The Gallery of the Artist's Struggle

The Gallery of the Artist's Struggle is an exhibition space featured in Burial at Sea - Episode 1 that operates out of High Street in Rapture.

Burial at Sea
In Burial at Sea - Episode 1, The Artist's Struggle is one of many high end shops operating out of High Street. The gallery is large and has a sizeable collection of Modern and Expressionist art for display and for sale. In addition to LPs, the store sells musical instruments such as a guitar, cello, and a grand piano as well as a phonograph. The facility also repairs instruments as indicated by the number of fiddles in the back.

The store is one of the sponsors for Sander Cohen's Garden of the Muses, and therefore the owner is provided with a unique Invitation Mask as identification to enter the club. Booker DeWitt and Elizabeth must visit the gallery to look for the mask. Elizabeth poses as a perspective customer to distract the shopkeeper while Booker searches the backroom. To keep the man's attention she asks him to explain a piece of abstract art.

Welcome

 * "Why hello. It's quite a breakthrough..."
 * "Take your time. Take it all in."
 * "Good day."
 * 'If there's anything I can do...."
 * 'Be right with you."
 * 'Please come in."
 * 'Just a moment."
 * 'Wonderful to see you."
 * 'Bonjour!"

Grift

 * Shopkeeper:'Interesting isn't it? An original Sander Cohen. He calls it "Miasma""
 * Elizabeth:'I'm sorry but I know precious little about art."
 * Shopkeeper:'How does it make you feel?"
 * Elizabeth:'I don't want to open my mouth for fear of what foolishness might tumble out."
 * Shopkeeper:'Would you like me to tell you what it means?"
 * Elizabeth:'I'd like so much to understand."
 * Shopkeeper:'In this piece Cohen intends to show us the struggle of the great man-condemned to breathe the swampy air of the parasite."
 * Elizabeth:"You see all that in that little picture?"
 * Shopkeeper:'Yes in fact-now did your companion go.."
 * Elizabeth:"You've given me so much to think about...I feel a trifle swoony...Would you mind if I returned tomorrow for further education?"
 * Shopkeeper:'''I shall be here at your service. Until tomorrow.'"