^^
I think that's a very astute analysis, in fact. Very nice post.
I'd add that her "hoax" reflects the same misunderstanding about contemporary art that was the basis of the original post too--that "artsy-fartsy" people are bound to line up in defense of this "shock art" by the droves, when in truth most of us find those sorts of shenanigans pretty boring in this post-Duchamp age. In other words, I suspect that part of her agenda was to "poke fun" at contemporary avant-garde art, but in doing so only revealed her own ignorance about it. In the end, since she's an undergrad, and thus still pretty young, I'm inclined to cut her some slack on this--bu the author of the linked article ought to know better, it seems to me.
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