The artist brings the viewer face to face with their own pre-conceived hierarchy of cultural values and assumptions of cultural worth. Each mirror imaginatively propels its viewer forward into the seemingly infinite progression of possible reproductions that the artist’s practice engenders, whilst simultaneously pulling them backwards in quest for the “original” source or reverent that underlines Levine’s oeuvre.
(Extracted from the Guardian Weekly 2.22.2013)

This tripe refers to an exhibition in London of the work, (sorry, oeuvre) of the American artist Sherrie Levine. She showed a dozen small mirrors, precisely arranged, and a dozen small pink skulls in cases. Good for her. I’m sure they looked nice.

In case there are readers who want to know what Epicureans do, let me tell you. Firstly, We speak English. Secondly, we speak it in a simple and comprehensible manner. And thirdly, we are down-to-earth people who try to avoid treating colleagues and acquaintances to the waste products of the bovine species. Art gallery directors tie themselves into frustrating knots trying to make special something that is not They then make money out of it.

You don’t achieve peace of mind as an art gallery director, although you might make a living.