No one talks about two huge scams involved with such "art". One is money laundering.
The other is buying a painting, loaning it to a museum and writing of the value of the "loan" on your income taxes as a charitable "donation". Over time the taxpayers have in effect paid for your painting.
IIRC, his work went up greatly in value when he committed suicide. Didn't his dealer give him the pistol he used?
He's not a scam though...love his paintings
>No one talks about two huge scams involved with such "art".
There is another factor involved here as well...
From "EXTENSION OF REMARKS OF HON. A. S. HERLONG, JR. OF FLORIDA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Thursday, January 10, 1963" on "Current Communist Goals,"
22. Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all forms of artistic expression. An American Communist cell was told to "eliminate all good sculpture from parks and buildings, substitute shapeless, awkward and meaningless forms."
23. Control art critics and directors of art museums. "Our plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art."
May I also just say that some here have been critical of "illustrators". As somebody who can barely draw a stick figure I have upmost respect for their talents as much as I do for the "fine artists" of the more traditional genres. The Cleveland Museum of Art was once offered the entire body of Norman Rockwell's work and turned it down because he was "just" an illustrator. What a stupid mistake. Most unfortunately for all of us, Rockwell's view of of American culture from just a few generations ago has become "fantasy art" for too many.
The Jean-Michel Basquiat monstrosity from post #5 sold fot $110 million dollars in May 2017, proving that, unless there was an underlying scam involved, the buyer was just as mentally ill as the painter of the work in question.