Post #203160 by Tipsy McStagger on Wed, Dec 14, 2005 7:32 PM

On 2005-12-14 16:41, christiki295 wrote:
I would tend to agree, but Shag may be changing the rule.

It's true his prints are going for quite a bit of cabbage, but they will always be just that - prints, of which a signifigant number of others will also have the same said print adorning their domiciles....nothin' wrong with that either, it's just not for me....I believe shag is the exception to the rule, not necessarily changing the rule....i guess it depends on how popular an artists work is...what's really annoying in this day and age is that artists can now print their work on canvas....by all outward appearances they actually look like the real deal but are only framed replicas of the original....this is good news for artists as they can reach a broader market with low-cost replicas of their originals which look like the original work and then justify an insane price on the original, but the more the replicas look like the real painting, it would seem the less point there is to shelling out for an original work..afterall, that there was a time when a limited edition print was easily distinguishable from an original made it all the more worth owning, but those days are sadly over...or are they?? perhaps in this day of cheap imitations and copies, owning an original work is that much more important as a connection to our shared humanity as we continue to surround ourselves with the appearances of things rather than real things themselves.....