the end of art.

Duchamp - Urinal

Nice article in Newsweek magazine this month entitled "Why is Art so Dammed effing Expensive".

A couple of my favorite quotes:
“If I can’t sell something, I just double the price.” That’s what Ernst Beyeler, the great Swiss dealer who helped found Art Basel, reportedly said."


and shortly after that:
 “Obviously, it’s wonderful to see the price rise,” she said, since that’s confirmation of the object’s cultural worth.:" - New York collector Agnes Gund


Here is the comment I left: 

Art is Dead. This is the symptom. The history of art as a progressive movement towards self realization in the Hegalian sense has reached it's fruition. And it is indeed artists who have killed it. By claiming with conceptual art that any idea can be art they have also determined that anyone can be an artist. This makes art virtually worthless and as Hegal states "As Spirit reaches its full self-realization, the need for images and symbols withers away, and with it goes the need for any art that uses physical means to express itself."  

Art today has been reduced to marketing tactics like branding and artificially perceived value. While other artists are expected to just give their work away because they do not have a "name". 

Please feel free to comment. - alex

In the Future......

In the future art will only be created by retired people.
In the future art will be used only for decoration.
In the future art will only be practical.
In the future animals will be art celebrities.
In the future art will only be created by monkeys.



In the future art will only be created for therapeutic purposes.
In the future art will be free of charge.
In the future art will only be projected on walls.
In the future art will be the only printed materials.
In the future all art museums will be owned by corporations.
In the future art will only be created by employees.
In the future art will only be created by the mentally insane.
In the future art will never have a physical form.
In he future art will be trash.
In he future trash will be art.
In the future art will not be necessary.

Is Art Dead ?

"Art is Dead" www.alexchavez.com

Is Art Dead ? The Art is Dead Manifesto says YES. Find out why the end of art history has already past. And all there is left to do is keep re-spinning old art. Da Da, Found Art, Pop Art and Conceptual Art, all claimed that anything can be art therefore anyone can be an artist. No skills or talent necessary.
This blog is going to be an attempt to write down my theory and influences for the kind of artwork I produce. Yes I am an artist living and working, but not making a living off my artwork. Up until now these thoughts have been restricted to random conversations with my best friend over many lunches. My wife when she is an unwilling captive on long driving trips. And my children so they don't think  that daddy is weird for creating the images that he makes (probably unsuccessfully).