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Contemporary Art
Don't laugh at what some people think is art , what they are willing to pay for it and why they do it.
You will get a good laugh from "The $12 Million Stuffed Shark - The Curious Economics Of Contemporary Art" by Don Thompson. It was published in 2008 by Palgrave Macmillan.
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Harv
Who here likes pop art?
Just procured these Andy Warhol edition soup cans earlier tonight....
Not a fan of tomato soup...
The best is Campbell's chicken noodle soup. So what are you gonna do with the procurement of these cans? They made over a million of these and called it limited edition, are people actually collecting these and hoping they go up in value? -MW
Not sure I've had Campbell's Tomato Soup...
I may just have to open a can and try it myself... I was actually thinking of some crazy ideas of finding a shadow-box frame and putting the soups inside said frame. Kind of a bit of Americana in the kitchen. But I think it's more of a pipe dream than rea...
I love it, Patrick!
I would buy soup as well if they looked like this. Much nicer to be greeted by this sight when you open the pantry door. "I knew Andy (Warhol). The reason he painted soup cans was that he liked soup." Robert Indiana, American pop artist. Andrew
My favorite is Warhol and Lichtenstein...
Who knew that 1960s pop art would become "instant classics" relatively quickly.
Oh I like that!
I really like that! Awesome! And so true... Will we one day consider Max Busser & Friends to be a "Pop artist" in horology? If it happens, it started here, on PuristSPro...
Contemporary Art
Don't laugh at what some people think is art , what they are willing to pay for it and why they do it. You will get a good laugh from "The $12 Million Stuffed Shark - The Curious Economics Of Contemporary Art" by Don Thompson. It was published in 2008 by ...
Some people find Jeff Koons to be unoriginal and over priced.
Let's say there was a modern pop artist, that would be Jeff Koons. And some people find his "balloon dog" to be overvalued.
This is art?
Patrick: Here is a Koons that you may find interesting - I wouldn't call it art but, yet, it was prominently displayed in a museum. That "sculpture" is two basketballs suspended in a tank of distilled water (couldn't run the risk of some microbes deterior...
That was Jeff Koon's first piece of art...
The basketballs in water was Jeff Koon's first piece of art. Originally sold for $3500 or thereabouts. Today, it's worth many times that. I agree, Jeff Koon's art is a questionable medium, but art is very much a questionable discussion to begin with.