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Not Sure, by Harveyn on Apr 27, 2008 0:18:02 GMT 1, During a recent trip to San Francisco i was advised to go and see a few galleries by Seth @ Carmichael's. All in all great advice and a fantastic way to kill a few hours at the end of a long week of business.
Anyway surrounded with a multitude of fantastic pieces of work from Ron English to Shepard Fairy I plumped for an instinct buy by Ian Johnson.
www.whitewallssf.com/past.php?year=2008
Love the image and still do. Great technique and execution. Got the piece the whole way back to Ireland and then started to think about the context of the piece. My impulse to buy was based on imagery and the aesthetics of the piece. But the more I read about the artist and understood his passions and the meaning/drive behind his work the more detached I became from the work.
I found the piece more appealing without definition and when defined by the subject matter and the artists passion it lost its appeal to me almost instantly.
I would be interested to hear of similar experiences.
During a recent trip to San Francisco i was advised to go and see a few galleries by Seth @ Carmichael's. All in all great advice and a fantastic way to kill a few hours at the end of a long week of business. Anyway surrounded with a multitude of fantastic pieces of work from Ron English to Shepard Fairy I plumped for an instinct buy by Ian Johnson. www.whitewallssf.com/past.php?year=2008Love the image and still do. Great technique and execution. Got the piece the whole way back to Ireland and then started to think about the context of the piece. My impulse to buy was based on imagery and the aesthetics of the piece. But the more I read about the artist and understood his passions and the meaning/drive behind his work the more detached I became from the work. I found the piece more appealing without definition and when defined by the subject matter and the artists passion it lost its appeal to me almost instantly. I would be interested to hear of similar experiences.
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Not Sure, by daisy on Apr 27, 2008 0:32:29 GMT 1, If you like it buy it if you don't, don't. Don't buy into all the sales stuff. You've got to live with it on your wall without having to explain meaning to all your visitors. Stuff what everyone else thinks. They do look kinda mean though. Like mental double gazing salesmen that guy on the left looks like Jimmy carr. ; )
If you like it buy it if you don't, don't. Don't buy into all the sales stuff. You've got to live with it on your wall without having to explain meaning to all your visitors. Stuff what everyone else thinks. They do look kinda mean though. Like mental double gazing salesmen that guy on the left looks like Jimmy carr. ; )
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Not Sure, by paulypaul on Apr 27, 2008 0:36:57 GMT 1, Interesting...
I've always loved Gilbert and George, long before this street art nonsense. So I went to Venice to see the work at the Bienalle a couple of years ago.
Thing is, the more I read about their increasing use of technology to manipulate the images in the Ginko series, the less I liked them. The work is over fussy, too techy when compared to earlier work...
Not entirley the same situation to yours. Perhaps I wasn't particularly keen on the Ginko work and was looking for a reason...
Interesting...
I've always loved Gilbert and George, long before this street art nonsense. So I went to Venice to see the work at the Bienalle a couple of years ago.
Thing is, the more I read about their increasing use of technology to manipulate the images in the Ginko series, the less I liked them. The work is over fussy, too techy when compared to earlier work...
Not entirley the same situation to yours. Perhaps I wasn't particularly keen on the Ginko work and was looking for a reason...
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Not Sure, by jonvespa on Apr 27, 2008 1:44:50 GMT 1, During a recent trip to San Francisco i was advised to go and see a few galleries by Seth @ Carmichael's. All in all great advice and a fantastic way to kill a few hours at the end of a long week of business. Anyway surrounded with a multitude of fantastic pieces of work from Ron English to Shepard Fairy I plumped for an instinct buy by Ian Johnson. www.whitewallssf.com/past.php?year=2008Love the image and still do. Great technique and execution. Got the piece the whole way back to Ireland and then started to think about the context of the piece. My impulse to buy was based on imagery and the aesthetics of the piece. But the more I read about the artist and understood his passions and the meaning/drive behind his work the more detached I became from the work. I found the piece more appealing without definition and when defined by the subject matter and the artists passion it lost its appeal to me almost instantly. I would be interested to hear of similar experiences.
may i ask what it was about the artist that turned you off? just curious...as i really like this artist as well
During a recent trip to San Francisco i was advised to go and see a few galleries by Seth @ Carmichael's. All in all great advice and a fantastic way to kill a few hours at the end of a long week of business. Anyway surrounded with a multitude of fantastic pieces of work from Ron English to Shepard Fairy I plumped for an instinct buy by Ian Johnson. www.whitewallssf.com/past.php?year=2008Love the image and still do. Great technique and execution. Got the piece the whole way back to Ireland and then started to think about the context of the piece. My impulse to buy was based on imagery and the aesthetics of the piece. But the more I read about the artist and understood his passions and the meaning/drive behind his work the more detached I became from the work. I found the piece more appealing without definition and when defined by the subject matter and the artists passion it lost its appeal to me almost instantly. I would be interested to hear of similar experiences. may i ask what it was about the artist that turned you off? just curious...as i really like this artist as well
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Not Sure, by bobbyt23 on Apr 27, 2008 2:08:45 GMT 1, This is interesting to me. I am very much a person who buys a picture I like.
