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While I agree that this is a good idea and a good space, I can't shake the feeling that I have a minor ethical issue with the basic premise of this space and the fiscal elitism it engenders and enshrines. While I think it's a better turn than most of the so-called 'Moneyism' that is supposed to be so post-post-modern and actually is so post-Warhol, it still smacks of the Plato's Republican classism that characterizes politicians like Charlie Christ, Rick Baker, Arnold Schwartzenegger, and to a lesser extent John McCain. Do I disagree with most of the iterations of 'Moneyism,' however that term is applied? No. Not most of them any more than with these politicians: primarily the disagreement about reasons and method is fundamental and the basic practice is close enough that it's hard not to understand the validity of the experiment being undergone. I mean it certainly provides a venue for artists who have the money to spare on a gamble of return or the gumption to jump on in anyway and deal with the damage, come what may.

But I know I don't have enough money to rent wall space.