The Art Guys Marry A Plant

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The proper basis for a marriage is mutual misunderstanding ~ Oscar Wilde
One should never know too precisely whom one has married ~Friedrich Nietzsche

On Saturday, June 13, 2009, at 11:00 a.m., The Art Guys married a live oak tree in a public ceremony.

The ceremony was conducted in the Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston with a reception that immediately followed at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. Approximately 600 people attended the event.


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Click on the image above for a Quicktime movie slideshow (7.6 MB) [photos by Everett Taasevigen]


Click on the image above for a link on Youtube for a video portrait by The Prime Eights Design

Other links and information below:

Houston Chronicle - "The Art Guys' big fat no so gay wedding" by Douglas Britt
James Surls Blog Spot - "The Art Guys Marrying a Tree: The Duality of Belief" by James Surls
Glasstire - "The Art Guys: Dead Serious" by Michael Bise


The Art Guys Marry A Plant was sponsored and presented by the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston as part of the exhibition "No Zoning: Artists Engage Houston," May 8 - October 4, 2009.


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