New Shag prints - Collecting Tiki

G Gromit_Fan Member Portland, OR, USA Joined: Apr 09, 2007 Posts: 65	G Gromit_Fan Posted posted on Mon, Apr 9, 2007 10:17 PM I have been watching Shag's work for a while, though I mostly collect another artist. I agree that his work has now over-saturated the market. They were smart to release prints as only signed and numbered with an average run of 200 at this point, but there is so much sameness to his work that a little can go a long way. Even as I say that, I can think of maybe a dozen or so works I REALLY REALLY want and that would be enough. LA MODERN (NIGHT) and THE EXTRAORDINARY EVENING are two great works coming out now or in the near future. Nice! :) Some think the Disney stuff has killed some of his appeal, as it might make him look like a sell-out, but I say that is, in part, what his style has been about. He mentions that his work "celebrates consumerism," and no one is more hip to that then the folks at the house of the mouse. One could suggest that the large nudes are a reaction against Shag "selling out," and decidedly "anti-Disney," though I find it curious that they were done as Giclee prints, which is a print medium Shag has been openly critical of in the past. Still, for a print run of 5 of each print, it was cost effective and better pigment quality that a litho. While I am eagerly buying Shag's serigraphs because I enjoy them, I will be curious to see what happens to the value of his work in the next ten years and, if there is a decrease in the demand for the work, what impact that has on their publication schedule, which recently has been very aggressive, with at least one new limited serigraph print a month. I watched Pat Nagel's work soar high and then crash in value, and none of it impacted my appreciation of his work, but I am happy it is no longer "everywhere." Gromit_Fan On 2007-03-03 14:08, Jax Tiki wrote: The market for Shag originals peaked about 2 years ago so an original bought today from Shag would have a hard time getting the same price in the aftermarket (ebay). Over-saturation dropped the prices people were willing to pay. I still dig his style though, but they were investments at the time. I still have a few serigraphs that I like. [ Edited by: Gromit_Fan 2007-04-09 22:28 ] [ Edited by: Gromit_Fan 2007-04-09 23:07 ]

I have been watching Shag's work for a while, though I mostly collect another artist. I agree that his work has now over-saturated the market. They were smart to release prints as only signed and numbered with an average run of 200 at this point, but there is so much sameness to his work that a little can go a long way. Even as I say that, I can think of maybe a dozen or so works I REALLY REALLY want and that would be enough.

LA MODERN (NIGHT) and THE EXTRAORDINARY EVENING are two great works coming out now or in the near future. Nice! :)

Some think the Disney stuff has killed some of his appeal, as it might make him look like a sell-out, but I say that is, in part, what his style has been about. He mentions that his work "celebrates consumerism," and no one is more hip to that then the folks at the house of the mouse.

One could suggest that the large nudes are a reaction against Shag "selling out," and decidedly "anti-Disney," though I find it curious that they were done as Giclee prints, which is a print medium Shag has been openly critical of in the past. Still, for a print run of 5 of each print, it was cost effective and better pigment quality that a litho.

While I am eagerly buying Shag's serigraphs because I enjoy them, I will be curious to see what happens to the value of his work in the next ten years and,
if there is a decrease in the demand for the work, what impact that has on their publication schedule, which recently has been very aggressive, with at least one new limited serigraph print a month. I watched Pat Nagel's work soar high and then crash in value, and none of it impacted my appreciation of his work, but I am happy it is no longer "everywhere."

Gromit_Fan

On 2007-03-03 14:08, Jax Tiki wrote:

The market for Shag originals peaked about 2 years ago so an original bought today from Shag would have a hard time getting the same price in the aftermarket (ebay). Over-saturation dropped the prices people were willing to pay. I still dig his style though, but they were investments at the time. I still have a few serigraphs that I like.

[ Edited by: Gromit_Fan 2007-04-09 22:28 ]

[ Edited by: Gromit_Fan 2007-04-09 23:07 ]

Post #298031 by Gromit_Fan on Mon, Apr 9, 2007 10:17 PM