Move over Da Vinci.
Mr Jamieson then started to promote the show, printing glossy invitations and placing ads in reputable magazines Art Almanac and Art Collector, in which the abstract work was featured. Only then did he discover a crucial fact about the new artist: Aelita Andre was Nikka Kalashnikova’s daughter, and she was then just 22 months old. She turns two tomorrow.
The bit that’s most interesting? That The Age (check the caption on the piccy in the link) seriously ponders whether this is the work of a ‘tiny genius’.
As Clare Kermond notes:
Is this a story of a child prodigy or a deliberate joke at the expense of the art world? In the curious case of Aelita Andre, it could be both of those things — or neither.
Never mind Clare is questioning herself. She is the question.
Seriously. Someone’s not even two year old kid has gone ballistic with a paint brush. Fine. If it were my two year old kid, it’d be special. And if it were your two year old kid, surely it’d be special for you, too.
But really. Jamieson has lost it. The Age lost it long ago.
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