The turd in a tin is a better work than the photo, and didn't cost millions. The article itself is a turd in type, with its talk about protecting an investment. If the financial value was what mattered the Tate would have had a better investment buying property in London, which earns far more than a can o' crap.
My house looks like a work of modern art since yesterday morning when the kitchen ceiling fell down. Perhaps Nick Serota would like to buy it. B > On 12 Dec 2014, at 07:06, P.J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > > The art world has come loose from it's moorings, anyone can produce art, yet > no one produces good art and the really execrable stuff sells for millions. > Sometime the excretions aren't even real. > > http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/artblog/2007/jun/12/shitmanzonisworkdoesntdow > > or maybe they are, since no one is willing to ruin the "value" of the work by > opening one. > > I think it's wonderful that photography is is seen as an actual art, except > that I'm not sure that any other art qualifies as art either. > >> On 12/12/2014 12:47 AM, Larry Colen wrote: >> The only requirement for a million dollar photo is a million dollar sucker. >> >>> On December 11, 2014 8:15:59 PM PST, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> Ken - many of yours are much,much better >>> >>> That antelope canyon shot is the one I meant - grossly oversaturated on >>> >>> my monitor.. if you thought I meant the one with reflections, that's >>> different - though still not a million dollar shot. >>> >>> ann >>> >>>> On 12/11/2014 21:12, Ken Waller wrote: >>>> Obviously the 6.5 mil is obscene. I'd be proud to call the color >>> image mine. >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> >>>>> Subject: Re: OT - Peter Lik has a better camera than anyone else ... >>>>> >>>>> So I guess the worse photos are the more he gets for them? >>>>> >>>>> Toss up which is more awful - the 6.5 or the color Antelope canyon >>> shot. >>>>> well after all, this did happen in Las Vegas so... >>>>> >>>>> ann >>>>> >>>>>> On 12/10/2014 16:20, Bruce Walker wrote: >>>>>> ... and sells a photo for a historical 6.5 million dollars as a >>> result. >>> https://fstoppers.com/landscapes/what-65-million-dollar-photograph-looks-49113 > > > -- > I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve > immortality through not dying. > -- Woody Allen > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
