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What does it mean?
A casual admission that art can be acquired cheaply from a retail store rather than created or bought from a gallery.
In plain terms
I got my painting from a regular store.
What can you take from it?
Art doesn't need to be expensive or original.

Where it applies

  • casual conversation
  • art critique
  • self-deprecation

Putting it to work

  • deflate pretension
  • normalize buying art
  • show humility

Questions to consider

  • Does mass-produced art matter?
  • How do we value art?

Another view

It undermines the value of original artistic creation.

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