I’ve forgotten and haven’t found through backtracking where I got this link to the Museum of Bad Art, located in a basement of a theater in Dedham, Massachusetts, but with the similaries and the differences in the fields of art and literature, as well as the marketing and market, I found the spoof of the art review as hilarious as the images chosen.
Acrylic on canvas by Unknown
Acquired by Scott Wilson from trash
This disturbing work “makes an offer you can’t refuse”. The chilling, matter-of-fact manner in which the subject presents the severed head to us is a poignant reminder of just how numb we have become. The understated violence implicit in the scene speaks volumes on our own desensitization, our society’s reflexive use of force, and the artist’s inability to deal with the hindquarters of the animal.
The Lost Children: A Charity Anthology