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I like to go to art museums and name the untitled paintings... Boy With Pail... Kitten On Fire.
— Steven Wright
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker gives untitled paintings names of their own, turning a museum visit into a private game. A harmless boy with a pail is followed by a much more disturbing image. The sudden change makes the examples funny and unsettles the polite business of naming art.
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