Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

**Greg Lockrey** · 11-Nov-2011, 08:51

You guys just don't have a true understanding of what "art" is.... plus it's BIG!!!

**Brian Ellis** · 11-Nov-2011, 09:00

[QUOTE=DanielStone;802701] . . . . Didn't all 3 of them mentioned above train/study under the Becher's?/QUOTE]

I know Gursky did. I think the others did as well but I'm not sure about them.

**Brian Ellis** · 11-Nov-2011, 09:05

Originally Posted by Mark Sawyer

Paying such a price for such a thing is performance art in itself, and a telling comment on the decadence of the ultra-wealthy.

People who pay that kind of price for any work of art are doing it as an investment, not just because they like the work. So unless it bothers you that people also buy stock, bonds, real estate, etc. as an investment it shouldn't bother you that people buy art as an investment. Personally I like the fact that they're buying art, especially photography, rather than something else.

**jnantz** · 11-Nov-2011, 09:05

thanks for the link brian
i have never been familiar with his work
but now ... i guess i am a little bit more.

**John Kasaian** · 11-Nov-2011, 09:32

Its a nice enough minimalist color landscape, but that much loot could feed, clothe and medicate a mighty big chunk of the third world!

**Greg Blank** · 11-Nov-2011, 09:41

Or go into some rich war lords pocket.

**Colin Graham** · 11-Nov-2011, 09:47

Originally Posted by John Kasaian

Its a nice enough minimalist color landscape, but that much loot could feed, clothe and medicate a mighty big chunk of the third world!

Well, there are much bigger piles being thrown around for much more frivolous stuff. Should art really be tightening it's belt first?

From watching some footage of his work process, he seems to spend a great deal of time and money on the process. He's not some geezer (like me) flogging the local scenery and processing them in a plywood sink.

**Gudmundur Ingolfsson** · 11-Nov-2011, 17:52

When photography finally reaches the (price) level of the arts, you envious nagging bastards should be celebrating with an expensive bottle of single malt instead of howling on this website !

**Colin Graham** · 11-Nov-2011, 18:09

I'll drink to that.

**coops** · 11-Nov-2011, 18:33

All this discussion about what art is is fine, but I can see the wife/husband of some incredibly wealthy person saying " that would look great on the large wall in the dining room and the color matches the curtains perfectly. I want it" Sold. I guess some folks buy photographs like they were furniture. color coordinated.