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re: The lucrative business of crappy art
Posted on 8/19/14 at 11:18 pm to Zappas Stache
Posted on 8/19/14 at 11:18 pm to Zappas Stache
So art is anti-Machiavellian? The end process isn't really as big a deal as how it was made.
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Posted on 8/19/14 at 11:23 pm to Jcorye1
Socrates thinks such art is garbage!
Posted on 8/19/14 at 11:25 pm to SabiDojo
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I've always wanted to learn more about art.
I've always wanted to learn more about art.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 11:26 pm to Jcorye1
I took an Art History course my last semester of college and it was quite enjoyable.
ETA: I am by no means an art expert.
ETA: I am by no means an art expert.
This post was edited on 8/19/14 at 11:27 pm
Posted on 8/19/14 at 11:29 pm to biglego
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Imagine the Sistine Chapel ceiling painted today.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 2:26 am to Zappas Stache
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I admit modern art is difficult to understand. You can't really comprehend the painting, sculpture or whatever medium without understanding the context of where and when the art piece was done. This includes understanding the macro context of society at the time as well as the micro context of different movement subsets in the art world. Most importantly, you have to understand the PROCESS behind the individual art piece and the artists overall aesthetic. Sure, anyone can paint what he did. But it is his conceptual theory behind his work that gives it heft.
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On a side note. These things make a hell of an investment.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 3:59 am to Celery
If you put that garbage in any weekend arts festival , the artist will have spent more money renting his booth than he would earn in sells.
The value in that kind of hot garbage comes from the artist being able to sell a piece to a wealthy, mega-rich client whose mega-rich friends then feel as if they need to have one to compete. To accomplish this through a fortunate connection or being one hell of a sales person to make the first sell to get that train rolling is far more impressive than any genius inherent in the actual piece itself. It is valued once it becomes chic and a status symbol to own one. At that point, the artist can slap his hand in paint and put his hand impression on a blank canvas and earn $3 million.
But make no mistake, if a local unknown artist tried to peddle that garbage at any weekend arts festival he would be lucky to sell one at $50.
The value in that kind of hot garbage comes from the artist being able to sell a piece to a wealthy, mega-rich client whose mega-rich friends then feel as if they need to have one to compete. To accomplish this through a fortunate connection or being one hell of a sales person to make the first sell to get that train rolling is far more impressive than any genius inherent in the actual piece itself. It is valued once it becomes chic and a status symbol to own one. At that point, the artist can slap his hand in paint and put his hand impression on a blank canvas and earn $3 million.
But make no mistake, if a local unknown artist tried to peddle that garbage at any weekend arts festival he would be lucky to sell one at $50.
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