There seems to be a formula for writing contemporary art criticism. First, you start with a personal story that relates to your own experience with a work of art. This segues easily into the analysis of the work. Your personal story, with the analysis, draws an accessibly reduced conclusion that ends nicely with a clever twist. It’s a beautiful program. It almost never fails. It gives me the strength to tell you about how I made a fool of myself the other night over a joke. The joke went like this:
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