Urban Art Association

damn, I was hoping for something more solid.
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in the end it comes down to money, and that is split into two camps - the one's who want to make quick cash, and the one's who worry that if they like it and dont buy now, they wont be able to afford it in the future

nick walker is a good example, his work was liked by many, including me, but since there wasnt such a demand or hype for it, you could take your time, save up for a print that u liked, stuff would float about for a while, and is u wanted an original, fire him an email and he would probably do it

then came the auction at bonhams, the moona lisa sells for £50k, and people start snapping up his work which was priced cheaply, other people see a chance to make some money, and the fans start worrying that they wont be able to afford some of his work, so they buy it too, and if the worst comes to the worst, they can sell it for most probably a profit

the reason why very good artists work sits around for a while, and some poor artists work flies off the shelf is that with some, there is no rush as their is no great demand , and that with others, its a case of buy now or pay (more) later

it is pretty much what it boils down to, i know that if a banksy print ed.200 was released tomorrow, i would have to buy it there and then, and worry about finantial implications later, on the other hand, if matt small released a print in the same edition, then i could have a good old think about it

another stupid thing that galleries do is release prints without showing a picture 1st, it basically means your buying the print blind, how many times have people been refreshing on the brp page for a print they dont even know what it looks like? i know i have

Yes i assume a kind of allegiance to the artist does happen and a collector could collect anything and everything by an artist (some fanatically so), some art pieces i bought way back possibly fall into this bracket and are now no longer displayed, i suppose that yes i have become more discriminating about works which i collect, having said that i only ever buy what i like. All this could be lumped under personal tastes changing of course.
This is like a cleansing!, my name is David and i have in the past bought art which i now think is poor but it still lives with me and currently resides in a large cupboard in the dark and safe.