Slog - Comments on The Collectors of the Moment Have Spoken

Comment by scary tyler moore

scary tyler moore — Wed, 14 May 2008 10:06:19 -0800

after the jump, honey, after the jump. definitely not safe for work. she's NEKKID!!!

Comment by JGisaLB

JGisaLB — Wed, 14 May 2008 10:28:42 -0800

The only reason anyone has $22 in ones in their wallet in the morning is because of the strip club the night before...

Comment by max solomon

max solomon — Wed, 14 May 2008 10:41:53 -0800

snarky, sizeist comment that belittles both the monetary value or the object & the physical beauty of the painting subject.

Comment by art vandelay

art vandelay — Wed, 14 May 2008 10:45:17 -0800

it much better than most of the currently hanging shit you post

Comment by freshnycman

freshnycman — Wed, 14 May 2008 10:52:11 -0800

I'd tap that

Comment by tabletop_joe

tabletop_joe — Wed, 14 May 2008 10:55:01 -0800

#4 Yes.

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Wed, 14 May 2008 11:14:14 -0800

That kind of art market is for people wanting to blow their ill-gotten gains on something that will attach the adjective "cultured" to them. It doesn't matter in the slightest if it's good or not; it matters if it makes its new owner's prick tingle (because of the price tag, not the nude).

That kind of art no longer means anything to anyone. It's just a symbol of bankruptcy: our bankruptcy.

Comment by -B-

-B- — Wed, 14 May 2008 11:16:14 -0800

Well there are a few factors that make this painting worth $33.6 million. The history surrounding it being painted, the Leigh Bowery connection. He himself was painted by Lucien Freud and that painting is quite well known too.
Another is investment in art. it is like relistate. Some things are just worth more because of investing and the business of art.
Large prices for work like this create an important art climate. These paintings fetching high prices make for a collectors market. Which we are in right now and most artists will benefit all they way down to a small gallery in Seattle. Art is now a great investment. I myself just sold out a show and my head is still reeling from the spin off from doing so. Galleries interested in my work and another show happening in the fall.
The Fraud is at the top of the stack. His paintings brings interest to the art scene in general. Many artist now will be able to make a living from doing what they like to do, pay the bills and quit the second job because of this resurgence in buying art created by attention to paintings like this. It is an industry. If you can keep your head together when creating art and understand where you fit in then you will be ok.

Comment by Kristin Bell

Kristin Bell — Wed, 14 May 2008 19:33:31 -0800

@ #8: Nice discussion! :) Congrats on the sold out show too! :)

Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball

Jubilation T. Cornball — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:24:58 -0800

This is NOT the Cornball Freud.