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His Fifteen Minutes Of Fame
A painting chimpanzee has outsold Andy Warhol.
Posted by Rand Simberg at June 20, 2005 12:33 PM
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Impressionism, cubism, abstract expressionism,
and now animalism. Either that, or just another idiot American cultural barbarian with too much money.
Posted by K at June 21, 2005 12:30 AM
Maybe the chimp's works will appear somewhere in the next Planet of the Apes remake.
Posted by Alan K. Henderson at June 21, 2005 03:36 AM
Hey wait a minute...anyone remember the chimp on Beverly Hillbillies that painted a portrait titled "Blue Bananas?" The show was ahead of its time.
Posted by Alan K. Henderson at June 21, 2005 03:43 AM
I located an image of one of these paintings from this article. I wouldn't mind having such a thing on my wall (though not for it's share of ~$25,000, I can get a human to do it for much cheaper). My bet is that this is going to be a great investment since Congo, the chimpanzee in question only produced (so I read) 400 works in total. Ie, you have a small supply of decent works by one of the earliest non-human artists. OTOH, this is going to be easy forgery work, I think.
Posted by Karl Hallowell at June 21, 2005 12:55 PM
But did the chimp also beat Andy's fifteen minutes of fame?
Posted by McGehee at June 21, 2005 01:18 PM
My suspicion is that Andy's fifteen minutes of fame were longer than Congo's. Which seems unfair. After all, what's more interesting, a chimpanzee that can paint or a human that can't?
Posted by Karl Hallowell at June 21, 2005 01:50 PM
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