I took my class to the MIT Museum on Friday and by chance, Arthur Ganson was on exhibit. I'd never heard of him before, but I found his work very compelling. I wanted to stay longer, but unfortunately, my students found it less interesting than I did. What was really great though, was that the MIT Museum was free that day and so there were a ton of kids milling around and it was plain to see that some of Ganson's machines were blowing minds (mine included)
b_b, you and I have talked about buying art before and if possible, I would definitely buy one of these, especially Cory's Yellow Chair or Wishbone.
I like that. The artist could have made the machine silent as well, but the sounds of the motor and gears adds another layer to it. Like it's a combine or something.
I like his stuff, generally. Although it's not really my aesthetic, I definitely appreciate the craftsmanship and vision. My guess is that there are quite a few lesser known artists doing similar work whose pieces are probably available for a fraction, if you want it as an object an not for the artist. I haven't bought anything since last year. I missed out on an opportunity to buy a Jerry Torre sculpture (it's a lot harder to buy art once you're married). I kind of regret losing that fight, because his stuff has tripled in price in the last year. Oh well, such is married life. I just got an email yesterday from my art dealer cousin trying to sell me on this: It's not really for me, so I'm going to pass, but eventually something will come my way.
Would someone be able to break the price down for me? It looks as cool as any other neon on a wall would look. I see some sort of form I guess. I'm sure most of its just personal opinion but other things I read lead me to believe there's ussually some technique to any price.
This piece is painted canvas (acrylic) with a powder coated formed neon light. The ask is $3500. I'm not sure price and technique are correlated. Price in the art market (at least in the small gallery scene) is determined mostly by the artist and gallerist/gallery owner together. One would like to think that their choices aren't completely arbitrary, but for relatively unknown artists it's difficult to determine who will buy at a given price. At $3500 for a Robbie McDonald (who doesn't have a lot of name), you would be buying on a suspicion that people will know him. Even if I liked the piece (I don't really), that's too rich for my blood to purely speculate on.