My notion from the beginning was to keep saying the same thing over and over in different ways until it turned to taffy, and we’re almost there. The medicinal bleeding of creative energy to support non-profit institutions is about to be staunched, with artists seeking, and finding, alternative ways to display and actually sell their work. A curious public is finding its way around the dour gatekeepers of academic grant committees and credentialed curators to discover art they find relatable. In this humble blog strident heresy transmutes to maudlin cliche in about a hundred and fifty posts.
Hasn’t completely happened yet, but the earth moves as we speak and in the right direction. The art at auction gaining national media attention, ‘pre-auction estimates in excess of millions and millions,’ is news from another planet, another galaxy, and the laws of physics are different here. We hear vegetables should come from close to home, just healthier they say, and art from around here might turn out to be more beneficial also, in several ways. We’re just getting sprouts now, but watered with a little money directly spent on art and won’t the garden grow.
The new hotel, 21c, and the murals above the parking lots have been accelerants thrown on a fire about to happen anyway. I didn’t predict that part, but momentum snowballs. The ground-floor of actually owning art has arrived, as local folks tentatively begin to notice, to discuss, to have favorites. There is still the possibility of catching some artist in transition from scuffling for studio rent to paying down the credit card, a good time to acquire a piece of art which will assume its true value once the habit of buying art has settled in.
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One can only hope. But the question that worries art consumers is, will it hold its value or even appreciate in value? I don't buy art for that reason. I buy what I like, and if it burns up in a fire, or becomes worthless upon my acquisition, I still have something that is of value to me. I have no idea of how to buy art any other way, but lots of advice on how not to. Don't try to match the sofa. Do learn how art is made, and to recognize good skill. And do find things you like and be willing to pay for them. Don't ask the artist to reduce their price. If you don't want to pay that much, find a less expensive piece.
Do not buy fake art sold at big box stores. It's not art. Buy original pieces or prints made by the artist.
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