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Spring/Summer 1999
THE ARCHIVE
Issue #6
The Journal of the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation

Art Quiz
by Tom Foral
We asked Tom to write a guest editorial and this is what he came up with. Judge for yourself if it is the editorial we were looking for.

1. "Gay art" is:
A. Any piece of art done by a homo-sexual artist.
B. Any work of art that is attracted to another work of art.
C. Something you can't leave on your wall when your parents visit.
D. Like "gay restaurants," generally bad.

2. You know gay art is truly great when it makes you:
A. Laugh.
B. Embarrassed.
C. Come.
D. Pay for it.

3. You know you are on the right track when your mother:
A. Hangs one of your works above the mantle.
B. Decides to open a gallery.
C. Offers to pose.
D. Writes you our of her will.

4.You would have been born under a lucky star if your father had been:
A. Tom of Finland.
B. Quaintance.
C. Ira C. Smith.
D. Pablo Picasso.

5. The last gallery director who rejected your work was:
A. An idiot.
B. A painter working a day job.
C. Into heavy abuse.
D. A republican.

6. At the top of the "subjects it would be a mistake to paint" list is:
A. Your sister/brother doing the Pope.
B. Gandhi in a sex club.
C. Your mother doing the Dog.
D. Your current lover.

7. To sell your work in every group show, you should:
A. Master your technique.
B. Push your imagination to the limit.
C. Be political as well as sexual.
D. Paint daisies.

8. Your self-image most closely resembles:
A. John Singer Sargent.
B. Gaugin.
C. Sandro Chia
D. Martha Stewart.

9. Your idea of success is:
A. Inclussion in the Venice Biannale.
B. The permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum.
C. The cover of Time magazine.
D. Quitting your day job.

10. The starving artist in a Paris garret: had it better because:
A. He had no T.V.
B. His friends brought bread, cheese and wine.
C. His life was turned into an opera.
D. He lived in Paris.

11. Sidewalk artists should avoid:
A. Panhandlers.
B. High winds.
C. Sidewalk critics.
D. Working on your penis/vagina series.

12. Painting safety means:
A. Adequate ventilation.
B. No open flames
C. Proper disposal of paint rags.
D. Don't take drugs.

13. The only excuse for not working on your art each day is:
A. A death in the family.
B. A four-car collision.
C. Tickets to Liza at the Garden.
D. Investiture into Knighthood.

Thanks, Tom. You did an excellent job of analyzing the market. We knew you could do it.

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