what determines art value? how do i let it be known that my work has value? i mean real dollar value. people can theorize all day about the role of the artist is to..............blah, blah, yeah. how does that become something that people are wanting to part with their hard earned money for? what is better about paying me for something they can't buy somewhere else?
this is what i am determined to figure out. i've got new work, i'm not going to post it yet. right now i want to know what it does for someone else to see it. why do you care? what's it worth to you?
answers would be greatly appreciated. i've been confronted with so much talk lately about "our bad economy", "art is a luxury", "need to do something more practical." i'm not going for it. everything i make creatively is proof that it's not a luxury for me. i don't do it just for myself. i want to share my living moments with others. the times when i'm not shut down, or scared of the future, or stuck trying to make somebody else money for a measly portion of their profit per hour. these works are pure. they are done as a direct result of my being free and alive in this studio apartment, in this town, on this day, in this country. instead of any other activity that i could have chosen to do, i made something. it, as well as all of my other work, is available for a fair price.
i buy music, and i buy flowers these days. they are worth it to me. they improve the quality of my life temporarily, they make the rooms where i spend my time better. they help me to feel alive and inspired. i wouldn't give them up for any economy. if i didn't have so much of my own work around, i would have to buy something to go on the walls. i would not be satisfied with some generic stuff just to take up space. that's me. i know other people are the same way, just look at all the great t-shirts available, and seen walking around every town. people like to express their individuality in cool ways. i want to sell those people something to hang on their walls that will make them feel better about their lives. i know how corny that may sound. the truth is like that.
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Good channel to be on...value is determined by benefit. Wall art needs to evoke feeling from me for me to find value in it. Happiness, peace, excitement, connection - I want to be moved to these emotions by art I surround myself with.
ReplyDeleteArt is a necessity.
ReplyDeleteThe value of art to me has always been according to size and the amount of effort and cost of materials to make it. I'd rather make affordable art that someone will be enjoying, even if it's really small, rather than for it to sit somewhere in a closet because I've run out of wall space.
It's a dwindling thing in our education system, and I think it's a shame that our children are going to grow up without it in the school system, the rate things are going.