Dear Mr. Naftali and Mr. Green, Ms. Naftali
and Ms. Green, Mr. Naftali and Ms. Green, or Ms. Naftali and Mr. Green,
Sorry friends, but we don't even know your
sexy sex or sexes. Maybe it will show
you the gap between the people selling the art and the people making it. Between you and us. We tried to talk to you
about our work two years ago at your gallery, but you just kind of laughed and
said, "No, No, No! Are you crazy?
This is not how you do it. This
is how you do it: come to every opening, be nice, make people like you, and
eventually they'll say: 'Are you guys also artists? What kind of art do you make?' etc."
But that's not our way, oh no, we are like
two casual horses grazing in the pasture, hoping someone will come and ride us
hard. After all, who is going to like a
shy, mean looking Scandinavian and a much too tan and friendly Californian
boy? We think it's time for the New York
art world to globalize and respect our cultural differences, show some worldly
manners. "Politically correct? Just right."* Anyway, we took some of
your advice to heart. We're not writing
you to ask for a show. We just wanted to
give you a logo we made as our little way of saying, "Let's make peace, let’s
start communicating again."
Necessity
is the mother of all creation,
A.K.U.S.A.
Ps. Thanks for all
your advice and stuff, it really got us thinking.
* Taken from a
J.B. Scotch advertisement.