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listed at mmodern gallery:
THE STAPLER (Elephant) - 30" x 24" - acrylic on board - $9,500
THE CAN OPENER (Hippos) - 30" x 24" - acrylic on board - $9,500
THE FISH MONGER (Orca) - 30" x 24" - acrylic on board - $9,500
LOST TORTOISE (Tortoise) - 15" x 20" - acrylic on board - $5,500
THE INSOLENT SWAN (incomplete jpeg) - 48" x 19" - acrylic on board - $14,000
THE FAUX PAS (Ravens) - 97" x 33" -biggest SHAG painting yet - acrylic on CANVAS - $33,000

man it's gotten expensive!

THE FAUX PAS is just too cool!
I want that one released as a limited edition serigraph...BIG, as in 20" x 60"
Sell it for $650 at publication, limited to 300 s/n prints, plus proofs..

I'D BUY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:)

On 2007-02-09 07:06, artroodeetoo wrote:
listed at mmodern gallery:
THE STAPLER (Elephant) - 30" x 24" - acrylic on board - $9,500
THE CAN OPENER (Hippos) - 30" x 24" - acrylic on board - $9,500
THE FISH MONGER (Orca) - 30" x 24" - acrylic on board - $9,500
LOST TORTOISE (Tortoise) - 15" x 20" - acrylic on board - $5,500
THE INSOLENT SWAN (incomplete jpeg) - 48" x 19" - acrylic on board - $14,000
THE FAUX PAS (Ravens) - 97" x 33" -biggest SHAG painting yet - acrylic on CANVAS - $33,000

man it's gotten expensive!

[ Edited by: Gromit_Fan 2007-04-13 16:32 ]

[ Edited by: Gromit_Fan 2007-04-13 16:37 ]

Cost is relatative.

Since I tend to keep comparing Shag to Nagel, of note,
Nagel's work, during its heyday, also sold for well above
$10,000. Even some of Nagel's prints, with editions of 25,
used to sell for $6000....for a print, NOT the original work on canvas!

Of course, neither sells for anything like what a Warhol original
sells for. Some Warhol prints sell for $25,000.00 to this day!

On 2007-02-09 07:06, artroodeetoo wrote:
listed at mmodern gallery:
THE STAPLER (Elephant) - 30" x 24" - acrylic on board - $9,500
THE CAN OPENER (Hippos) - 30" x 24" - acrylic on board - $9,500
THE FISH MONGER (Orca) - 30" x 24" - acrylic on board - $9,500
LOST TORTOISE (Tortoise) - 15" x 20" - acrylic on board - $5,500
THE INSOLENT SWAN (incomplete jpeg) - 48" x 19" - acrylic on board - $14,000
THE FAUX PAS (Ravens) - 97" x 33" -biggest SHAG painting yet - acrylic on CANVAS - $33,000

man it's gotten expensive!

Crazy. Just crazy. And to think, some people can paint the same thing for less than $20.

SwampCreature,

Being a skilled artist and being one with a known,
established place in the market, are two very different things.

Value isn't based on skill. It is based on demand,
which often has little relevance to skills with a brush or chisel.

When I talk with my studio art professors, what I come away with was that
they have to spend more time marketing themselves than they spend actually
making art.

The fact that "lowbrow" art has a place in the market is a GOOD THING because
what is selling in 2007 says something about our culture,
which is what art used to be able to do.

The esoteric side of art is fine for what it is, for the small group
of people who care about many of the post-modern artists,
and whom critics love to talk abou...things like "readymade art" and a
shopvac, placed on a pedestal, with no modifications, selling for thousands
and thousands of dollars because an artist placed it on the pedestal,
fresh out of the box, and then defined it as "ART."

But where is the relevance to the larger world?

If only a very small group of art elitists care about some artist's
work, does that make it matter?

Then again, does relevance matter?

If art is, to some degree, a testament and reflection of the times they are
created, then the works of Nagel and Shag are more important than some toilet bowl
turned upside down resting on a pedestal.

Having said the above, this is precisely why art is a bad investment risk,
and really should collected because one loves the work. I pay $300+ for Shag
serigraphs, and upwards $2000 for some Nagel serigraphs (to this day),
because that is what they are worth to me when I enjoy them
as they grace the walls in my home.

But the world of art is very fickle and trends and tastes change.
Artists fall out of favor, especially the post-modern ones.

Peace out,

Gromit_Fan

On 2007-05-06 10:49, SwampCreature wrote:
Crazy. Just crazy. And to think, some people can paint the same thing for less than $20.

I agree that you buy art for the enjoyment more than the investment. Obviously, if you are purchasing at a much higher level (50k+) then investment is a different matter completely.

I own three shag seri's but can't afford a painting. Well, I can't justify spending the money for a Shag original I should say, but I do enjoy the prints I have. Bamboo framed and all.