Post #218858 by foamy on Sat, Mar 4, 2006 10:24 AM

If and when, I buy a piece of art, it has to work for me. Just like music or drugs (the drug thing is just by way of reference), it has to do something for me. Stir some emotion, make me feel good, or at the very least, feel something at any rate. It doesn't have to be an original (that would be real nice though), it just has to work. I have not yet bought anything to add to the decor, total abstraction, color for color's sake, that sort of thing doesn't work for me. Who the artist is, is neither here nor there if thier work doesn't do it for me. I wouldn't get something just because everyone else thinks it's great or worth a lot of money. Again, it has to work for me.

There are several John Singer Sargent's that move me. Some Edward Hopper's, some Winslow Homer's. A few Shag's and of course, Ben Davis. Could you imagine an original Gil Elvgrin? Not that I can afford any of that, but I will purchase a good print if I see one or an original by some unknown if I can afford it.

All that is not to say that there isn't a ton of contemporary pieces out there that I would like to see everyday. I just can't remember all the names.

So, what motivates you to buy a piece of art? What do you get out of it? What do you like?

And just as an after thought: What's in your top 5 of artwork?

Not nessesarily my top five, but they are very nice, I'd take any one of them any time.

[ Edited by: foamy 2006-03-04 11:34 ]