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For my museum response, I visited Shrem Museum. The first thing that catches my attention are Robert Arneson’s toilets. The toilets look old and disgusting, but what is most disturbing about them is that the some of the toilets included random body parts. For instances, there were lips on the top of one toilet. Wayne Thiebaud paintings featured everyday scenes. His food services included pieces titles (Double Decker, BBQ’d Chickens, Cup of Coffee, Cottage Cheese Salad). He also had a beautiful landscape painting called Orange Grove. I enjoyed his work because it is simple and calming. His pieces are very realistic, ad I wonder if I draws still life. My favorite pieces were by an artist named Daniel Shapiro. His pieces were dark, textured

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