Urban Art Association

MICALLEF - GOD I WANT TO BE BAD (GIWTBB), by weaver on Jul 28, 2008 13:21:05 GMT 1,

Jul 28, 2008 13:03:09 GMT 1 @jonpud said:

Jul 28, 2008 12:46:55 GMT 1 @weaver said:

Forgive my ignorance, what damage did Laz do to Micallef's career? If an agent acted in anything other than the best interest of one of his represented artists and without the full concent of the artist in question, I find it hard to believe that the artist would still be on the books of the agent in question. What did Laz do to damage the career of Micallef?

Guessing you weren't in the queue for the last print release!

again, forgive my ignorance, but I find it hard to understand how a queue to buy an artists prints can damage his career and then be used as a reason to blame his managment. As you rightly guessed, I was not in the queue, but am guessing that it was possibly the greed shown by those in the queue and their percieved ability to make a fast buck that might have been more of a limiting factor than the prints being sold in the first place. The quality of the artsist work has not diminished in any way and from that I fail to see how his career has been damaged, the return profit seen by those interested more in cash than art has dropped to a more reasonable level, so in effect, as the art is the same, the prices from source were reasonable ( at the time of sale) and the only real thing that has dropped is the secondary market value, Laz didnt damage Micallef's career, only the investors profit margin. As I said, forgive my ignorance.

Jul 28, 2008 13:03:09 GMT 1 @jonpud said:

Jul 28, 2008 12:46:55 GMT 1 @weaver said:

Forgive my ignorance, what damage did Laz do to Micallef's career? If an agent acted in anything other than the best interest of one of his represented artists and without the full concent of the artist in question, I find it hard to believe that the artist would still be on the books of the agent in question. What did Laz do to damage the career of Micallef?

Guessing you weren't in the queue for the last print release!

again, forgive my ignorance, but I find it hard to understand how a queue to buy an artists prints can damage his career and then be used as a reason to blame his managment. As you rightly guessed, I was not in the queue, but am guessing that it was possibly the greed shown by those in the queue and their percieved ability to make a fast buck that might have been more of a limiting factor than the prints being sold in the first place. The quality of the artsist work has not diminished in any way and from that I fail to see how his career has been damaged, the return profit seen by those interested more in cash than art has dropped to a more reasonable level, so in effect, as the art is the same, the prices from source were reasonable ( at the time of sale) and the only real thing that has dropped is the secondary market value, Laz didnt damage Micallef's career, only the investors profit margin. As I said, forgive my ignorance.