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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti wrote:
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Warhol ‘copy’ row engulfs art world
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3215199.stm
Andy Warhol often left assistants to “mass produce” many of his most famous
pictures, among them images of the Campbell soup tin.
edt: snip
The irony in the row is that Warhol himself questioned the idea of “original”
art - choosing everyday items as subjects and producing thousands of prints
of the same work.
Warhol’s most significant achievement -- the denial that real “art” even
exists -- the idea of art is just another stupid label. Not that the idea is
very orginal itself -- I’d say Warhol swiped it from the Dada movement of
much earlier in the century. He just capitalized on the idea so well.
I called this “Waffling” because it’s as much about equivocation as it is
about the fact that I am avoiding cooking some waffles this morning in my
1908 Griswold “American No. 8” waffle iron.
I was gonna go complain about Shrub but we have some house remodelling chores
to perform later in the day too. Never enough time. Never enough slack...
-- Hop-Frog
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Always a gray area. I have three Ansel Adams photos. Taken from his original
negatives, printed by his assistant according to his instructions (Alan Ross, by
the way, still the only person approved to make new prints), but they are not
considered true Adams prints. For one thing, they are not part of a numbered
limited edition that Adams signed.
If Warhol signed off on them, and they are part of limited run, I don’t think
they should have their authentication withheld.
But then, I had my Albedo comics authenticated and they went for several hundred
dollars, so I suppose it’s all about money. :-)
-->Bruce<--
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| (...) What kind of tulip madness was this? Are we talking "Samurai Bunny" comics? Where, when, and why? Do they maintain this absurd value? One of my better killings in comics -- of stuff with which I was actually willing to part -- was for the (...) (21 years ago, 27-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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