A Favor Returned
solicitation
I receive,
I use the
enclosed
postage-paid
envelope to
mail back
a solicitation of my own
(the one on
the right).
The artist's
statement
below
explains
why.
"bullshit". Actually, I can't imagine why I am even bothering
with these other words - the words that follow the word
"bullshit". This is not a particularly clever work of art, nor
does it benefit society; it doesn't force a spotlight on any
injustice. It doesn't even effectively rebel against unsolicited
solicitation. I don't get it.
If I were to happen upon this web site, I think I would think to
myself "oh how witty and zany you are, Jethro."
It's a real stretch to even call this art in the first place. After
all it's not really a meaningful and skillful manipulation of
materials within my cultural context. It will no doubt take
a person of far greater intelligence than my own to find art
here.
© 2006 Keith Clementson
All Rights Reserved
All Rights Reserved
would ever see my little bit of mischief, anyway. It's the hard working person who will open my "reverse solicitation", and
they certainly are not at fault. They would not show it to the
CEO, or even to their section manager. I shouldn't drag hard
working people into this - this whatever it is. If I were that
person (opening my return letter) I would think "oh how witty
and zany you are, Jethro." Then I would trash it.
If someone were to put a gun in my ear and force me to
write an artist statement about this project, I would probably
write something like this:
This ain't no can of soup, balloon dog or shark in
formaldehyde, but at least I achieved shameless self
promotion - the core competency of much *recent art.