I went to a John Lennon art show last weekend. I really didn’t know what to expect. The advertisement said it was a free show however, there was a chubby, balding, red-headed guy sternly saying, “It’s free but DONATIONS are appreciated.” I slipped two bucks into the Plexiglas cube. It’s clear so everyone in line can see how much you donate. It ensures no one cheats.
Inside you find exactly what you would expect, tons of art done by John Lennon. We all know that Lennon’s media wasn’t sketching on paper so the art wasn’t presented like he was famous for drawing; it is presented as charity work. It’s not very complicated which is a bonus, but is a bit too simple at times. It definitely has its own style. There’s a consistency from one drawing to the next.
I don’t know if I got the good feelings from the art or from the legend of the man who created it. Either way, the experience was a good one. Just when I getting into a good mood as I read about John’s struggle with himself, a salesman steps up and starts talking me about the picture I’m looking at. What this particular salesman was doing was trying to increase the homey feeling I was getting by telling me some tidbit about the picture like “John drew that to make his sun laugh.” Then he would tell you more about the picture until it became more than obvious that he was annoying me. This happened more than once.
These pictures are like 500 to 5000 dollars. Do I look like a guy who buys any other art than band posters? I don’t think so. Yet this guy kept stopping by to tell me something about the drawing I was looking at. What’s with that?
All of the proceeds from the sales go to help some local artist thing. So even though it was a bit high pressure on the sales, it was good experience.
Pavel
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