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Italian Artist Sells Invisible Sculpture for More Than $18,000
Newsweek ^
| 6/1/2021
| Sara Santora
Posted on 06/02/2021 2:43:33 PM PDT by simpson96
Anything can be a work of art, even nothing.
Italian artist Salvatore Garau recently auctioned an invisible sculpture for 15,000 euros ($18,300). According to as.com, the sculpture's initial price was set between 6,000 and 9,000 euros; however, the price was raised after several bids were placed.
Titled 'Io Sono' (Italian for "I am"), the 67-year-old artist's sculpture is "immaterial," meaning that the sculpture does not actually exist.
Though he's received much critique for the sale, Garau argues that his work of art isn't "nothing," but is instead a "vacuum."
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To: tet68
And that would be how many millions?
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posted on
06/02/2021 2:57:12 PM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: simpson96
In the artist’s defense, this sculpture is better looking than 99% of modern art.
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posted on
06/02/2021 2:58:02 PM PDT
by
Pollster1
(America is no longer in Claire Wolfe's "awkward stage")
To: simpson96
I would buy it with invisible money.
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posted on
06/02/2021 2:58:32 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: simpson96
Several years ago I was in an art gallery and on display was a stack of 12” by 12” wood pieces cut from a 3/4” sheet of plywood.
It had a price of something like $1000 on what I considered was a waste of a good piece of a 4’ by 8’ sheet of plywood.
This Italian artist is at the top of his game.
To: Seruzawa
Must involve money laundering.
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posted on
06/02/2021 3:04:13 PM PDT
by
ifinnegan
( Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: Meatspace
To: Presbyterian Reporter
The cool thing about an invisible sculpture is the low cost of the materials—and the labor!
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posted on
06/02/2021 3:05:32 PM PDT
by
cgbg
(A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
To: simpson96
What's the sculpture about?
Nothing
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posted on
06/02/2021 3:06:48 PM PDT
by
xp38
To: Seruzawa
That painting is so ugly I think I would prefer it if it were invisible.
To: Pollster1
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To: ConservativeMind
How did you know??
Still, it’s cheap at twice the price
and I can make you a smoking deal...
price includes delivery.
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posted on
06/02/2021 3:12:30 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: simpson96
It’s an obvious forgery of my high school art project.
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posted on
06/02/2021 3:12:33 PM PDT
by
Islander7
(?There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agendac)
To: simpson96
Best example of bad taste in art ever.
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posted on
06/02/2021 3:14:49 PM PDT
by
equaviator
(There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
To: Seruzawa
How did they remove it from the side of the train?
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posted on
06/02/2021 3:15:30 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(Salamander has barbaric tendencies.../Gundog)
To: cgbg
And it’s almost impossible to steal. Moving it is very easy too.
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posted on
06/02/2021 3:16:18 PM PDT
by
xp38
To: simpson96
wow! sort of like the bitcoin of art ...
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posted on
06/02/2021 3:23:39 PM PDT
by
catnipman
(Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
To: Meatspace
Sure. I’ll pay with invisible money.
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posted on
06/02/2021 3:25:34 PM PDT
by
Jyotishi
(Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
To: simpson96
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posted on
06/02/2021 3:30:39 PM PDT
by
Flick Lives
(“Today we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives.”)
To: simpson96
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posted on
06/02/2021 3:32:11 PM PDT
by
31R1O
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