Poseur
the artist
The artist is a Poseur who lives in Soho. Without any real purpose or
meaning, the Poseur creates meaningless art and is represented by a
gallery which specializes in representing meaningless
artists. Meaningless people spend time at openings of this artist's
work and fill the air with meaningless chatter, while drinking cheap
wine.
the art
The meaningless art created by the Poseur goes by many names,
Post-Modernism, Neo-Something-or-Other, or just plain crap. It doesn't
say anything, it doesn't do anything, it doesn't look like
anything. If metal could vomit, it would look like the Poseur's work.
the beret
The Poseur doesn't wear a beret, but everyone falls all over
themselves at parties telling the poseur what a lovely beret he is
wearing. The Poseur spends a half-hour in the bathroom adjusting the
non-existent beret, hoping to adjust it so that it catches the light
just right.
The trick is that the Poseur always knows which parties to go to,
which parties will generate the most compliments for the beret.
Submitted by Marc Librescu, on Thursday, June 16, 1994