Photography

SouthernDonkey

(256 posts) Tue Jan 15, 2013, 08:08 PM Jan 2013

I don't get it!

Can somebody please 'splain it to me??
Here's some rather plain looking, even what I would consider "bad" photographs, printed poster sized, selling for ridiculous amounts of money. '

WHY?

What am I missing?

https://www.artfinder.com/story/winter-works/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=20130115-promo-winter

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I don't get it! (Original Post) SouthernDonkey Jan 2013 OP

From the looks of prices, it cheap art for the rich liberal N proud Jan 2013 #1

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder Sherman A1 Jan 2013 #2

For a complete explanation... Speck Tater Jan 2013 #3

You know what.... SouthernDonkey Jan 2013 #4

You're talking about Banksy. His talent was telling stories with his graffiti. alfredo Jan 2013 #6

I like his work! SouthernDonkey Jan 2013 #7

I am a sucker for the social commentator. I'm also a sucker for those who alfredo Jan 2013 #8

No. Banksy IS a talented artist. I'm talking about... Speck Tater Jan 2013 #11

I forgot all about the story. alfredo Jan 2013 #12

Absolutely! Earth_First Jan 2013 #13

A lot of the pricing has to do with the technique. These aren't straight photographs. NV Whino Jan 2013 #5

It's simple Stevenmarc Jan 2013 #9

I am quite familiar with SouthernDonkey Jan 2013 #14

Priced high, don't know if they are selling though. Whovian Jan 2013 #10

liberal N proud

(60,339 posts)

1. From the looks of prices, it cheap art for the rich

Reply to SouthernDonkey (Original post)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 08:12 PM

Jan 2013

Then they can hang it on the wall, and none of their friends would dare tell them its awful. The King has no clothes.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)

2. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

Reply to SouthernDonkey (Original post)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 08:13 PM

Jan 2013

and a wise man once told me, "it's worth what they will pay for it." They may be listed for the stated amounts, but are they selling? If so, then they are worth the amount given to the buyers.

Speck Tater

(10,618 posts)

3. For a complete explanation...

Reply to SouthernDonkey (Original post)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 08:16 PM

Jan 2013

watch the documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop on Netflix streaming, wherein somebody with no talent at all becomes famous by producing trash and calling it art.

SouthernDonkey

(256 posts)

4. You know what....

Reply to Speck Tater (Reply #3)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 08:30 PM

Jan 2013

I actually started watching that late one night, but I couldn't make it through it....for some reason. I don't recall now.

I'm glad you all have similar thoughts as I. I thought I was an imbecile who was missing something.
.....I guess I'm just a plain old imbecile!

alfredo

(60,075 posts)

6. You're talking about Banksy. His talent was telling stories with his graffiti.

Reply to Speck Tater (Reply #3)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 09:11 PM

Jan 2013

Sometimes it was funny, sometimes poignant.

This on the wall between Israel and Palestine.

He hung this in the British Museum. It stayed there for a long time before it was discovered.
is

SouthernDonkey

(256 posts)

7. I like his work!

Reply to alfredo (Reply #6)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 09:15 PM

Jan 2013

I'd come closer paying that kind of money for something of his over that other stuff!

alfredo

(60,075 posts)

8. I am a sucker for the social commentator. I'm also a sucker for those who

Reply to SouthernDonkey (Reply #7)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 09:32 PM

Jan 2013

can tell a story without words.

Speck Tater

(10,618 posts)

11. No. Banksy IS a talented artist. I'm talking about...

Reply to alfredo (Reply #6)

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 01:32 AM

Jan 2013

Thierry Guetta. Banksey MADE the film. It's not about him.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exit_Through_the_Gift_Shop

Exit Through the Gift Shop: A Banksy Film is a film by street artist Banksy that tells the story of Thierry Guetta, a French immigrant in Los Angeles, and his obsession with street art. The film charts Guetta's constant documenting of his every waking moment on film, from a chance encounter with his cousin, the artist Invader, to his introduction to a host of street artists with a focus on Shepard Fairey and Banksy, whose anonymity is preserved by obscuring his face and altering his voice, to Guetta's eventual fame as a street artist himself. The film premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival on 24 January 2010. It is narrated by Rhys Ifans. The music is by Geoff Barrow. It includes Richard Hawley's "Tonight The Streets Are Ours". The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 83rd Academy Awards, and broadcast on Channel 4 on 13 August 2011.

There has been debate over whether the documentary is genuine or a mockumentary, although Banksy answers "Yes" when asked if the film is real.

alfredo

(60,075 posts)

12. I forgot all about the story.

Reply to Speck Tater (Reply #11)

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 01:54 AM

Jan 2013

Earth_First

(14,910 posts)

13. Absolutely!

Reply to Speck Tater (Reply #11)

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 06:40 PM

Jan 2013

'mr. brainwash' is a hack if ever there were a hack.

NV Whino

(20,886 posts)

5. A lot of the pricing has to do with the technique. These aren't straight photographs.

Reply to SouthernDonkey (Original post)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 08:33 PM

Jan 2013

The rest of it has to do with ego.

Stevenmarc

(4,483 posts)

9. It's simple

Reply to SouthernDonkey (Original post)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:29 PM

Jan 2013

It has to do a lot with the production techniques like photogravure and cine collé that are utilized in the printmaking.

Unfortunately the reproduction on the website doesn't always show the products production quality but if you are familiar with certain printing techniques then you have a pretty good clue of what you're getting and quite frankly I find the prices pretty damn reasonable.

SouthernDonkey

(256 posts)

14. I am quite familiar with

Reply to Stevenmarc (Reply #9)

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 10:18 PM

Jan 2013

Cine Colle and intaglio print making. My wife has done a few works using the cine colle process. We actually have an etching press. I'll just have to go with "beauty is in the eye of the beholder". I know the processes are very labor intensive and time consuming, and I do understand where you are coming from. It's just...to me... a couple of twigs with a ripple of water isn't all that. I have been thinking about doing some engravings from a few of my photos and giving it a try! This makes me think I definitely will!
Thanks for your reply!

Whovian

(2,866 posts)

10. Priced high, don't know if they are selling though.

Reply to SouthernDonkey (Original post)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:31 PM

Jan 2013

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