The End of the Shag Era? Officially un-cool? Afraid so. - General Tiki

M Monkeyman Tiki Socialite Vista, CA Joined: Mar 04, 2003 Posts: 2386	M Monkeyman Posted posted on Tue, Jun 17, 2003 12:09 PM Hopefully the shag stuff can find a comfortable medium between fanatacism and garage sale material. Anything that is NEW and manipulated to create demand is inevitably destined to burn out (the beanie baby analogy has been mentioned many times, anybody remember cabbage patch dolls?). Shag prints are not rare finds from and artist that died 40 years ago. They are new prints that are purposely limited to create that fanatical "I gotta have one, I have to buy them all, I have to sell them before the price drops" attitude. They are not really rare because of time or circumstance, they are rare because someone has chosen to make it that way. I think Shag art is really cool and could be very popular in the mainstream. The appeal of his art is in the interesting depictions and great colors. The simplicity and colors would make these prints appealing to a huge audience if given the chance. The bummer is that people are spending $500 on something that is not a whole lot different than a printed page from a magazine. Its not oil on canvas or hand painted its practically a POSTER. The more secure you become in your own choices the more inevitable it is that you don't care what "COOL" is. You like because YOU like it. Who cares what everyone else thinks. By the way, who cares what I think? Monkeyman

Hopefully the shag stuff can find a comfortable medium between fanatacism and garage sale material.

Anything that is NEW and manipulated to create demand is inevitably destined to burn out (the beanie baby analogy has been mentioned many times, anybody remember cabbage patch dolls?).

Shag prints are not rare finds from and artist that died 40 years ago. They are new prints that are purposely limited to create that fanatical "I gotta have one, I have to buy them all, I have to sell them before the price drops" attitude. They are not really rare because of time or circumstance, they are rare because someone has chosen to make it that way.

I think Shag art is really cool and could be very popular in the mainstream. The appeal of his art is in the interesting depictions and great colors. The simplicity and colors would make these prints appealing to a huge audience if given the chance.

The bummer is that people are spending $500 on something that is not a whole lot different than a printed page from a magazine. Its not oil on canvas or hand painted its practically a POSTER.

The more secure you become in your own choices the more inevitable it is that you don't care what "COOL" is. You like because YOU like it. Who cares what everyone else thinks.

By the way, who cares what I think?

Monkeyman

Post #39650 by Monkeyman on Tue, Jun 17, 2003 12:09 PM