BUT THEY CALL IT ART ON THEIR WEBSITE

// April 15th, 2010 // b-Crowd // b-uncut

Why do they call it art?
It’s generic mass produced visual puke! I’ve had enough!

Habitat, Ikea, Conran to name a few pass off tonnes of “art” to an unsuspecting public. It may look like art, BUT IT’S NOT, do not be fooled. If this were anything else Trade Standards would be knocking at their door. All items would be recalled and better regulation would ensue for the future. Would you buy a clock that doesn’t tell the time? Errrrr….

Look it isn’t your fault for buying this repetitive guff nor Habitat’s for trying to feed you something pretty for your living room. It boils down to the big fat pompous cat, the art industry. For centuries the art market has been an insular incestuous breeding pot where art dealers prey on deep pockets and bathe in caviar and elephant tusk. WELL NO MORE! Like all industries, the internet is liberating us once more. It is art’s turn to get a kick up the jacksie.

THERE ARE places you can buy original and affordable art. It comes from real artists. Not just nutters who cut off their ears but working people like you who have a talent for painting, sculpture and much more. Why spend money on mechanically mass produced pictures from a global giant in an age of the local global community. Nowadays you can commission artists that are part of an online art network giving you a choice of every genre and technique from anywhere in the world.

The best part is you now have an investment that has the potential to increase in value as opposed to becoming landfill dreck . Plus the money goes into the artist’s pockets. You invest in a fellow human being and help them with their career. Look, we all want art on our walls, even in prison. Now we have the real solution for everyone. It’s going to take time but unlike plastic bags which we want to degrade over time, it’s about art that lasts, not building up the land fill exhibition.

  • jasonellis

    Who is to say that is not art. After all someone would of had to of sat down though about to make and produce it. Just because it is mass produced does it make it artless??? They are just prints of the original. If so does that make dahli, van gogh, Leonardo Da Vinci, Claude Monet ect have their work reproduced all the time for consumerism.

  • It's more about, knowing where your work came from. Having a connection to the artist if only a brief conversation online, it's about supporting the real artists. It's about real art.

    To truly appreciate and understand a dahli, van gogh, Leonardo Da Vinci, Claude Monet you MUST see it in person, just like you MUST see a band live to know if they're any good or not. A recording/reproduction can NEVER EVER be the same. There's nothing wrong with buying a reproduction of your favourite Van Gogh because how else are you going to afford it. The point is NOW people can have real art too, at an affordable price.

    Now with b-uncut we have an opportunity to bring real original art to everyone as opposed to someone needing a few million and a castle.

  • jasonellis

    you talking about Jack Vettriano lawrence :-D

  • mj915

    Really great points made here. Excellent read. Thanks! (: I shared you on twitter... and I'll share you on FB too. :D

  • Thanks very much mj

  • mj915

    You're welcome. (: In fact, I read it twice.

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