[edraket]

Ok.. I was reading about this guy that has been doing forgeries of like every major artist of the past century.
Here's a linkto his story.

Just wanted to know what you guys think.

This guy makes paintings in the style of another painter. He doesn't just copy other paintings. He makes new ones. They look just as good. If he would put his own name under it they wouldn't be worth a dime (well maybe a dime...) but when he signs them with Dali or Appel they are suddenly worth millions. So what makes the value of a painting? The art itself or the name that is under it?
Of course we all know the answer. This guy just makes it painfully clear.

[razzak]

that is such a sadly true story. i see some of the stuff here on this forum, and i compare it with some of the stuff in art galleries, and it really hurts, because some of the pics here are way better yet they are not worth even a fraction of the one in the gallery. its true, its not the painting that counts, its the name!!!

[Duckman2]

artworld = Blowjobs

talent, but no blow jobs= starvation

This of course isn't totally true, but like everything else in this world, what art is shown and marketed as "the next big thing" is governed by the rich. Maybe I'm just cynical(it happened at a really young age), but thats what I observe in the Times. Maybe I'm wrong altogether though.