Anchor: Those dueling Greek painters return in a new guise, as Mario Merz, in the Zeuxis role, covers a glass table with an array of fresh vegetables and fruit, changed daily by a New York caterer ( Spiral Table , 1982), while Christo, playing Parrhasios, conceals the familiar Cezannesque shapes--wine bottle, vase, etc.--under a drapery of canvas ( Package on a Table , 1961).
Entailed: The two painters challenged each other to get better.
Contradiction: Mario Merz was a French painter.
Contradiction: There was only one painter ever.
Contradiction: Moldy vegetable and fruit, changed monthly by a Cuban housewife.
Contradiction: The dog lazily walks through the park.
Contradiction: There is a double standard about men cheating vs woman cheating.