I understand the whole aeasthetic behind images and the different integrities of artisits but to me the be all and end all is do I love the image! Do I want to look at that picture when I wake up and go to bed. I f not I dont care how much it's worth it's not adding to my quality of life!!
This is interesting to me. I am very much a person who buys a picture I like.
I understand the whole aeasthetic behind images and the different integrities of artisits but to me the be all and end all is do I love the image! Do I want to look at that picture when I wake up and go to bed. I f not I dont care how much it's worth it's not adding to my quality of life!!
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Not Sure, by Harveyn on Apr 27, 2008 8:46:22 GMT 1, Hi JV. Sorry I should have been clearer in my reasons. I love all of Ian's work but what started to put me off was the fact that 90% of what I have now seen is related to Jazz music. A music genre I am not particularly into.
I still think its a great image and to be honest I will need to live with it for several weeks yet to understand my full feelings toward it. Love the black and white elements mixed with modern coloured touches.
With regards to comments on value my thoughts have nothing to do with that. For all I know his work might be very collectible.
Hi JV. Sorry I should have been clearer in my reasons. I love all of Ian's work but what started to put me off was the fact that 90% of what I have now seen is related to Jazz music. A music genre I am not particularly into.
I still think its a great image and to be honest I will need to live with it for several weeks yet to understand my full feelings toward it. Love the black and white elements mixed with modern coloured touches.
With regards to comments on value my thoughts have nothing to do with that. For all I know his work might be very collectible.
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Not Sure, by funster on Apr 27, 2008 9:01:52 GMT 1, I really like it. I think it's a piece of art that would add a lot to a room and would be interesting to almost anyone.
I really like it. I think it's a piece of art that would add a lot to a room and would be interesting to almost anyone.
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Not Sure, by becksaboo on Apr 27, 2008 11:49:35 GMT 1, I like it when art teaches me something new and has a story behind it rather than just the image. Maybe it'll open your eyes to the world of jazz??
I like it when art teaches me something new and has a story behind it rather than just the image. Maybe it'll open your eyes to the world of jazz??
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Not Sure, by Harveyn on Apr 27, 2008 13:51:55 GMT 1, Becks you could be right. I will find out more about the quartet and listen to some of their music.
One of my favourite pieces of my collection is a canvas by Pietro Psaier (he worked with Andy Warhol at the Factory). In this piece the subject matter I can relate to as it is from a music genre of my youth that I loved and therefore both the art and subject work for me.
Becks you could be right. I will find out more about the quartet and listen to some of their music. One of my favourite pieces of my collection is a canvas by Pietro Psaier (he worked with Andy Warhol at the Factory). In this piece the subject matter I can relate to as it is from a music genre of my youth that I loved and therefore both the art and subject work for me.
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Not Sure, by jonvespa on Apr 27, 2008 20:32:36 GMT 1, i can understand that....i wouldnt buy a piece that is related to most country artists....opera artists, etc....but your piece does look really good....
but i DID buy a piece related to john tesh...who wouldnt when its his head on the body of johnny knoxville?
i can understand that....i wouldnt buy a piece that is related to most country artists....opera artists, etc....but your piece does look really good.... but i DID buy a piece related to john tesh...who wouldnt when its his head on the body of johnny knoxville?
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Not Sure, by Harveyn on Apr 27, 2008 20:41:08 GMT 1, My point exactly JV. Sometimes the image just grabs you and everything else becomes invisible. The problem is the other bits can come back to haunt you.
My point exactly JV. Sometimes the image just grabs you and everything else becomes invisible. The problem is the other bits can come back to haunt you.
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Not Sure, by loucastel on Apr 27, 2008 21:10:42 GMT 1, Have had this picture for many years now, it was given to me by the photographer, he won the competition three years in a row to design and print the poster for the Orlando jazz festival. I personally cant stand jazz, but this image just presses the right buttons. with me personally it is not necessarily the message behind the image ,If you saw the rest of my collection ,this stands out like a sore thumb, but then again I am an art Philistine.
