How much would you pay for this photo?

[n2doc]

It’s not worth a penny over $4.2 million, if you ask me, but at least one collector disagrees.


The photo by Andreas Gursky fetched $4.3 million at a Christie’s sale, making it the most expensive photograph in the world. One can only assume the collector really likes stripes of green and gray.

The photograph was taken in 1999 and shows the Rhine River in Germany. Christie’s only expected the photo to go for a still-high $2.5 to $3.5 million.

http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/2011/11/11/heres-the-worlds-most-expensive-and-boring-photo/

[treestar]

1. $4.99

Seriously, I don't understand the art world, or capitalism as it applies thereto.

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[CanSocDem]

3. Mind if I make a print...????(eom)

[redqueen]

4. Can we call this era a new Gilded Age yet? (nt)

[Little Star]

5. Some people have to much money while others are homeless..

Spending that much money on a photograph is disgusting imho.

[pinboy3niner]

9. Must be a 1% thing

I think I can wait 'til the print arrives at the 99 Cent Store.

[Mugu]

6. I would have deleted it. n/t

[wickerwoman]

21. Thinking the same thing.

:-)

Looks like a pretty bog standard vacation snap.

[snagglepuss]

7. Well gawd bless him for parting with his money but I absolutely fail to see

why it is so highly valued. Can this be some sort of scam?

[n2doc]

12. from the comments section at the link:

ifyousayso 12:07 PM on November 11, 2011
You should also probably mention that the photo is huge, more than six by ten feet in size, although yeah, it does seem pretty ridiculous. Apparently Gursky is one of those sorts of artists that the New York art scene (and art critics) have taken a shine to. So perhaps it's an example of what author Tom Wolfe once raged on about in the "Painted Word", that modern art has moved away from being about the visual experience and content, and more often has become simply an illustration of prominent art critics' theories.

[Odin2005]

26. It's what passes for "art" nowdays among the snobs.

[SoCalDem]

8. digital camera? check..grass mowed? check gray skies? check

printer? check:)

[tabasco]

10. Wow. Stupid rich idiots.

Trickle down works for some people.

[Fridays Child]

11. At 81 inches by 140 inches...

... it cost $370.37 per square inch. Sheesh.

[madinmaryland]

13. DISGUSTING. It's not worth anymore than the paper it is printed on. That actually

goes for all artwork.

[lunatica]

14. It's an investment

Art is about the artist, not the art. And it's also about bragging rights. Look how much money I spent for this frill. Could you spend that much?

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. 4.1 million....

Oy.

[valerief]

16. This is why the 1% can't be taxed more. So they can buy shit like this. nt

[TheCowsCameHome]

17. Is it velvet? That could make a difference.

I'd give an extra .25 for it.

[pinboy3niner]

19. Extra 50 cents if they photoshop Elvis in the foreground!

Or at least some dogs playing poker.

:rofl:

[TheCowsCameHome]

22. You think I'm made out of of money, don't you?

I hate your kind.
:rofl: :fistbump:

[hunter]

27. How 'bout Lindsay Lohan?

As edbermac requested in the Lounge thread...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=9821867&mesg_id=9821867

[pinboy3niner]

28. ROFL--I'd say all the thread are belong to you!

Thanks for that! :rofl:

[Horse with no Name]

18. I took a better one out the window on my last trip.....n/t

[otohara]

20. One Job Has Been Created

http://poulwebb.blogspot.com/2011/01/andreas-gursky-photography.html

His work is pretty amazing but over-priced for the 99%.

[n2doc]

24. I like those a hundred times more than the one I posted

Of course, that doesn't mean I think they are worth 100x more!

[TheCowsCameHome]

23. A lot more if it was right-side up.

Just sayin'.......

[Odin2005]

25. Just like how people go ga-ga over "abstract art" that looks like something a 4yo did.

It's total BS by "I am more cultured and refined that you" snobbish assholes and rich fucks that want to flaunt their wealth and look cultured themselves.