Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Once there was a guy just smuthering around paint drips on large canvases. Anybody could do that... Jackson Pollock was his name. I don't mind miss Morando asking the price she asks. It's just the methaphysical babble around it that's a bit too much for me. Sound like a postratio to me, just as a legitimation for it 'being art'. Always makes me a bit suspicious. That's why I used the verb 'hyping' in my initial reaction. Op 20-apr-06, om 15:31 heeft Ian Watts het volgende geschreven: >> I just got an e-mail announcement from PhotoEye of these wonderful >> new prints. >> Will somebody please explain these photos to me. $1900 each. Don't >> stop with one. Look at all 20. >> >> http://www.photoeye.com/gallery/forms/index.cfm? >> >image=1&id=192005&imagePosition=1&Door=2&Portfolio=Portfolio1&Galler >> y=2&Page= >> or >> http://tinyurl.com/oaj85 >> >> What am I missing here? > > It's very accessible and I'm sure popular with the market it's > aimed at. It's not my bag but I don't see why an artist shouldn't > be able to value his or her work at a couple of thousand dollars > per limited edition print. It's hardly unreasonable - I certainly > don't see anything to warrant all the "more money than sense" > bleating going on here. Especially from a bunch of people normally > debating the merits of 200 dollar ? la carte straps, etc. > > Ian. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >