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Child Abuse Purveyor Happy With Business Uptick

Thomas Hawk writes about an e-mail he received from the owner of the gallery that’s showing off Jill Greenberg’s work:

“I sincerely thank you for the attention you have brought to the exhibition and my gallery. I have made several sales to people who you have introduced to the work and who understand and appreciate it.

Again, Thanks for your help.”

Paul Kopeikin

Very nicely done, Mr. Kopeikin. A woman abuses children by giving them lollipops and taking them away so she can get pictures of them crying, and you’re happy because the attention has brought you more sales? You have no soul, sir. I pray to God you don’t have children, and if you do, I hope to God you’re smart enough not to put them through this in the name of art.

You should be ashamed of yourself, you disgrace.

For more on the story, see here and here.

UPDATE
Thomas was scolded by said purveyor and told to publish the “entire e-mail,” which he promptly did. The full text of said e-mail appears below. Not for nothing, but said purveyor should’ve kept his mouth shut because the whole thing is much worse than the excerpt:

“Thomas,

Why allow people to post annonomously when doing so keeps them unaccountable for their what they say. And is that why you don’t use your real name on the site?

158 Comments on this site since April doesn’t seem like many people care about this issue, and if people had to identify themselves, as I am happy to do, I think the number would go down significantly. You should list the days people write and not just the times, that way I think people would see what a non-isse this really is.

You must be thrilled that your friend(s) at Boing Boing (great site I had never heard of) helped you get so much attention, as did the shutterbug magazine and now the NY Times. You must love it. Good for you! I guess you can just ignore the damage you are doing by purposely confusing art and child abuse, which is a real problem. You should look into it and maybe you can blog about it.

Anyway, I sincerely thank you for the attention you have brought to the exhibition and my gallery. I have made several sales to people who you have introduced to the work and who understand and appreciate it.

Again, Thanks for your help.”

Eek.

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