Digital BW, The Print

Lik is , in my humble opinion, incredible.. He has sold several pieces for major money.. but more then that , to me anyway, he’s just good at it. Jeff’s sale, while I get that’s it huge, is different.. It’s actually sort of an excerpt from his video effort.. The style and deliverables of Lik and Frost are totally different as can easily be discerned. For me personally the still or print he sold didn’t do that much for me  but when I watched the video effort …well that did . But of course that’s just me.. I’m sure many here probably don’t like the print or the video. 

 

I guess my point in stepping in and I kinda knew it could be subject to critique is really simple.. I know many artists and their skills , execution,  successes are all over the place.. even if Jeff’s work may not be our taste in art or fit within the scope of acceptance within this group and I kinda do honestly get that.  It’s still art and the space I’m coming from …The art world as a whole has struggled a bit since say 2008 or so .. I view this transaction more as a statement to the Art world as a whole not necessarily to a focused segment of it.. I still believe water runs downhill. So would I have Jeff’s piece hanging on my wall …likely not.. ( aside from the fact I couldn’t afford it) Am I glad he pulled that off …. In  a word…YUP! I find success to be exciting.. and it is a measurement of what’s going on. 

 

jimbo

 

From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] 
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2014 9:30 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] what do you think?

 

  

Lik is quite talented, and there's no doubting that his work is technically good and would look great on most anyone's walls. As for "art," there's lots of opinions about what qualifies as "art," and you almost have to define that term before you can even start arguing about it. There's commercial art which is sold through gallery businesses, and those folks are usually catering to homes and businesses that want good stuff on their walls. There's art investors, folks who buy to both enjoy and resell later, and then there's art that belongs on the walls of MoMA, ICP, Hirschorn etc. At $6+ million I'd expect the artwork to be MoMA quality, but I don't see that. But it's not my money either.

 

But there's also the question of whether you can legitimately call this a "sale" at all. http://petapixel.com/2014/12/10/expensive-photo-world-best-marketing-stunt/

 

BTW, the video at the link discussing art photography sales is interesting, and I generally agree with her.





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