Phoney-Realism

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My favorite all-time art story is about the man who painted incredibly realistic, correct-size bills in various denomination, ones, fives, tens, and twenties, always being careful to include some small, barely noticeable flaw. He then traded them for goods, never making any pretense that they were anything else but original works of art. The feds predictably tried to nail him for counterfeiting, but the judge threw the case out. That's one for our side.