infdi
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Post by infdi on Sept 2, 2012 9:34:23 GMT -8
It seems that all the artist being featured here and works being put up for sale are from relatively recent artist, 2005 or newer.
I am wonder where are all the older artist? Have they just gotten out of style? Does this speak towards the difficulties of surviving as an artist? Is amateur art collecting a relatively new trend?
A question for collectors of longer then 10 user: How have the prices of your art faired for artist that have lost its popularity or are no longer producing art?
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Post by oldfartatplay on Sept 2, 2012 17:01:35 GMT -8
It seems that all the artist being featured here and works being put up for sale are from relatively recent artist, 2005 or newer. I am wonder where are all the older artist? Have they just gotten out of style? Does this speak towards the difficulties of surviving as an artist? Is amateur art collecting a relatively new trend? A question for collectors of longer then 10 user: How have the prices of your art faired for artist that have lost its popularity or are no longer producing art? Tough questions. Here's my 2 cents. For the most part people on this forum discuss more recent, currently popular artists. I guess, many "older" artists have "gone out of style" and it does speak towards the difficulty of surviving as an artist (I'm sure that it's no easy task earning a living as an artist). Many just stop producing and move on to other things. Amateur collecting is not a new trend but I think it has taken off a bit over the last decade. The value of the art you buy will most likely decrease over the years. Because the artist has "gotten out of style" or they are making newer better pieces or they aren't doing anything at all. |
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Post by sin on Sept 2, 2012 18:29:25 GMT -8
Define older.
This particular bb doesn't cover a lot of older art movements in detail. I would assume that this is because most of us dont collect outside of the movements covered here. However from an interest level I would imaging we all have interest in some of these eras. I have a lot of favorites from pre 1965 like Hopper, Wyeth, Arbus, Khalo, but I am way out of my league when it comes to collecting this artists.
Indeed there is a fair chance that the value of work may decrease in value because tastes change. I'm sure there are many once celebrated artists that have been left in the wake of time. There are also artists like Khalo whose work didnt really start to take off till long after her death. I dont collect based on the potential future value of a piece but I do keep an eye out for how relevant an artists may be, how much they can evolve, how diverse they are now. For example, I would say James Jean is likely to be relevant for a long time as he works across many mediums and has evolved stylistically a few times with success. Think of it like a band. There are probably hundreds of bands if not thousands that have existed in the times bands like Arrowsmith have made music but a band like Arrowsmith was able to evolve their sound over decades. There is a good chance my daughter will someday come to me and tell me about this old song "walk this way" as if she has found something news. There are epochs where many great bands came out of and low points where there is little memory save for a few standouts. Art I believe sees similar evolutions.
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Post by infdi on Sept 3, 2012 6:25:19 GMT -8
I've only started looking into art collecting realm. By looking at the websites of the artist that are featured on the board, I hardly see any of there works going back further then 2005. Most of them seems like fresh graduates that have hit the spot lights.
So for those artist that are no longer popular, it seems there is an opportunity to pick up great works of art for a cheap price. The only issue is where do you find those pieces for sale.
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