Dear Art Lovers,
A lucky man bought ten years ago for $45.00 in a garage sale in Fresno, California, 65 negative glass plates of Ansel Adams.
He spent the last ten years collecting expertise to be sure they were Ansel´s artwork. A few days ago he invited the press to show his discovery. Ansel´s heirs are envious of those plates worth $200 million, and trying to play down the discovery.
All of a sudden, the world is talking again of Ansel Adams. Is it the fabulous sum the motive of the renewed interest? Is people looking at those wonderful landscapes and seeing them through the filter of dollars only? Money is not the measure of art. At $45.00 they were awesome, too.
Ansel Adams had most of all a wonderful eye for composition. He could see what was unseen to others. But he is not the only one. There is photographic art after him. A work of art does not need to be expensive to be beautiful.
I invite you all to look around and see what is available by modern photographers. Buy for the beauty, not for the price. Eventually they may become worth millions in the future. But, for the time being, buy for the beauty, as real art lovers.
Best Regards, Cesar Barroso
Que felicidade me da saber que, alguns fazem esse elo entre os momentos que a natureza e o espaco
nos da; e a possibilidade de perpetuar-los.
Comment by regina — August 6, 2010 @ 4:07 pm
Well you are right and I am anxious to see the images. As for the publicity and such , it has been my observation that in order for us to see art in the news 1 or more of the following criteria must be met .
1. A very high price is paid for it
2.It is stolen .
3.It is bootleged or illegally copied
4.Censored or banned
5.It has been defaced or destroyed
6.It’s very very big or small
7.It’s done by unlikely artists , ie elephants 5 year olds, Donna Summer.
And lastly made of really disgusting materials.
If the art in question meets any of those criteria, BAM , you will be reading about it in the news . LOL Peace, Mark
Comment by Mark Diamond — August 18, 2010 @ 10:41 am
Hi, Mark,
You are completely right.
How can art progress if the public does not know what is being made at this moment? If good contemporary art which does not meet one of your 7 criteria is not shown to the public?
Artists need support, need to be seen, need to have their work bought.
It is easy to say “I love art”. Hard is to support art in an effective way.
Comment by cesarbarroso — August 18, 2010 @ 11:06 am
Well you might find this perplexing as did I . Apperently we value art way more than artists . Strange . http://www.unitedstatesartists.org/Public2/About/AnAmericanParadox/index.cfm
Comment by Mark Diamond — August 18, 2010 @ 11:43 am