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Post by cpk on Jun 6, 2013 12:02:46 GMT -8
I went back to read my introduction post and realized how much my tastes have changed in the last three years. Not only have some of the names on my favorite artists have changed but it made me reflect on my current buying trends and what's came off the walls.
I'm not sure if I should sell or just put away. Will I regret selling my first original? Is it okay to have my collection all over the place?
On the buying side, I find one good thing about shrinking wall space is that I am much more judicious in my purchases but maybe so judicious that I might lose out on something I'd love because I am afraid it is a fleeting love and my tastes will change again sooner than later. Still kicking myself for not trying for Nate Frizzle's piece from the Garfield show.
I'd love to hear other member's experiences.
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Post by highbrow on Jun 6, 2013 22:34:08 GMT -8
CPK, great post, I took it apron myself and saw I was very uneducated as both a buyer of art and as a consumer regarding the amount of art out there. While some of my first purchases were Blaine Fontana work and a McCormick from group show. I do find myself more focused on certain things such as Saber Flags which I feel in love with. While I would never sell my first purchase which was a ink drawing from PFOM at Gallery 1988 . I also agree the Frizzell piece at Hundreds show was amazing.
can't wait to hear others.
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Post by mose on Jun 7, 2013 5:15:36 GMT -8
My tastes have changed dramatically over the years.
I got my first real introduction to art in 2001, seeing an enormous Cy Twombly work at MoMA. I hated it. I mean, angry, passionate, hatred. Funny enough, it's now one of my favorite pieces and Twombly is, by a large stretch, my favorite artist.
Got into urban/street art in 2004-2005, largely due to flipping Shepard Fairey Interpol print sets. Stayed interested, and was a big fan of Fairey(still am, though wouldn't buy anything now and only own one piece), Banksy(not a fan), Micallef(still love). I always did, and continue to, really dislike Faile. That was the extent of my art horizons, until about 2006 when I got into Jose Parla(still own work by him). Thought Parla was the greatest thing I'd ever seen(really wasn't) and it started me reading up on art.
Over the next couple of years, started changing rapidly spending less time buying art and more time in museums/galleries. Minimalism became my passion and biggest area of interest. The 'new photography' movement came into view in early 2011 when Mariah Robertson was recommend by a long-time collector who became a friend. That led to Sam Falls via American Contemporary Gallery.
Looking back, I've lost any interest, for the most part, in figurative work. Urban art pretty much bores me, but I look back fondly on things like the Ebay Banksy forum, banksy.info back in 2006-era, things like being an early member and writer/research at thegiant.org. I really enjoyed those communities, from things like thethugsdontwork to bongo and everything in-between. I still don't like Jackson Pollock. I've come to view Twombly, Rothko, and Frank Stella as my holy trinity. Richard Serra ellipses are some of my favorite experiences. I've realized being a good painter is far from enough in this day and age, especially as there are maybe 10-20 million Chinese that can paint as good as anyone on earth and are willing to do it for $25 a square foot. And I've come to learn that, for me, reading/gallery-going/museums is far more satisfying than buying.
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Post by inkedup on Jun 8, 2013 22:00:59 GMT -8
I wouldn't say my tastes necessarily changed but they definitely evolved. I still like the same stuff I did when I started collecting granted it's only been about 3 years but there is definitely some artists whose work has grown on me that I didn't like at first. The biggest change for me was I started collecting more of a variety of work instead of focusing on a couple of artists. And I also cut back on buying prints and started buying originals instead.
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Post by dotdot on Jun 9, 2013 5:30:45 GMT -8
I think tastes change in almost anything depending on what you know what your hear and how you re-interpret someone's work - not to mention economic constraints.
ethics does also play a part - especially, for eg, when you hear of an artist's behaviour in a certain situation and how that can affect both their reputation and their collector's interpretation of them.
For me yes a few things have changed - from the darkness to the lightness. I could care less about the art "world" and "gallerists" in general - too far to reach too little to offer and too many words of so called wisedom to filter out. Artists who can communicate are few and far between - Alex Prager popped up on my radar last week - what a persona.
Current buzz for me is photography .. bought an XPAN.. after being disappointed by a Widelux - art wise.. I'm piqued by the Brasilian locomotive.
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