Security Guard Who Drew Eyes on Russian Painting Opens Up: ‘What Have I Done?’

ARTnews ^ | February 14, 2022 | Tessa Solomon

[nickcarraway]

[cranked]

LMAO. Idiot confirmed.

[Ken H]

Should have painted mustaches on them, then everyone would have gotten a good laugh.

[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

He pulled a Mr. Bean!

[rightwingcrazy]

I can see his problem. Those faces look like they’re just begging for eyes.

[WMarshal]

That is morbidly depressing and I wonder what type of personality likes it.

[lee martell]

That kind of abstract presentation is just asking for the faces to be filled in with something. It’s a human reaction.
Similar to viewing someone’s face upside down, you want to ‘correct’ it right away.

All that being said, inside every 63 y/o man, is an 8 y/o Boy trying to get out again.

[GingisK]

At the ripe age of 25, I pushed that big red PUSH TO TEST button on the side of a large grey cabinet. I was rewarded by two enormous diesel-powered generators starting up, very loudly. I was escorted from the building and followed out the gate.

Hide the little boy, no matter what.

[JBW1949]

In my unartistic mind, anyone who paid more than $25 for that “art” was cheated....

[Larry Lucido]

“But they told me: if you work one shift, we will pay you right away. I went to work.”

The customer is always right.

[MercyFlush]

Well....they did need eyes.

[Beowulf9]

The real idiot is the guy who decided to put that in the gallery.

[Larry Lucido]

Dang, wrong quote.

There were girls in the group, and they asked me: ‘Draw eyes, you work here.’ I asked them: ‘Are these your works?’ They said: ‘Yes.’ They gave me a pen. I drew the eyes. I thought it was just their childhood drawings!”

The customer is always right.

[lee martell]

Lol! The Angel on your right shoulder says “No No No!”
But the Devil on your left shoulder says “Do it, Bro.!”

[SaxxonWoods]

Poor guy, I feel very sorry for him. He’s been badly damaged by multiple traumas both physical and mental and his faculties are obviously degraded. I hope he can get past this and have a semblance of a normal life.

[rfp1234]

[seowulf]

At least these guys have eyes.

[SamAdams76]

Maybe he's an idiot but the bigger idiots are those who would pay a million dollars for this so-called piece of "art".

Looks like something a third grader would do in art class.

[nickcarraway]

He transformed it into Outsider Art.

[Magnum44]