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AO On Site – New York: Jayson Musson aka Hennesy Youngman at Salon 94 through August 17, 2012

Sunday, July 15th, 2012
All photos taken on site by Anna Corrigan for Art Observed.

Jayson Musson is laughing at us.  Since his first three-minute video was recorded over two years ago, Musson has been offering well-founded criticism of artists and the art world through the caricature of Hennessy Youngman on his Youtube channel. In an explanation of “How to be an Artist”, his alter ego Hennessy Youngman explains the fool-proof formula for artistic success: “be white and be ambiguous”.

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