Encyclopaedia of Difficult Art Decisions

We were asked by an art authority to install a wall protector on wall 5, to save the wall from being marked by people leaning against it while discussing the artwork on wall 4. We promptly attended to the task, however upon completing it we discovered that the wall protector, in not only being the same colour as the artwork on wall 4, but also made of the same vinyl material, confused the distinction between itself and the artwork. Now we’re not authorities on art, but it seemed obvious to us that this was a matter of great concern, for the general art public might mistakenly connect the art object and the wall protector, as is easy to do, and wastefully attempt to fathom the meaning of the connection. To avoid this we searched for other protectors and found the last two; however, neither was better that the first, as one was also of the same colour as the artwork, and the other had been patched with a piece of vinyl that was surprisingly a similar size as the artwork, as well as the came colour. We found it impossible to decide just which of the three was the least confusing, and therefore the most suitable, so we filed a ‘Difficult Art Decision’ report in order for an art authority to consider and solve the matter. Meanwhile, the situation has been left as it is — art this time [10:15 am] and on this day [Wednesday, 8.10.97] — until such moment as a final decision is made.

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table fro reviewing forgotten decisions

shelves of filed not too difficult ‘Difficult Art Decision’

very invisible stairs

table for reviewing mistaken decisions

shelves of filed ‘Difficult Art Decisions’ too difficult to ever solve

two folded wall protectors

table for reviewing invisible decisions

shelves of filed pretending to be difficult ‘Difficult Art Decisions’