noticed the couple were having trouble interpreting the painting and offered his personal assessment. He explained to them that the painting depicted the sexual emasculation of African Americans in a predominately white, patriarchal society.
"In fact", he pointed out, "some serious critics believe that the one bright pink penis also reflects the cultural and sociological oppression experienced by gay men in contemporary society".
After the curator left, an Irishman approached the couple and said, "Folks, would you like to know what the painting is really about?"
" Now why would you claim to be more of an expert than the curator of the gallery?" asked the couple.
"Because I'm the guy who painted the picture," he replied. He proceeded to explain:
"In fact, the men in the picture are NOT African Americans.
They're just three Irish coal miners on a break. The guy in the middle went home for lunch."

3 Comments:

Blogger sig94 said...

ROTFLMAO!
So much for social commentary.

16 June, 2006 08:01  
Blogger Unknown said...

I just finished an Irish Lit course - I think I'm going to send this to my prof...

16 June, 2006 14:38  
Blogger Hujonwi said...

sig94
My thoughts exactly.
lisa w
Hope the prof enjoys it, think he will.

17 June, 2006 03:31  

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