coldel Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 ...the world just gets crazier by the day http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16224603 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyBoy Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 I think I must just be at a lower state of consciousness than the rest of the world, because I really really can't see why you'd buy some orange wallpaper instead of (for example) a car collection to rival Jay Leno's. DB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geekboy78 Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 I think I must just be at a lower state of consciousness than the rest of the world, because I really really can't see why you'd buy some orange wallpaper instead of (for example) a car collection to rival Jay Leno's. DB each to their own. may be that the person who bought this cannot understand why anyone would spend time on the internet talking about cars? even if i didn't like art, which i do, they aren't making any more of these... so like jay's cars, they'll only get more valuable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldel Posted May 9, 2012 Author Share Posted May 9, 2012 I can understand the value of the cars though, the time, the materials, the effort - its all tangible. Admittedly that picture took time, skill and effort, but not even a fraction of what fifty million quids worth of cars would take. If it was a picture that only that artist could have produced, then maybe yes there is something to it, but to be honest I could fake one that in about an hour, write his name on the bottom of it, and any 'expert' with millions in their pockets would stand there taking in its majesty and talking about what its saying etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geekboy78 Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 I can understand the value of the cars though, the time, the materials, the effort - its all tangible. Admittedly that picture took time, skill and effort, but not even a fraction of what fifty million quids worth of cars would take. If it was a picture that only that artist could have produced, then maybe yes there is something to it, but to be honest I could fake one that in about an hour, write his name on the bottom of it, and any 'expert' with millions in their pockets would stand there taking in its majesty and talking about what its saying etc. if you genuinely believe that, give it a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldel Posted May 9, 2012 Author Share Posted May 9, 2012 No i dont, it was a flippant comment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK350Z Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 I can understand the value of the cars though, the time, the materials, the effort - its all tangible. Admittedly that picture took time, skill and effort, but not even a fraction of what fifty million quids worth of cars would take. If it was a picture that only that artist could have produced, then maybe yes there is something to it, but to be honest I could fake one that in about an hour, write his name on the bottom of it, and any 'expert' with millions in their pockets would stand there taking in its majesty and talking about what its saying etc. if you genuinely believe that, give it a try. Fnar! Mordern art is a club like the masons or something, if you're in, you're in. Most pieces worth is purely what someone has been convinced to pay for it, it's all about cultivating cachet, hype, rarity, and above all, hubris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldel Posted May 9, 2012 Author Share Posted May 9, 2012 I call it 'Orange and Black' - its a cultural insight into the misgivings of modern society where rules and regulations fail to adhere individuals and groups to the ethnic presumptions acquitainted with said cultures. Print 1 of 1, uber rare, open to offers before I put it up at Southebys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ioneabee Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 I call it 'Orange and Black' - its a cultural insight into the misgivings of modern society where rules and regulations fail to adhere individuals and groups to the ethnic presumptions acquitainted with said cultures. Print 1 of 1, uber rare, open to offers before I put it up at Southebys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richt Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzr350z Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 10p including p+p,via paypal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brillomaster Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Haha thats great, i'll give you a quid for it! But seriously, Rothkos are weird... they are by far the easiest looking paintings to do, yet they sell for millions... my girlfriend loves Rothko paintings, we went to an exhibition in the Tate Liverpool a few years back. They're very foreboding paintings, i know its just blocks of colour, but they are really unsettling and moody. Also pictures don't do them justice at all, full size they're about 10feet by 15feet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetSet Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 If I'd have found that in the attic I'd have screwed it up and put it into the bin, utter rubbish. I like realistic stuff like Kincaid. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 My granny has a saying.... Everyone spends their money the way they want. If someone wants to spend it on orange art then that's fine by me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarmac@TarmacSportz Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 I call it 'Orange and Black' - its a cultural insight into the misgivings of modern society where rules and regulations fail to adhere individuals and groups to the ethnic presumptions acquitainted with said cultures. Print 1 of 1, uber rare, open to offers before I put it up at Southebys Brilliant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmarky Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 My car is orange and a work of art, may i start the bidding at 1 quattuordecillion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ioneabee Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 I call it 'Orange and Black' - its a cultural insight into the misgivings of modern society where rules and regulations fail to adhere individuals and groups to the ethnic presumptions acquitainted with said cultures. Print 1 of 1, uber rare, open to offers before I put it up at Southebys put it in as part of the raffle prize for the wales run ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK350Z Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Got to be worth at least £2 (million). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geekboy78 Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 I call it 'Orange and Black' - its a cultural insight into the misgivings of modern society where rules and regulations fail to adhere individuals and groups to the ethnic presumptions acquitainted with said cultures. Print 1 of 1, uber rare, open to offers before I put it up at Southebys mark, is that you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldel Posted May 10, 2012 Author Share Posted May 10, 2012 ...to make it even more authentic there are two words may2012 and zebra written on the back (which you can faintly see indentations of) - in years to come Tom Hanks Jr will play a symbology expert on a mission to decipher these strange inscriptions on the back of this contemporary work of art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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