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Most hotel art is really terrible. In fact, maybe the most derogatory thing you could say about a work of art is, “Oh my God, that looks like hotel art.“
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The series of 21c Museum Hotels— designed by Berke and found in cities like Louisville, Cincinnati, and Bentonville, Arkansas — show works from the contemporary art collection of its founders, Steve Wilson and Laura Lee Brown. The provocative works of art play off of southern hospitality, Berke says:
It allows Grandma and Great Aunt Mary to stand in front of the set of champagne glasses that are cast from penises and have a perfectly normal conversation.
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