Going home for lunch ...?
Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 4:48 amAt the National Art Gallery in Dublin, Ireland, a husband and wife
were staring at a portrait that had them completely confused.
The painting depicted three black men totally naked sitting on a
park bench. Two of the figures had black penises, but the one in
the middle had a pink penis.
The curator of the gallery realized that they were having trouble
interpreting the painting and offered his assessment. He went on
for over half an hour explaining how it depicted the sexual
emasculation of black men in a predominately white, patriarchal
society.
'In fact,' he pointed out, 'some serious critics believe that the
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, '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 it,' he replied. 'In fact, there
are no black men depicted at all. They're just three Irish coal
miners. The guy in the middle went home for lunch.'
were staring at a portrait that had them completely confused.
The painting depicted three black men totally naked sitting on a
park bench. Two of the figures had black penises, but the one in
the middle had a pink penis.
The curator of the gallery realized that they were having trouble
interpreting the painting and offered his assessment. He went on
for over half an hour explaining how it depicted the sexual
emasculation of black men in a predominately white, patriarchal
society.
'In fact,' he pointed out, 'some serious critics believe that the
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, '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 it,' he replied. 'In fact, there
are no black men depicted at all. They're just three Irish coal
miners. The guy in the middle went home for lunch.'
