Post #203309 by christiki295 on Thu, Dec 15, 2005 6:11 PM

[i]On 2005-12-14 19:32, Tipsy McStagger wrote"

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 ...

...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.....

Very deep, excellent insight.

I hate to be so base, but if a print (ie poster) is selling for a $1,000, the price is "insane," and the original even moreso (unless one is a buyer for a museum).

I completely agree with the issue for "appearances of things rather than real things themselves," (although maybe for different reasons).

The one downside of Shag's work is that the characters in his art seem to having far more in my living room then I would be having - I might get jealous.