Hi Brendan, Lizza Littlewort here

Funny reaction from someone who was trying to talk me into doing a show together.

Also, I'd really like to know which of my drawings was mocking the art fair. In my view, the drawings were about issues which have all been around for a while... post-colonial debates, the kind of work that tends to be popular, etc, which have been commented on by numerous artists in numerous ways. They are issues which tend to persist and be predictable because they are difficult to move on from without an educated audience. So I was bringing them up for the sake of encouraging people to think and talk, in other words to help educate people about art, an issue which you clearly feel to be important. Evidently you don't relate to my style of delivery. But you'll have to admit a lot of people were crowding around trying to read the stuff, so maybe I'm not quite as misguided as I may appear to you.

Which brings me to your conviction that Artheat considers itself avant garde. I have no sense of Artheat considering itself to be avant garde, and I have been working for it for a long time now. I think the people involved with Artheat are attracted to it because it appeals to their sense of humour and general take on art and life, something which I think everyone has a right to. If this sense of humour tends to overlap with some avant garde strategies, then maybe some of those strategies were devised by people with a similar sense of humour. Basically, we are being ourselves and saying what we think, and I'm sorry if you don't relate to it.

By which it may be easy to conclude that I don't think the two of us should do a show together. And, Lizza Littlewort is my real name.

(Above is a picture I wish had been by me, but actually it's by Georgina Gratrix, who was also showing at whatiftheworld's booth on Sunday. Maybe she's also avant garde. What do you think?)