Sometimes its surprising

[Overread]

or possibly shocking as to what constitutes high-value art/photography


Now I'm sure I've got some similar shots somewhere in my waste bin - I knew it was good idea to hold onto them :mrgreen:

 

[GeorgieGirl]

We're better than we think. I'm convinced after seeing this.

 

[KenC]

He may be a shameless and efficient self-promoter. Many artists have commanded high prices due to this sort of thing. I looked him up and saw some much better shots than this one, although even those didn't seem to be worth millions, at least to me. Possibly, he (or others) have created some sort of aura around owning one of his prints and this inflates prices.

 

[Overread]

KenC - but of course; at this price the purchase of large amounts of art or photos is mostly to allow rich people to avoid taxes and put their cash into assets. It's a rather fake bubble that some of the super-rich build around these kind of thing in the hope that it at least retains its value if not increases in worth.

 

[KenC]

KenC - but of course; at this price the purchase of large amounts of art or photos is mostly to allow rich people to avoid taxes and put their cash into assets. It's a rather fake bubble that some of the super-rich build around these kind of thing in the hope that it at least retains its value if not increases in worth.

So this is the T206 Honus Wagner baseball card of the art photography world?

 

[Futurelight]

It is a shock sometimes eh? Kinda like the infamous Tracy Emmin. Selling a pissed on bed for hundreds of thousands. Now, not to be too critical but, shouldn't that mean that every single child on the planet should be minted by now? lmao It's all a joke in the end.

P.s. In NO way do I mean I am better than anyone else. I just have my own humble opinion.

 

[dxqcanada]

We just have to spend more time convincing other people that our images are beyond expression and capture the existential being of existence itself ... which is what we all want a piece of (and willing to pay big bucks for).

 

[Trever1t]

4.3 million Pesos? Canadian Quarters? Wow.

 

[MissCream]

4.3 million Pesos? Canadian Quarters? Wow.

Doubloons.

 

[ThereSheGoes]

What.The.Eff? My toddler's scribbles are more artistic than that!

 

[dots]

4.3 million Pesos? Canadian Quarters? Wow.

Doubloons.

Drachma

 

[BlairWright]

Wow!!!

 

[KmH]

FWIW, it is a mounted chromogenic print that is 12 feet wide by 6 feet high. It is face-mounted on plexiglass and it is signed (a key to it's perceived value) - 'Andreas Gursky' - on a paper label affixed to the backing board .

The tiny online image can't come anywhere near doing the image justice.

 

[Iron Flatline]

LOL, I remember now why I left TPF. Seriously? Someone actually broke out the "my four-year-old can do better?" line? You realize there is more to photography than L-lenses and "bokeh", right? Some people actually uses cameras to create art.

The art world is odd, I'll grant that gladly. But there are artists who have very specific vision, an EXTREMELY high level of craft, AND represent a certain school of expression. You would learn a LOT by understanding who Gursky is, and looking at his work. He is probably the most prominent photographer coming out of the Düsseldorf school, although I prefer Thomas Struth. Within that world, though not actual students of Bernd and Hilla Becher, are also Burtinsky and Misrach. They all have bodies of work that span 25+ years and are fully conceptualized, not just a cool snapshot that worked.

...but yeah, art world prices are hard to understand. Human vanities certainly play in to them... But not as a strategy to hide cash. A transaction that size comes with a receipt.

 

[ryunin]

I thought something much more primitive would pop out. This stuff is at least VERY clever. Not my cup of tea, but clever. I don't feel much emotions there, rather calculation. I am not surprised it was sold expensive. Rich people are cynical, mostly.