tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post983036723381739386..comments2024-03-26T19:19:35.144+00:00Comments on Eolake Stobblehouse thoughts: The World's Most Expensive PhotoEolake Stobblehousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-877072478989103242012-02-12T01:45:25.663+00:002012-02-12T01:45:25.663+00:00I like this :
"it's only a very, very ti...I like this :<br /><br />"it's only a very, very tiny fraction of people who feel very strongly about visual art. For most, it's just something to stop the wall being bare, and it should match the sofa. I have a feeling that many more people feel strongly about music, if anything."<br /><br />Yeah. Maybe also because you need time to listen to a song or to read a book. You just have to spend that time. Then you get a lot more out of it.Annanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-48561223374623694632012-02-12T01:42:34.633+00:002012-02-12T01:42:34.633+00:00I remember reading sth about it saying hey, if it ...I remember reading sth about it saying hey, if it was a painting, it would be a good one, so the money is deserved. <br /><br />This is bullshit! :)Annanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-10121653908490954082012-02-08T23:33:21.476+00:002012-02-08T23:33:21.476+00:00Because the rich don't want it if it's not...Because the rich don't want it if it's not expensive. It also plays into that idea rich and poor alike have of "if it's popular it's not worth it" - limited print run equals rare = not for the mass audience (not popular). If we lived in a world of Star Trek replicators, money would have no meaning and people would only collect art they actually liked.Jo Jo Savardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-14068587604241235572012-02-04T13:07:26.747+00:002012-02-04T13:07:26.747+00:00art as magic
and like magic serving the dream.
No ...art as magic<br />and like magic serving the dream.<br />No object coming out of our hands<br />or minds is the power that wakes us up. But it's true that in the dream,<br />who wants to wake up? Heretics of religion and art! Just make a beautiful or cool dream. The beautifuller and cooler the better. <br /><br />LaurieLauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14332773462110203500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-47497033545315292662012-02-03T18:49:30.078+00:002012-02-03T18:49:30.078+00:00Indeed. Usually such prices are only paid by origi...Indeed. Usually such prices are only paid by original prints from dead photographers. And of course prices are pushed up artificially by limited print runs. A bit strange, but everybody accepts it.Eolake Stobblehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-53928350153689098692012-02-03T14:11:47.195+00:002012-02-03T14:11:47.195+00:00Good pint EO. Also, as a thought.. If I were to sp...Good pint EO. Also, as a thought.. If I were to spend that money on a painting, it would be unique. Only one of a kind, sort of like the Mona Lisa.<br /><br />But, the photograher can always print another. :-( That might bring that 5mil price down a little bit..Tommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15307451585911959063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-20800969856182425692012-02-02T21:00:29.141+00:002012-02-02T21:00:29.141+00:00Oh yeah! If it includes a really good frame, that ...Oh yeah! If it includes a really good frame, that explains a lot of it. <br /><br />One thing for sure: I hope the artist has made it conscientiously, with durable technology. Imagine paying five mil for a photo, then ten years later it's yellow and faded.Eolake Stobblehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-51269774337986540292012-02-02T20:48:13.897+00:002012-02-02T20:48:13.897+00:00I sent this info to a photographer friend of mine ...I sent this info to a photographer friend of mine and he wanted to know if that price included the frame or not?<br /><br /> :-)Tommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15307451585911959063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-38989324891655085752012-02-02T15:41:47.547+00:002012-02-02T15:41:47.547+00:00When you glance at the picture, then find out how ...When you glance at the picture, then find out how much it sold for, there's a visceral reaction. Like the giant splatter painting in the art museum, it's easy to look at it and wonder just what the hell is wrong with everyone.<br /><br />But as you point out, the issue isn't so much "is it great art," but "what's it worth?" And those are really two very separate conversations. I can remember a lot of "I've deleted better pictures than that one!" comments on this photo - and I feel that way, too. But then again there's a lot I don't know about the art business.<br /><br />Perhaps one way to look at it, apropos of your recent post, is that Gursky's final product is as much painting as photograph, since he had so much of it digitally removed to arrive at the stark simplicity that set that sales record. I actually don't mind that, since photographers are artists and not historians. Certain ones, anyway.<br /><br />And via TOP, here's an interesting video on Gursky: http://vimeo.com/17692722emptyspaceshttp://emptyfilmspaces.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.com