Anyone care to make a stab at helping me understand the artistic concept behind Jeff Wall's light-box image "Just Washed" which just sold at auction for $120,000?
http://www.artnet.com/PDB/PublicLotD...4954855&page=1
Anyone care to make a stab at helping me understand the artistic concept behind Jeff Wall's light-box image "Just Washed" which just sold at auction for $120,000?
http://www.artnet.com/PDB/PublicLotD...4954855&page=1
That's as far as I read, hah! No sorry. I find his work dull at best. The light box was probably worth more than the print.Originally Posted by Martin Miller
Don't let your jealousy get the better of you. Study that image closely and you'll see the delicate....no, that's not there.
The intricate composition suggests the work of Paul Caprinigro....uh....wrong again there.
The exquisite subject matter of the fine crystal against the.....no, wait, that's a dirty wash cloth against an old washing machine.
JEEEZZZZ!!! WTF were those morons THINKING to spend that much money on that kind of crap?????
Boy! You guys, I have to say, can be real rednecks sometimes! Your comments are reminiscent of Adolf Hitler's analysis of modern art (these artists are clearly incapable of rendering the human figure accurately). Nobody's telling you you have to like the work, or buy it. Leave it to those who see value in it.
We do that as performance art every day in our house. My six and four year olds help us out.
That about wraps it up for both producer and consumer, eh?
Damn! I'm definitely in the wrong business! My darkroom is in the laundry room, and look at all those millions of dollars of opportunity I missed. Hell, if a greasy rag sells for that much, I wonder how much I could get for a pic of my wife's granny panties?Before and after pics. hmmmmmm....
COME ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!
Richard
Ah knows which aynd uf this here shotgun tew hold, aynd which aynd tew poynt.
(Did you know that Ma and Pa Kettle lived in Kelso, WA?)
Seriously, though, I can't imagine the person with that kind of money to blow on that kind of "artwork." Maybe its from a corporate art fund, like Microsoft. You wouldn't believe the crap that's on Microsoft's walls. Maybe its the art director's way of getting back at Microsoft.
In theory, the rich are supposed to appreciate the finer things of life, not blow money like snot out their nose. (Dynamic photo needed, will sell for $200,000) Fine wines, fine food, fine artwork. But instead its these ass-wipe pictures that are getting gargantuan sums. I would at least expect that the person with money would buy something from someone who shows talent.
I don't understand why anybody should be muzzled about asking the obvious question: WHAT THE F---??
This really brings up the tale of the Emperor's New Clothes. Remember that? "Ohh, what fine thread! What amazing colors!" And the little boy cried, "HE'S NAKED AS A BLUE JAY!" And for ever after the emperor was known as The Streak. (Anybody remember that song?)
I think if you stare at it for about a gazilion hours you'll see the face of the Virgin Mary.
That's gotta be it..
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