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Dear Peter,
In fifty or one hundred years, will people look back on this portrait as a masterpiece? There are many horrible images in this world to look upon, daily. Does that mean it should be replicated? Does Lucien paint this way to get noticed? Let's face it, we all now know who he is. His work definitely stands out from the ordinary, but it doesn't mean I have to like it.
His other works are also disturbing to me. I am no snob but I ask myself, what is he trying to say with his work. Maybe it is "let me show the world the other side of beauty." It is provoking work, but I don't like what it provokes in me when I look at it. There are some who may like to look upon such things, but I think they are in the minority. No doubt he is a good draftsman and painter, but he chooses to use his talent in a disturbing way. Some people like to cause controversity simply to get attention. Well, he got it.
Alicia
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