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September 16, 2008
Despite the Collapse of All Economic Markets, Art Sells
At least Damien Hirst. Be sure to watch the video. One of his animal-floating-in-formaldehyde pieces brought a record price. Here's Hirst in front of the Golden Calf floater. I kind of like it as a representation of Art as Religion, and, of course, as a mockery of art collectors. He was running 3 studios full of assistants at full steam for 2 years to turn out all this work.
I took the photo on the right a couple of years ago. I think I didn't post it on flickr then because it was disturbing without being really powerful - kind of the opposite of my response to Francis Bacon. More like that childhood toy, the Visible Woman or the Visible Man, than anything that moved me.
Posted by CrankyProfessor at September 16, 2008 7:51 AM
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very funny video- the reporter sounds like eric idle on monty python.
Posted by: Drew Ann at September 16, 2008 9:44 AM