a 4 year olds paintings selling for 25 grand?

how much would you pay for this painting?



people are nuts..

heres the story..

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15811817

 

25 G’s



Only if it was painted by Frederick Law

Hotwater

 

i've seen other paintings of hers that are really beautiful, but the price is just silly. but i feel that way about a lot of art.

 

really beautiful??

come on.. i looked at her gallery..

http://www.marlaolmstead.com/mainwork.html

what one is beautiful?

 

i like a lot of those. but then, i like non-representative art.

 

I like them. I'm a fan of abstract art. Although I like how the NPR writer phrases it.

"There are modern art insiders who think the marketing of Marla's work is a scam, and then there are the realist painting enthusiasts who think all abstract art is a scam."

heh.

 

nice.

 

I do like most of my things abstract, but not art.
But it shows that any 'artists' can make those kind of paintings.

You just have to be a commercial talent to sell them, not an artist.

 

Actually...that art is so impressive. I wish I could make 25 gs

 

the sad thing is i think alot of 4year olds could probably paint something like that, its not too original, but i admit i like it, its just not worth 25gs, the artworld is real bizzar for what they consider the genius of art, its a childs painting, if a man painted something like that it would be just another abstract painting.

 

$25G is about the same that this toaster earned for its art:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4034787.stm

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i wouldn't pay anything for it

 

GAWD DAMN!!! where were my fucking parents when i was 4... my shit woulda been crazy as fuck compared to this shit.. lol jkjk but seriously thats way fucked up. They are ok but no more so and they definitely are not worth 25 grand. .And another thought dawns.. who's actually getting the money for this. the parents or are they putting it in a trust fund for the kid... the mind boggles. lmao

 

nice painting, not worth 25k to me, but some people have weird hobbies.

 

i am an art snob so i will be polite and limit myself to this short response:

absolutely not. non-rep/abstract paintings by children, cats, and/or elephants are not worth the amount of money our capitalist society places on them. i do not think non-rep/abstract art is a scam; i just think it has found an easy market and some people will try to squeeze all the money they can from it.

i don't like thomas kinkade either. both of these scenarios offend me (no, not because of the money or fame these children/cats/elephants/thomas kinkade receive.... mostly because it cheapens what art truly is and blurs the line between "art" and "commodity".)

sorry; that was as short as i could be! interesting topic, though

 

I like her paintings, its cute. and pretty, hell of a price though.

and on the virgin mary toast ... nice disclaimer on it

The toast is not intended for consumption
(no shit! who would pay all that money for it and eat it and get sick!)

 

Better than Jackson Pollock's #5 which sold for 140 million.

 

while i have nothing against anyone wanting their art to be their source of income, the only thing i'm inclined to spend on any piece of any kind of art is the price of supplies to make one myself.

i don't see art as a spectator sport to buy into, but a natural aspect of sentient existence, vital to mental well bieng to creatively participate in.

=^^=
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a couple in her gallery were really nice, but the rest looked like, well, a kid painted them. it makes me wonder if the few i liked were in fact doctored, as has been suggested. if not doctored, then at least influenced heavily by the parents (here sweetie, try painting this colour over in that corner ther.. type stuff). but i sure as fuck would spend that much on a painting even if i had that much money laying around. id buy a shittone of art supplies and play around on my own til i came to a satisfying result, and spend the rest on electronics and toys and such

 

my daughter does a lot of painting and drawing. naturally, i think it's beautiful. but she's also being trained in technique and figures in school. it's neat watching her grow. she loves painting beyond anything. but do i think her stuff is worth $25k? only to me.