11-15-2024, 09:05 PM
Beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder. Its value is what a customer is willing to pay. All those old cliches.
I personally believe some artists stumble over fame and take advantage of it by producing what I call "Artists Jokes". They are equally baffled why people buy their work, but gleefully accept the pay and play along with it.
I remember one example where a city paid an artist $80,000.00 for a sculpture. It showed up a few months late, paid for in full and it was just a bunch of block ends from quarried granite randomly put together. I'd imagine it would take a day to do if they had a forklift. The surfaces were not even finished but were left raw. I'd say that artist laughed at the world as they banked the huge check.
I personally believe some artists stumble over fame and take advantage of it by producing what I call "Artists Jokes". They are equally baffled why people buy their work, but gleefully accept the pay and play along with it.
I remember one example where a city paid an artist $80,000.00 for a sculpture. It showed up a few months late, paid for in full and it was just a bunch of block ends from quarried granite randomly put together. I'd imagine it would take a day to do if they had a forklift. The surfaces were not even finished but were left raw. I'd say that artist laughed at the world as they banked the huge check.
"Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech."
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- Benjamin Franklin -
