Lesson Four

It’s a piece of cake

 

In an interview, a few weeks ago, Tracy Emin* referred to a piece of art she had made. Recently I seem have encountered this ignorance quite a few times.

You cannot have ‘a piece of art’, you can have a piece of cake, but not a piece of art or unless a bit has fallen off!

You can have a work of art and possibly, an art piece, but not a piece of art!

There is of course a ‘masterpiece’ but this should not be used, particularly if you are a female artist, as it is a bit male and therefore politically incorrect.

 

 

* As pointed out in Lesson Three, they prefer their artists to be (or at least appear to be) a bit stupid in this country.