Eric Doeringer, Bootleg “Damien Hirst” Paintings With The Real Thing
You can use the search box on my site, or on James’s, to see how often we have written about Eric Doeringer. We are big fans.
On Saturday, Mike Weiss called the police on Eric. James has the story. This is my favorite part:
He packed up his work and confronted Mr. Weiss, who admitted he had called the police. He said that he didn’t like “seeing people walking around with tiny paintings,” while he was paying high rent for his gallery and, “trying to sell $30,000 paintings.”
When Doeringer told him he was certainly going to let everyone he knew in the art world hear about what he had done, Weiss said, “If that’s the way you want to play it, I’ll call the police whenever I see you anywhere.”
I think 24th Street needs more of art like Eric’s not less.
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Update
Eric has posted his account on his website.
Another Update
The New York Times published an article on the Eric’s adventure on Saturday.