mona lisa curse
i watched the mona lisa curse today. the australian art critic robert hughes (art critic of time magazine) honestly tells us his opinions of the current art market and how absurd the commercialization of art work is becoming. he explores how museums, the production of art and the way we experience it have radically changed over the past 50 years. he emphasizes how much the art market has turned into the "biggest unregulated market in the world" (apart from drugs) as contemporary art sales can raise up to $10 billion a year. what i loved the most was how much he was bashing damien hirst! for my final art essay for my a levels, i was trying to highlight the good and bad sides of the art industry, analysing obsession in the art world. hughes states "“The idea that there is some special magic attached to Hirst’s work that shoves it into the multimillion pound realm is ludicrous,” Hughes says. “[The price] has to do with promotion and publicity and not with the quality of the works themselves.” go hughes! he continues to state that the art world is turning into a "feeding frenzy" in which people are turning up to look at art work just to have "seen it". if you want to watch the whole movie, the youtube user below has uploaded the entire thing.
i watched the mona lisa curse today. the australian art critic robert hughes (art critic of time magazine) honestly tells us his opinions of the current art market and how absurd the commercialization of art work is becoming. he explores how museums, the production of art and the way we experience it have radically changed over the past 50 years. he emphasizes how much the art market has turned into the "biggest unregulated market in the world" (apart from drugs) as contemporary art sales can raise up to $10 billion a year. what i loved the most was how much he was bashing damien hirst! for my final art essay for my a levels, i was trying to highlight the good and bad sides of the art industry, analysing obsession in the art world. hughes states "“The idea that there is some special magic attached to Hirst’s work that shoves it into the multimillion pound realm is ludicrous,” Hughes says. “[The price] has to do with promotion and publicity and not with the quality of the works themselves.” go hughes! he continues to state that the art world is turning into a "feeding frenzy" in which people are turning up to look at art work just to have "seen it". if you want to watch the whole movie, the youtube user below has uploaded the entire thing.
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