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"Darling,
Amid the myriad mindless, sophomoric, inane instances of art
here in Reno, there is one true gem of a gallery. I'd thought
there would be a plethora of cutting-edged galleries whose proprietors
understand the concept of irony, but so few fall so short of
my exacting, big-city standards. But there's one that brims with
cynical, tongue-in-cheek cleverness, without bowing down to commercialism
or espousing tired, clichéd artistic rhetoric. Maybe it
was just the beer they gave me. Blue Lyon Art Studio and Gallery--even
their address is clever, it's at 420 Evans Ave.--had this provocative,
original, splendidly intelligent white trash themed show last
summer. They made art from macaroni and cheese. They said it
was all in good fun, but I knew that they're much cleverer there
than they let on. I know that it's postmodern commentary on the
co-opting of lower class culture. How clever! I told them so,
and they just laughed and told me they were glad to have me around."
-Cecil
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