Painting For Food (Barter System)

You must have attended several exhibitions But this one is unique & beats old traditions It is in Russia's Siberiancity of Novosibirsk An annual exhibition of paintings is almost fix There's a place where paintings are swapped With food items of artists' choice unstrapped One painting went for 180 kg of Buckwheat Another fetched as much as 50 kg Sugar- a treat A piece went for Salmon and some chocolate One painting of Hindu Goddess of knowledge ‘Saraswati' was bargained for a slab of lard And a rarity we call garlic- to get Is so hard.