Male 1: This passionate portrait of a girl with the green eyes appeals to every emotion
Female 1: This piece is remarkable in the sheer volume of paint on a single canvas.
Male 2: The brook stops suddenly below the footbridge, holding its breath. What will happen next in this dramatic conflict between man and nature.
Peter Ryan: In the greenery of Cape Cod, an auspicious black tie affair, appropriate for those who’ve never been able to tie one of the things. At last, a bold new collection that celebrates artistic flops, failures and foul-ups, brought to you by the Museum of Bad Art, known to its affectionate followers as MOBA.
Scott Wilson: This is MOBA’s Mona Lisa. It’s the first painting in the collection, and the one that we are the most, obviously the most proud of.
Ryan: The museum’s curator, antique collector and art school dropout Scott Wilson, found ‘Lucy in the Field with Flowers’ in a rubbish bin one night four years ago.
Scott: She seems to be hovering in these daisies, not necessarily sitting.
Ryan: So this particular piece set the standard for bad art?
Scott: Yes, most definitely. Well, it definitely just was, at that point, it put it in our minds that there must be more stuff out there like this.
Scott: It appears to me one of those haunted house paintings, where the eyes follow you around the room.
Ryan: This is ‘Sunday on the Pot with George.’ And obviously, a stunning pointillist work, which we are very proud to have made a permanent part of the collection.
So the museum of Bad Art is a tribute to people who just haven’t made it?
Scott: Right, it definitely is a tribute. We’re trying to say to the world, you know, what right do you have to name a museum of fine arts? Why are these things kept out? Why isn’t everybody included in the world of art?
Woman 1: It is definitely bad.
Woman 2: The other thing that’s remarkable is, he’s got no feet.
Ryan: The Museum of Bad Art, complete with cheap wine and savouries, is now even listed in the Boston phone directory.
Computer Voice: The friends of MOBA proudly present The Virtual Museum of Bad Art.
Ryan: And like other museums of high repute. It’s also available on CD Rom - a tour through the cyberspace of bad art for followers who can’t seem to get enough.
Ryan: Is it really bad?
Man: No it’s not that bad. I’d hang it in my living room.
Wife: Not on your life
For the artists like Bonnie Daly, the museum gives failure new found respect. She created ‘Pablo Presley’ as a gift for her brother-in-law, who handed it over right away.
Bonnie Daly: At first I didn’t know whether to be insulted or to be flattered. But I think it deserves a place here in the museum.
Ryan: Do you think it’s really bad. though?
Daly: I think it’s bad.
Ryan: There’s still plenty of bad art in stock, just waiting to be unveiled.
Scott: I give you ‘Tinkerbell in Time.’
FX: Cheers
Ryan: Perhaps it’ll be enough to stop bad art from getting a good name.
Crowd chanting: It’s so weird. People look at it, can’t figure it out. They stand so long, they grow a beard, and that’s what it’s all about.
FX: Cheers
Female 1: This piece is remarkable in the sheer volume of paint on a single canvas.
Male 2: The brook stops suddenly below the footbridge, holding its breath. What will happen next in this dramatic conflict between man and nature.
Peter Ryan: In the greenery of Cape Cod, an auspicious black tie affair, appropriate for those who’ve never been able to tie one of the things. At last, a bold new collection that celebrates artistic flops, failures and foul-ups, brought to you by the Museum of Bad Art, known to its affectionate followers as MOBA.
Scott Wilson: This is MOBA’s Mona Lisa. It’s the first painting in the collection, and the one that we are the most, obviously the most proud of.
Ryan: The museum’s curator, antique collector and art school dropout Scott Wilson, found ‘Lucy in the Field with Flowers’ in a rubbish bin one night four years ago.
Scott: She seems to be hovering in these daisies, not necessarily sitting.
Ryan: So this particular piece set the standard for bad art?
Scott: Yes, most definitely. Well, it definitely just was, at that point, it put it in our minds that there must be more stuff out there like this.
Scott: It appears to me one of those haunted house paintings, where the eyes follow you around the room.
Ryan: This is ‘Sunday on the Pot with George.’ And obviously, a stunning pointillist work, which we are very proud to have made a permanent part of the collection.
So the museum of Bad Art is a tribute to people who just haven’t made it?
Scott: Right, it definitely is a tribute. We’re trying to say to the world, you know, what right do you have to name a museum of fine arts? Why are these things kept out? Why isn’t everybody included in the world of art?
Woman 1: It is definitely bad.
Woman 2: The other thing that’s remarkable is, he’s got no feet.
Ryan: The Museum of Bad Art, complete with cheap wine and savouries, is now even listed in the Boston phone directory.
Computer Voice: The friends of MOBA proudly present The Virtual Museum of Bad Art.
Ryan: And like other museums of high repute. It’s also available on CD Rom - a tour through the cyberspace of bad art for followers who can’t seem to get enough.
Ryan: Is it really bad?
Man: No it’s not that bad. I’d hang it in my living room.
Wife: Not on your life
For the artists like Bonnie Daly, the museum gives failure new found respect. She created ‘Pablo Presley’ as a gift for her brother-in-law, who handed it over right away.
Bonnie Daly: At first I didn’t know whether to be insulted or to be flattered. But I think it deserves a place here in the museum.
Ryan: Do you think it’s really bad. though?
Daly: I think it’s bad.
Ryan: There’s still plenty of bad art in stock, just waiting to be unveiled.
Scott: I give you ‘Tinkerbell in Time.’
FX: Cheers
Ryan: Perhaps it’ll be enough to stop bad art from getting a good name.
Crowd chanting: It’s so weird. People look at it, can’t figure it out. They stand so long, they grow a beard, and that’s what it’s all about.
FX: Cheers