"The lecture hall was crowded and many people were waiting to talk with me." Judith noted. "The man who approached me with this description of an inventive but gallery-exhibition problematical artists book did not tell me his name. He had long, straight, thin dark red hair tied back in a ponytail, and he wore an embroidered white shirt, faded jeans, and shiny new blue cowboy boots. I gave him my card and suggested that he send me some slides and a CV.
"When the crowd thinned, I looked for him. There were questions I wanted to ask, but he was gone, and I never heard from him nor saw him again."
"A key
opens each of these works," the artist told Judith. "Each key is specific to one work. Each work should be exhibited without the key, which I will hide somewhere in the area of the gallery. Images on the outside of the book will provide clues to where the key is hidden."