Wednesday, February 16, 2011

True Artistry Born of Craftsmanship

By CORINNA DA FONSECA-WOLLHEIM
Wall Street Journal

Guitar maker John Monteleone stands under an enormous photograph of himself that covers a whole wall of the Metropolitan Museum of Art as shoals of visitors stream by without recognizing him. Most are busy fiddling with the iPod app specially created for the exhibition "Guitar Heroes: Legendary Craftsmen from Italy to New York," perhaps listening to guitarist Mark Knopfler praise him as a modern-day Leonardo da Vinci.

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