Have had this picture for many years now, it was given to me by the photographer, he won the competition three years in a row to design and print the poster for the Orlando jazz festival. I personally cant stand jazz, but this image just presses the right buttons. with me personally it is not necessarily the message behind the image ,If you saw the rest of my collection ,this stands out like a sore thumb, but then again I am an art Philistine.
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Not Sure, by mcnuts on Apr 27, 2008 21:14:52 GMT 1, well lou i can see why you're not sure as it sure does look like a jazz poster from the 80s. If it didnt have any sentimental value, I'm sure it'd fetch at least $5.99 at Value Village
well lou i can see why you're not sure as it sure does look like a jazz poster from the 80s. If it didnt have any sentimental value, I'm sure it'd fetch at least $5.99 at Value Village
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Not Sure, by Harveyn on Apr 27, 2008 21:15:17 GMT 1, Lou exactly what my feelings are. Never ever been into Jazz and it was made worse when my wife said why did you buy a painting of a band you have never heard. Still like the piece and have a special frame planned.
Lou exactly what my feelings are. Never ever been into Jazz and it was made worse when my wife said why did you buy a painting of a band you have never heard. Still like the piece and have a special frame planned.
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Not Sure, by loucastel on Apr 27, 2008 21:21:57 GMT 1, well lou i can see why you're not sure as it sure does look like a jazz poster from the 80s. If it didnt have any sentimental value, I'm sure it'd fetch at least $5.99 at Value Village I would like to think that im not driven purely by price alone, sad I know, also well spotted, I wouldnt have known it was from the eighties if you hadnt pointed it out.
well lou i can see why you're not sure as it sure does look like a jazz poster from the 80s. If it didnt have any sentimental value, I'm sure it'd fetch at least $5.99 at Value Village I would like to think that im not driven purely by price alone, sad I know, also well spotted, I wouldnt have known it was from the eighties if you hadnt pointed it out.
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Not Sure, by mcnuts on Apr 27, 2008 21:27:30 GMT 1, well lou i can see why you're not sure as it sure does look like a jazz poster from the 80s. If it didnt have any sentimental value, I'm sure it'd fetch at least $5.99 at Value Village I would like to think that im not driven purely by price alone, sad I know, also well spotted, I wouldnt have known it was from the eighties if you hadnt pointed it out. i respect not being driven by price alone, i think that's important but as not knowing the piece was from the 80s...... what else could 87 have meant
well lou i can see why you're not sure as it sure does look like a jazz poster from the 80s. If it didnt have any sentimental value, I'm sure it'd fetch at least $5.99 at Value Village I would like to think that im not driven purely by price alone, sad I know, also well spotted, I wouldnt have known it was from the eighties if you hadnt pointed it out. i respect not being driven by price alone, i think that's important but as not knowing the piece was from the 80s...... what else could 87 have meant
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Not Sure, by alsbabar on Apr 27, 2008 21:31:11 GMT 1, Hi JV. Sorry I should have been clearer in my reasons. I love all of Ian's work but what started to put me off was the fact that 90% of what I have now seen is related to Jazz music. A music genre I am not particularly into. I still think its a great image and to be honest I will need to live with it for several weeks yet to understand my full feelings toward it. Love the black and white elements mixed with modern coloured touches. With regards to comments on value my thoughts have nothing to do with that. For all I know his work might be very collectible. that piece reminds me Harveyn, I need to get my Men In Black dvd i lent to someone - cheers mate
Hi JV. Sorry I should have been clearer in my reasons. I love all of Ian's work but what started to put me off was the fact that 90% of what I have now seen is related to Jazz music. A music genre I am not particularly into. I still think its a great image and to be honest I will need to live with it for several weeks yet to understand my full feelings toward it. Love the black and white elements mixed with modern coloured touches. With regards to comments on value my thoughts have nothing to do with that. For all I know his work might be very collectible. that piece reminds me Harveyn, I need to get my Men In Black dvd i lent to someone - cheers mate
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Not Sure, by loucastel on Apr 27, 2008 21:43:17 GMT 1, I would like to think that im not driven purely by price alone, sad I know, also well spotted, I wouldnt have known it was from the eighties if you hadnt pointed it out. i respect not being driven by price alone, i think that's important but as not knowing the piece was from the 80s...... what else could 87 have meant damn I thought that was the edition number!!
I would like to think that im not driven purely by price alone, sad I know, also well spotted, I wouldnt have known it was from the eighties if you hadnt pointed it out. i respect not being driven by price alone, i think that's important but as not knowing the piece was from the 80s...... what else could 87 have meant damn I thought that was the edition number!!
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