if you are in los angeles this weekend, you might want to head on over to ART LA 2009 at the santa monica airport's barker hanger, (for those less cultured-like moi- that's where the barney's sale happens every year). if you cant afford to purchase a masterpiece from one of the 60 galleries showing at the fair, you can at least afford to console yourself with a stiff drink, as they've set up a version of chinatown's mountain bar inside the hanger. btw, why don't they do that for the barney's sale, too? we know we buy more unflattering and over-priced fashions while shopping with our judgment pleasantly impaired. what a great way to compensate for falling retail sales...ART LA 2009 Jan 23-25, Barker Hangar, 3021 Airport Ave, Santa Monica, 323-937-4659
*** painting at top of post has absolutely nothing to do with the ART LA fair. studio annetta recently ran a post about a chair she coveted being auctioned at pierre bergé & associése. silly us- m21 went to check out their offerings, and now we can't stop thinking about the above andré bloc abstract composition, with an auction estimate of 8000 euros- it would look absolutely fabulous hanging on the wall of our living room here at the m21 atelier. on a completely unrelated topic, do you think a slightly used kidney would fetch 8000 euros on the open market? just curious.
2 comments:
You see, there's where our "make cheap stuff look expensive" philosophy fails us. Art isn't furniture. You can't take it home and reupholster it in a better fabric or give it a new life by stripping and refinishing. And art is almost always an emotional purchase whereas furnishings are usually brought in to meet practical needs. So while I wouldn't advise you to sell your kidney for a sofa, I can understand why you might for great art. (you have little kid friends or relatives right? get a canvas and some spackle and some tissue paper and mod podge and have them make you an "abstract composition". i dare you)
Tracy is right on!! If you don't have any "little kid friends" ...I am sure you can make a fab piece of art yourself! I am sure we ALL would wait with bated breath to see the finished product! Who knows...maybe millions of others would contemplate giving up a kidney for one of your works of art! :)
As for ArtLA 2009! I wish there was an ArtCLEVLAND 2009 this weekend! Unfortunately, it is snowing and 17 balmy degrees!
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