Or so the title of the Guardian article goes. Everyone like's a feel good story don't they? And this is no different - the story of a man living in the rubbish room of a block of flats, who existed on the margins of society where he kept to himself. There he would carefully create collages of a past life before being discovered and swiftly catapulted into stardom and the heights of the art world.
A funny thing happened over the weekend. I had a piece of art I created exhibited at the Big Chill as part of a touring art show.
The first thing that makes me exhibiting a piece of art peculiar is that while I was taught art and was fortunate enough to be exposed to some great contemporary artists, I don't really consider myself an artist.
The second thing which really made it peculiar, was the fact that I was truly the unknown face in an exhibit composed of 18 successful artists chosen by Cedric Christie to participate in his charitable endeavor entitled The Blank Canvas Project. To put the peculiarity of the situation into context, the other artists were Tracey Emin, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Sir Peter Blake, Sarah Lucas, Gavin Turk, Rachel Whiteread.... and many more. All major artists who make their living selling art and then me....
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