Thrift Store Painting Museum Brings in the Alternative Set
Thrift Store Painting Museum Brings in the Alternative Set
LOS ANGELES (Wireless Flash) Want to get your hip, cynical teen interested in art? Make sure it comes from a thrift store. Thats at least what one L.A.-based art collector is saying about the online gallery of paintings hes painstakingly collected from thrift stores across the country. Fred Beshid says his MuseumOfFred.com website is very popular with the irony-loving alternative set who love the cheap and cheesy motel-style paintings featuring sailing ships, pets and portraits. He says when he does gallery shows with his collection, its even more popular but he has yet to sell a painting. Thats no problem for Beshid, who says hed feel weird about selling any of his collection. And even if he succeeds in his dream to open up an actual gallery of thrift shop paintings, he has no plans to give up his day job construction work.
Tue 04-02-02