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We'll leave it up to you to decide if Alex Gardega is any good as a painter, but you have to give him props for his media savvy. The fledgling artist was the subject of a story today in the Post about bartering. (Apparently, he's been trading his work for alcohol, gas, and MRI brain scans, among other things.) If the name rings a bell, though, that might be because he's the same guy who made the paper for his $10 sketches at the Spotted Pig and for painting Bill O'Reilly into The Last Supper a few months later. If getting your name out there is a half the battle for a struggling artist, then Alex Gardega has already won! [NYP]