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by "My child could do that" is a phrase often uttered by art philistines when describing some works hailed as masterpieces. Estelle Lovatt, a lecturer at Hampstead School of Art and a freelance art critic, decided to put the idea to the test by posting her two year old son's blotches of color into an on-line art gallery. By using such catchphrases as, "The striking use of oriental calligraphy has the kanji-like characters stampeding from the page, showing the new ascent of the East. It is one of Linsky's most experimental works," Freddie Lovatt, her son, was able to sell some of his pieces to bidders and was even offered a feature in a Berlin gallery. Estelle commented, "I thought people would figure it out. But a collector paid £20 for The Best Loved Elephant. He said he liked the flow and energy of the picture."
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Yeah, but by scottb :: NR7 :: on 07 December 2007
But £20 is shit for a painting. Go to any restaurant that has the work of local artists nobody ever heard of on the walls. The cheapest you tend to see are $100+, and that's for things no bigger than a square foot. Larger canvases like the ones shown in the article would typically be in the $500+ range. I'm not sure they "fooled" anyone.
Of course, if this guy can sell "art" that was painted by bugs (roaches, bees, flies, moths, crickets, you name it, he makes 'em paint), it's not so obvious what's so weird about a toddler's paintings selling as art.
RE: Yeah, but by VnutZ :: NR8 :: on 07 December 2007
But £20 is shit for a painting.
Absolutely true. I suppose it might be the nature of buying via an on-line forum as opposed to being in an art gallery. I wonder how much those same pieces would sell at if the German gallery actually hosted them.
The cheapest you tend to see are $100+, and that's for things no bigger than a square foot.
Yeah, we sold an odd photograph at a coffeehouse exhibit like that. I really ought to put the rest of my stuff into frames and put them up in Englewood as there are people with money to drop here. Who parks a Carrera GT at a parking meter in front of Starbucks anyway ...
Of course, if this guy can sell "art" that was painted by bugs (roaches, bees, flies, moths, crickets, you name it, he makes 'em paint), it's not so obvious what's so weird about a toddler's paintings selling as art.
I suppose the trick really is putting medium where people with that taste will find it. I think the mother's ruse was more in her descriptions than of the art itself. Perhaps a website is needed for obscure artists to simply post their wares ... sort of a "streets of paris.com" ... which profits on finders fees from the buyer.
RE: Yeah, but by wyldeling :: NR6 :: on 07 December 2007
Instead of displaying them at a coffee house, you could upload them to deviantArt, and provided it meets the quality standards, they will do the printing and selling for you. I don't know how much the artists make overall, but they do get a decent cut (most) of the sales receipts.