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 sizable collection of Modern and Expressionist art on display and for sale made by local artists. The facility also sells art supplies, as indicated by the canvases and paints 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 rabbit 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 back room. To keep the man's attention, she asks him to explain various pieces 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: "Oh, would you? Oh, I would like so much to understand."
 * Shopkeeper: "In this piece, Cohen intended 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: "Oh, what's this one?  Oh, please, it's so beautiful...what does it mean?"
 * Shopkeeper: "Oh, my dear, that is something truly extraordinary...Shall I explain?"
 * Elizabeth: "Oh, yes, please!  Tell me everything!  You're so knowledgeable...Why, you must be an artist yourself..."
 * Shopkeeper: "Oh ((laughs)) I dabble...but I'm no Sander Cohen..."
 * Elizabeth: "Do you have anything of your own that you could show me?"
 * Shopkeeper: "Well...yes...right over here..."
 * 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."