Or, as honorary curator Ollie Hallowell puts it, the art must have "that 'Oh my God' quality." The museum acquires its artwork from thrift shops, flea markets, garage sales, and trash barrels. We collect things made in earnest, where people attempted to make art and something went wrong, either in the execution or in the original premise." "We don't collect dogs playing poker," says Frank. That's because the piece is from the museum's Rejection Collection, not from its permanent collection.Ī work may be rejected for a number of reasons: It's not original enough, or it's kitsch instead of "art," or the artist wasn't serious. As of Thursday, "Studies in Digestion" had been bid up to $98.Īn official MOBA Certificate of Rejection comes with the work.
Within an hour of listing the masterpiece on eBay, Frank had five bids. and a Picasso single line drawing." It is signed by the artist, Deborah Grumet, who lives in Queens. The drawing includes four panels of the digestive tract, which Frank describes as "drawn in the styles of Keith Haring, Georges Seurat, René Magritte. He had put a "buy-it-now" price tag of $10,000 on it, but when the first bid came in at $24.99 the buy-it-now deal died. Michael Frank, curator in chief at the Museum of Bad Art, was the one who listed "Studies in Digestion" on eBay. MOBA's slogan, on the other hand, is "Art Too Bad to be Ignored," and it is dedicated to "the collection, preservation, exhibition and celebra tion of bad art in all its forms and in all its glory." The Waltham museum includes works by such superstars as Andy Warhol, Willem de Kooning, and Jasper Johns. The plan has evoked outrage and protests from students, faculty, and alumni as well as those in the art world. "We don't like to see a sister museum having to shut down."īrandeis officials last month cited a universitywide budget crisis when they announced the decision to shutter the Rose and sell off its collection of modern and contemporary artwork.
"We're trying to do our part," says Louise Reilly Sacco, MOBA's permanent acting interim executive director. The bidding closes today on "Studies in Digestion." It is the first time the Dedham museum (also known as MOBA) has offered one of its acquisitions on eBay. "MOBA was shocked to learn that the trustees of Brandeis University have decided to close the Rose Art Museum and sell the valuable collection to raise money," according to a news release. Here's a news flash from my very favorite museum: The Museum of Bad Art, located just outside the men's room in the basement of the Dedham Community Theater, is auctioning one of its paintings to help the endangered Rose Art Museum.
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