I guess I should be happy the Reader decided to finally cover (at least tangentially) my art career, even if it took four years to do it [The Business, November 10]. Better late than never, they say. At least Ms. Isaacs got my name and most of the facts right.
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But though I now understand the lure of the obvious play on words, I must still register my frustration. Maybe it’s the adman and writer in me, but I think the headline, though catchy, is the exact opposite of what the article and my efforts are about. If it had been submitted to me by a writer in my group in an ad agency, I would have said, “It’s clever but it’s off-strategy.”
I don’t want to paint the Chicago downtown art world black. I want to finally paint it in full color.
My goal is to open American art to the Black, Brown, Yellow, Red, Gay, disabled, etc, country we live in today.
Lowell Thompson
