My brother, out here in Arizona, has a freight forwarding business. That means he arranges for the transportation and shipping of all kinds of things - all over the world. sometimes it's plywood, or it might be furniture, granite, airplanes or jewelry. Today he was shipping a painting for someone from here to Christies in London. Apparently, it has a value of around $800,000.
Ok. That made me curious. I looked at the manifest to see the artist and the name of the painting.
The artist is Robert Indiana. The painting is entitled "Decade Autoportrait"
I consider myself generally capable of appreciating art. I guess I was hoping for a little more stimulation. Robert Indiana was born in 1928. He is still alive at 80. He was born as Robert Clark in New Castle, Indiana. Changing his name from Robert Clark to Robert Indiana (from Indiana) doesn't seem to require much imagination. I don't know why I should expect anything more from his paintings.
2 comments:
When you look at an item like this--a piece of artwork that could have basically been created by anyone, yet worth close to $1 million--you realize the unimportance of material riches. If money were really worth anything, it wouldn't be spent on something like this.
i'm with cathy. who determines the value of art? if i get to, i'm becoming an artist and all of my pieces will be worth millions!
i also thought artists were creative. indiana? i'm with you scott.
i wonder if the cost of shipping something valued that high is as much as the art itself. i can't imagine the insurance on something that high.
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