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Revision as of 05:38, 19 January 2012
- Poster, Selling Out
- D A Ayer
- Plain paper copy
- 8 1/2 x 14 inches
- April 1984
- © 1984 the artist
- Collection of David and Rebecca Ayer
- Sung to the tune of Puttin' On the Ritz, Robert(O) Mendel's lyrics ushered in the ensemble's answer to an Orwellian year in which we anticipated a Presidential reelection and more misery for the state of education in America. Clearly most of us were not going to make a living in the "fine" arts, so why not go commercial at the outset?
- Despite a DeKalb tradition of sacrificing cash for culture—a contemporary student show included artworks made from corners ripped from real US currency—and thanks to the miracle of self-service plain-paper copying, no actual dollar bills were harmed!
