If like that 'un-bigoted' woman of Rochdale you wonder about 'all these eastern European what are coming in, where are they flocking from?', you might be in luck. The Viennafair not only has an on-line catalogue search tool that might educate the ‘un-bigoted’ about the names of Central and Eastern European countries; it will even reveal the kind of contemporary art that they might bring with them to steal our British art collectors, grants and press coverage.
With the UK descending into a theatre where it is important to make newcomers feel as unwelcome as possible, perhaps it is time to take a trip to Vienna between May 5th to the 9th for something a little less little-islander and more stimulating to say the least. If you take a little time to reflect whilst you are there, it might also be possible to think of a few nearby historic warnings which demonstrate the dangers of worrying too much about where your neighbours were born and what their heritage is.
Thankfully, with the help of the Czech Centre Vienna, the Waterside Project Space men are repatriating some of Buskova’s work eastwards for this event where hopefully the 'Eastern european' will acquire them before they can sneak back in and take up more British gallery space whilst our YBA’s starve in garrets.
UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO VERY SEVERE DAMAGE IN TRANSPORT BUSKOVA'S 2008 FORGOTTEN MARRIAGE SERIES PRINTS CAN NOT BE SEEN AT VIENNAFAIR AS PLANNED.
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