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3c Modern artists

here were about one hundred people in the
1 Read  T art gallery. Mark was looking at the painting
which was in front of him. It was his. He saw
A. Do you like contemporary
art? Listen, read and see what Mr Gill, the owner of the gallery, and another 5
man coming towards him.
happened to Mark.
Art who bought your painting,’ Mr Gill said. 10
‘Mark, let me introduce Mr Richards, the man

‘Mark, this is a masterpiece!’ Mr Richards said.
Mark was nervous and he couldn’t
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speak. Nobody knew the true story.
Two months ago Mark wanted

...or just a load
something to put the cans of
paint on, so he took a canvas
of rubbish? to paint his bedroom. He needed 15
from his sister’s room. She’s
the real artist in the family.
However, she doesn’t like people
borrowing her things. When she
arrived home that day, she was
very upset and she threw the rubbish 20
bin at Mark. He held the canvas up in
front of him as a shield and the rubbish
stuck to it because there was paint on
it. Later, when he finished painting his
bedroom, he decided to take the rubbish – 25
and the canvas – out. At that moment
Mr Gill was passing by, saw the canvas and
stopped him: ‘What are you doing? Don’t
destroy that masterpiece! It’s perfect for my
exhibition of new, young artists!’ 30
Mark held the €10,000 cheque and thought:
‘Maybe I’ll join an art class now and do this for a
living.’

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