Art - Page 51

Some stuff I've seen and liked over the past few weeks. Much thanks to mordecai. Gustave Moreau, Salome, 1876 Ginny Bishton. She basically cuts out tiny circles from photographs and collages them together. Mike kelley

really wish i had gotten to that Kelley exhibit. stupid unstoppable time

I almost thought wax model KFC Colonel was a real person, I figured he'd be crazy enough to hire someone to stand there. See that Peter Sarkisian installation before its gone Mar 26!

Ok I'm moving to LA. Kelv can I crash on your couch till the record deal goes through?

For your consideration

neat. i'm not that into superrealism, but doing it 3-d like that is cool. kaz oshiro makes similar work:

Check out Daniel Douke he did a full size canvas piece of plywood with tire tracks that was so real I had to look at it twice close up to finally realize it was a piece of art.

if you have taste, you must take everything serious and personal!

This is awesome.

Reminds me of what Krink has been doing for a while

the artist who created the unanimously loved meteorite piece currently has 4 videos up in the Cafe of the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles's finest art institution

Not quite unanimous....

The Willamette Meteorite called and would appreciate having its ears, nose, and double-chin returned immediately. It is considering a massive lawsuit, which will shower your artist, 4 video monitors and the Hammer Cafe in 32,000 pounds of carbon paper.

this would probably sell for $100 million!!!
i will NEVER understand modern art

In what he surely considers to be a very ironic and clever gesture, the future owner will offer $1,499.99 for it.

I seriously doubt it would ever sell for $100 million (and I wouldn't pay $10 for it) but exorbitant price tags are not exclusive to modern art. Art of any epoch at those price levels is often a pure investment game, as with any other commodity, as much as it is about real "understanding" or passion. Get enough people involved in the game and it becomes an escalating spiral.

An excellent and enetertaining book on the art market is "Duveen", by S. N. Behrman, which recounts the story of the legenday dealer Joseph Duveen, who provided works to Frick, Hearst, Mellon, Rockefeller, etc. Very interesting stuff.