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Originally Posted by patrickt
Of course. On the other hand, Ned would probably award a big fat trophy to any replica Cobra that could fool him in to thinking it's real. But he's a judge; a replica doesn't matter to him, nor should it. Instead, look at it from the gallery's perspective. Here, suppose I have three paintings on my wall: A Gaugin, a Renoir, and a van Gogh. And after you have been admiring them for a good ten minutes or so I tell you "Only one of them is real, the other two are fakes." Have I just: 1) Increased your viewing pleasure; 2) Diminished it; or 3) Made no change. Now don't just knee-jerk answer; think it through first.  |
Patrick, I think it would add to my viewing pleasure. That said, the replica wouldn't score points of course.
The gallery probably would like to see all of the paintings but where they are placed on the wall is your choice being that you are running the exhibit.
Now if I could build a replica Cobra that would fool Ned, then I would be ...
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Larry