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- 21 July, 2010 -
- Art Of The State News, Rhizome -
- Tags : barack obama, blog, Bush, credibility, david cameron, end, gift, gift exchange, handbag, headline, jot, luxury goods, painting, parallel universe, sector, strange turn, two men, yeah
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Yes you read that headline right. In a strange turn of events that probably has left Ben Eine thinking he may have entered a parallel universe a painting of his has apparently ended up in the mits of US President Barack Obama via David Cameron and his wife Samantha. ‘Twentyfirstcenturycity‘ by Ben was given as part of a gift exchange between the two men after Ben was asked and he “had a bit of think about it and thought: yeah, I suppose so”. According to the Times he added “I would definitely not have done it for Bush”.
It’s not such a stretch as it first seems – Samantha Cameron works in the luxury goods sector and Ben recently allowed his font to be used by a top end handbag designer.
I was trying to work out what I thought about the whole thing this morning – should he do it, what does it do for his credibility and then I remembered that I’m just writing a blog and it really doesn’t matter a jot what I think. If its good for Ben then I guess I’m happy. But I would have been more than happy with the two fingered approach too.
