Mediocre Painter's True Talent Lies In Acting Like A Painter

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LOS ANGELES--
According to art critics,
mediocre painter James Augustiniak
has proven masterful at cultivating the self-centered,
womanizing demeanor of an art-world enfant terrible.

"Augustiniak's latest exhibition,
featuring dozens of paintings
of melting eyeballs and hearts,
was a staggering achievement in clichéd,
pseudo-pretentious banality,"

said Los Angeles Times
art critic Christopher Knight.

"But I went anyway,
just to see him throw a fit
over the lighting in the gallery.
He's very good at that sort of thing."

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