Comments on: This Overfed, Over-Monied Art World http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2009/05/04/this-overfed-over-monied-art-world/ Former Photography Director Rob Haggart Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:18:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: gogg http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2009/05/04/this-overfed-over-monied-art-world/#comment-43501 gogg Mon, 11 May 2009 11:33:45 +0000 http://www.aphotoeditor.com/?p=2969#comment-43501 @Blue, good point, the problem as much else is the money its self. If artist dont have to or dont want to think about that, just trying to make good art.....not being super self promo advertisers.... @Blue, good point, the problem as much else is the money its self. If artist dont have to or dont want to think about that, just trying to make good art…..not being super self promo advertisers….

]]> By: canadada http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2009/05/04/this-overfed-over-monied-art-world/#comment-43353 canadada Fri, 08 May 2009 11:31:19 +0000 http://www.aphotoeditor.com/?p=2969#comment-43353 ... same old, same old ... money makes the world go round ... I was reading the other day that Robert Frank got bored. It happens. Until it doesn't. p.s. The second link in this story doesn't seem to be working, maybe double check? … same old, same old … money makes the world go round …

I was reading the other day that Robert Frank got bored.

It happens.

Until it doesn’t.

p.s. The second link in this story doesn’t seem to be working, maybe double check?

]]> By: Blue http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2009/05/04/this-overfed-over-monied-art-world/#comment-43173 Blue Wed, 06 May 2009 19:07:35 +0000 http://www.aphotoeditor.com/?p=2969#comment-43173 There was a time when artists came from a place of varied influence. I remember the 80's when multimedia was gaining momentum and artist were conjuring new and innovative ways to tie together past, present, future ideas. Risky ideas. Ideas fueled by passion and music and drugs and real life. A time when music videos influenced painters and painters influenced writers who influenced movie makers who influenced photographers who influenced musicians....... etc etc. It seems that everything got so saturated. Art became glam with money and prestige. Artist are no longer artists for the work they do, but rather who they know. A gallery owner is throwing any thing up on the walls. I am sure somewhere there is a gallery with stock photography being showcased . I don't think I ever heard, until the past decade, a new movie, or artist, or musician being touted as "The next so and so" as a means of promotion. I saw an ad for a film claiming that it was "The next Breakfast Club, or Fast Times" or something. What ever happened to being "The first", the art world is a sham only surpassed in its mediocrity by the magazine publishing world and the music industry. A shameful lot who no longer care about setting the pace, debuting new ideas or work, just cashing in on safe robotic drones who are eager to make some money and get famous. There was a time when artists came from a place of varied influence.
I remember the 80′s when multimedia was gaining momentum and artist were conjuring new and innovative ways to tie together past, present, future ideas.
Risky ideas. Ideas fueled by passion and music and drugs and real life. A time when music videos influenced painters and painters influenced writers who influenced movie makers who influenced photographers who influenced musicians……. etc etc.
It seems that everything got so saturated. Art became glam with money and prestige. Artist are no longer artists for the work they do, but rather who they know. A gallery owner is throwing any thing up on the walls. I am sure somewhere there is a gallery with stock photography being showcased .
I don’t think I ever heard, until the past decade, a new movie, or artist, or musician being touted as “The next so and so” as a means of promotion.
I saw an ad for a film claiming that it was “The next Breakfast Club, or Fast Times” or something.
What ever happened to being “The first”, the art world is a sham only surpassed in its mediocrity by the magazine publishing world and the music industry.
A shameful lot who no longer care about setting the pace, debuting new ideas or work, just cashing in on safe robotic drones who are eager to make some money and get famous.

]]> By: Frank Robert Michels http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2009/05/04/this-overfed-over-monied-art-world/#comment-43011 Frank Robert Michels Tue, 05 May 2009 10:18:17 +0000 http://www.aphotoeditor.com/?p=2969#comment-43011 Art World has always been such a trendy and vain thing for collectors and those who ordered works from people they thought that would be the next hype. Public taste and tendencies for instance made Tiepolos Baroc-Paintings look silly when people thought the new Classicism would be the hype; his last days were kind of lousy, his succes decreased. Only a distance of at least a few centuries will separate the wheat from the chaff. SO, nothing new for todays market, even if new media artists like photographers are struggling for their raison d'etre. Please, leave this hysterical scepticism to those who don't believe in the self-regulating power of art world. Art World has always been such a trendy and vain thing for collectors and those who ordered works from people they thought that would be the next hype. Public taste and tendencies for instance made Tiepolos Baroc-Paintings look silly when people thought the new Classicism would be the hype; his last days were kind of lousy, his succes decreased. Only a distance of at least a few centuries will separate the wheat from the chaff. SO, nothing new for todays market, even if new media artists like photographers are struggling for their raison d’etre. Please, leave this hysterical scepticism to those who don’t believe in the self-regulating power of art world.

]]> By: Michael A Shapiro http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2009/05/04/this-overfed-over-monied-art-world/#comment-42969 Michael A Shapiro Mon, 04 May 2009 22:30:28 +0000 http://www.aphotoeditor.com/?p=2969#comment-42969 So, how do collector print prices enter into this fray? For instance, Joel Meyerowitz's prints range in price from $8,000 to $24,000 according to size. It used to be that a photo was a photo -HCB selling for $2500 before he died. (normal size-about 10x15) Is it size? The words "limited edition collector...?" So, how do collector print prices enter into this fray? For instance, Joel Meyerowitz’s prints range in price from $8,000 to $24,000 according to size.

It used to be that a photo was a photo -HCB selling for $2500 before he died. (normal size-about 10×15)

Is it size? The words “limited edition collector…?”

]]> By: Tyler, Chicago http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2009/05/04/this-overfed-over-monied-art-world/#comment-42952 Tyler, Chicago Mon, 04 May 2009 16:53:59 +0000 http://www.aphotoeditor.com/?p=2969#comment-42952 Until someone does show touting "Fake is the new Real". It will be fabulous. It will get great reviews, it will be copied, and the cycle starts over again.... Until someone does show touting “Fake is the new Real”. It will be fabulous. It will get great reviews, it will be copied, and the cycle starts over again….

]]> By: Arty Farty http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2009/05/04/this-overfed-over-monied-art-world/#comment-42951 Arty Farty Mon, 04 May 2009 16:40:39 +0000 http://www.aphotoeditor.com/?p=2969#comment-42951 The Photo Art world is slowly falling apart (much like the economy). People are realising that this is all "Emperor's New Clothes" and are calling this scene out for the fake that it is. And about time too. The Photo Art world is slowly falling apart (much like the economy). People are realising that this is all “Emperor’s New Clothes” and are calling this scene out for the fake that it is.

And about time too.

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