Freaky Art

[wombat2u2004]

Just listed for auction at Sotherby's, an Aussie artist by the name of Arthur Boyd painted it in 1958.
The estimate ??? $1 Million - $1.2 million.
???????? Are they kidding ?? Who would spend such money on that ??
The title of the painting is "The Frightened Bridegroom".

http://img1.imagehousing.com/11/119c629ab6d5a79efd75605c0b5e1407.jpg (http://www.imagehousing.com/image/813724)

[happylabs]

I Googled this because I couldn't view the pic you posted. Some things are blocked here on my office computer. I found Frightened Bridegroom II. Looks like Grover from Sesame Street wearing a mask. :D

http://www.petoftheday.com/talk/picture.php?albumid=407&pictureid=4459

[wombat2u2004]

I Googled this because I couldn't view the pic you posted. Some things are blocked here on my office computer. I found Frightened Bridegroom II. Looks like Grover from Sesame Street wearing a mask. :D

http://www.petoftheday.com/talk/picture.php?albumid=407&pictureid=4459

Here ya go............Lot 14

http://www.sothebysaustralia.com.au/auctions_catalogues.php?auction=393

[happylabs]

I would love to know his thought process on these paintings. Check out "Death of a Husband" and others on this page:

http://www.galeriaaniela.com.au/Arthur%20Boyd%20Artworks.htm

[wombat2u2004]

I would love to know his thought process on these paintings. Check out "Death of a Husband" and others on this page:

http://www.galeriaaniela.com.au/Arthur%20Boyd%20Artworks.htm

Gawd only knows what was going thru his head. He's pretty famous here, but somehow I don't see why.
Did you see some of the prices people pay......crazeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

[Catty1]

Some of the works remind me of Marc Chagall. There are a few landscape works there that I really like.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Boyd

This quote from the Wikipedia page may explain some of the odd figures:

His best-known work is perhaps his Half Caste Bride series in the 1950s, based on his contact with Aboriginal culture in Alice Springs in 1951.

More works - note the two very realistic ones on the second page:
http://www.evabreuerartdealer.com.au/artists/arthur-boyd/paintings

[lvpets2002]

:) As they say Talent comes in many forms, shapes & sizes.. I do find the drawing very interesting.. However I would never purchase something like that..

[Vette]

A million dollars for that? :confused:

each to their own... thats all imma say LOL

[wombat2u2004]

A million dollars for that? :confused:

each to their own... thats all imma say LOL

I wonder how much it would be worth if someone scraped his signature off ??
Probably pick it up then for $5 at a flea market. :D

[wombat2u2004]

:) As they say Talent comes in many forms, shapes & sizes.. I do find the drawing very interesting.. However I would never purchase something like that..

Someone told me once, that you had so much money Helene, that you knew exactly how many $100 notes fitted into a tea chest. And furthermore, those $100 notes were stacked on edge.
So with all of your unspent billions, why wouldn't you buy it ????

[aTailOf2Kitties]

yeah that Picasso guy can't paint very well either!
I still love Salvador Dali though

[Karen]

Hey, it's not that Picasso couldn't paint, if you see his work from his early years, when he was still in school, he could do realistic work very well. Art is about choosing what to paint, and how to do it. Picasso's work became more about expressing things than interpreting reality literally.

[aTailOf2Kitties]

then why are this guy's works "freaky" and Picasso's cubist paintings actually worth a million? ;)

[Karen]

then why are this guy's works "freaky" and Picasso's cubist paintings actually worth a million? ;)

It is all a matter of taste. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, after all. Some people may like this guys work because it is something to talk about, or make them think, or amuses them, others may find it nightmarish. The artists doesn't determine the prices for the most part, the market does!

[wombat2u2004]

I still love Salvador Dali though

Do you really ??? I can't find anything at all in his work. It just bounces straight off me.

[happylabs]

Nah.

[Vette]

I wonder how much it would be worth if someone scraped his signature off ??
Probably pick it up then for $5 at a flea market. :D

If that even LOL