Three Black Men
>
>
> At the National Art Gallery in Dublin,
> a husband and wife were staring at the portrait that had
> them completely confused. The painting depicted 3 black men
> totally naked, sitting on a 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 personal assessment. He went on for over half an
> hour explaining how it depicted the
> sexual emasculation of African Americans 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 am the artist, who painted
> the picture,” he replied.
>
>
> “In fact, there are no African
> Americans depicted at all. They're just three Irish coal
> miners. The guy in the middle went home for
> lunch.”
>
>

Thinking most art is like that. About as sensible as interpreting what an author REALLY meant.

Grizz

Now THAT'S A GOOD ONE!

Took me completely by surprise. Good one.
Cal