Kiddie City Restoration/ artist proof

May 2024

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If the function of "High Art" is to "hold a mirror to nature", few rational artistes would want to take it on especially with the obsolete art form "painting". Better To Make Reality than compete said a wise Frank Stella.

 - (Two quick caveats) 1. If by Nature he means REALITY, that is probably impossible, or impossible. 2. "Mirror held to Nature" surely is pretentious compared to say: Being Andy Warhol. (Everyone has a shot AND already has been allotted fifteen minutes...)

 My "big" contribution above is a little naked "Gibson Girl" displayed before a backdrop Galaxy (NGC_4414). Standing room only/ a place holder. Other than that I chase the fortuitous like a photographer.

  The Big Players here are A.I./ the 2024 version and the great, short-lived Mike Caravaggio (They found a long-lost recently - this one.)

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Princess Catherine has had her portrait rendered very publicly twice (that I am aware of). Criticism has been harsh.

As it is The Donald (Cancel Culture/ Lies Lies and More such) Trump Era, that is neither here nor there.

 I am pressed into service to compare a 15 week endeavor with the one you can get in 24 hours for $20.99. At least one prominent critic derided Kate for a paucity of Pomposity. I personally am smitten with The Quenn For A Day/ AND such a deal! -Garry Kasparov and Big Blue did not make the final cut to get into this movie. AND yes, someone did make a better mousetrap.

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 In the Main Room are two earnest restorers who saw a need and set about to make the world right. Ecce Homo, circa 1930 was peeling to the floor at their Local in Spain. The international press decided the iconic painting was (a) sanctified and (b) transgressed. Fortunately Michelangelo Caravaggio and Jesus Christ gave them sanctuary.

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 Doesn't look like we are coming back, anytime soon to Kiddie City. The Warholians need to rebuild neoStudio 54

and the regional galleries only display Kiddies and not what Carolyn would call an "I Don't Get It" with nudity.