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originally posted by: Justso
Art is definitely in the eye of the beholder but the prices paid for Basquiat are outrageous. It's become a competition for dealers and collectors more than personal appreciation.
originally posted by: Namdru
originally posted by: Justso
Art is definitely in the eye of the beholder but the prices paid for Basquiat are outrageous. It's become a competition for dealers and collectors more than personal appreciation.
There are other potential Basquiats out there. I'm related to one personally. But that person is not, was not, in the right place at the right time. Basquiat needed the 80's Soho scene, and Warhol's uptown connections. Now he'd barely get traction -- his work, if new today, might be seen as atavistic (in an art-historical sense).
I doubt Basquiat would get much traction with the ultra-effete, super-white-powder-sniffing zillionaires at the bleeding edge of art dealing and art collection these days. The next big thing in art is going to be cutting a piece of yourself off, and pasting it to a canvas. Literally -- I fear.
originally posted by: TinySickTears
a reply to: badw0lf
I love art even though I don't get much of it.
When I look at a Caravaggio for example I see some amazing #. Talent. Whatever.
When I look at Pollack or even Picasso I just dont get it.