A couple attending an art exhibition at the National Gallery was staring at a portrait that had them completely confused. The painting was of three black, and totally naked, men sitting on a park bench. Two of the figures
had black penises, but the penis for the one in the middle was pink.
The curator of the gallery observed the couple were having trouble interpreting the painting and offered his assessment. For half an hour he explained how it depicted the sexual emasculation of African Americans in a predominately white, patriarchal society. "In fact," he pointed out, "some critics believe the pink penis also reflects the cultural and sociological oppression experienced by gay men in a contemporary society."
After the curator left, a young man in a West Virginia T-shirt approached the couple and said, "Would you like to know what the painting is really about?"
"How could you be more of an expert than the curator of this
gallery?" asked the couple.
Because I'm the guy who painted it," he replied. "In fact, there are no African Americans depicted at all. They're just three West Virginia coal miners, and the guy in the middle went home for lunch."
submitted by Masskki22 on Wednesday, August 13 at 2:18 PM
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