Here we are again, this time in Gallery Five, where you’ll find some interesting items. I hope you enjoy the concept of conceptual art, because that’s what you’re about to encounter.
The Science of Found Objects is all in the understanding that it’s the focus of the attention that is the core of the exercise — to see the object as an art object, not merely a chunk of the general mayhem we call “reality”.
The primary goal is to ISO-MAGNIFY the item, not by making it bigger, but by calling attention to it, until perhaps it becomes the Centrum of the Universe — what the local natives call “God”.
You’ll note that the focus of attention on a single object just happens to be one of the Big 24 exercises — available in paperback and ebook format at all book outlets everywhere, but I digress.
Don’t forget that these are guaranteed authentic with the artist’s flat-signed signature and number in the edition or date if it’s a unique.
Eventually the necessary factoids will seep in, and you’ll have a holistic understanding of the concept of concept, but in a nutshell, it means that art is whatever you can get away with.
Speaking of Andy Warhol, he was the King of Pop, with his iconic focal point, a can of Campbell’s Soup. Signed, dated. Would sell today in the hundreds of millions, but it’s not something you could live with. It belongs in a museum.
Warhol couldn’t leave the Hollywood Wax Museum without a special ID card and a pulse-check, that’s how famous he was — but he was never an artist, nor did he claim to be.
He was a magazine illustrator who knew how to market. He also knew how to connect with the existing social media of the time — the tabloids — be shocking and get your face into the news cycle every single day.
That is the formula for success. It’s not about art, it’s about connections and volume of traffic. With enough visitors to a site, anything can succeed. No traffic, no sales, and that’s the entire game plan.
I’m posting some private photos that ordinarily would never see the light of day — they’re just for you. Keep in mind that once a numbered edition has sold out, it is NEVER produced again. No pressure.
If you like it, buy it. There’s no excuse at this price. At some point, I have to start charging a minimum of $100 for a signed & numbered piece, and some a great deal more.
The prices listed below are the lowest WHOLESALE I can manage. The minimum price won’t ever get lower, and soon the rising costs of manufacture & shipping are going to force the prices up again.
Well, that’s the lot of them. I’ll post another set of family photos in the next gallery thingy, which I’m guessing would be “Gallery Eight” — we’ll soon see if I’m right.
See You At The Top!!!
gorby