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6c 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. I’m looking
forward to seeing your next one,’ Mr
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Richards said.
Mark was nervous and he
couldn’t speak. Nobody knew the
...or just a load
Two months ago, Mark wanted
of rubbish? true story.
to paint his bedroom. He needed 15
something to put the cans of
paint on, so he took a canvas
from his sister’s room. She’s the
real artist in the family. However,
she doesn’t like people borrowing 20
her things. When she arrived home that
day, she was very upset and she threw the
rubbish 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 25
on it. Later, when he finished painting his
bedroom, he decided to take the rubbish –
and the canvas – out. At that moment,
Mr Gill was passing by. When he saw the canvas,
he stopped Mark and started shouting at him. ‘What 30
are you doing? Don’t destroy that masterpiece!
It’s perfect for my exhibition of new, young artists!’

Mark held the €10,000 cheque and thought:
‘Maybe I’ll join an art class now and do this for a
living.’ 35

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