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Post by dsmdj on Oct 22, 2015 14:56:41 GMT
I read an interesting article about art collectors and the different collector profiles and that made me reflect a lot about why I buy art, why I started and what I would like to do with it.
I would be really curious to get your PoV on collecting art: what brought you into this ? Why do you do it ?
Some collect art with the vision to give it to a museum one day. Some are just investing their money. Some have a clear artistic direction and some just buy randomly...
Personally, I started because of the love of hip-hop culture and the desire to keep track of what I believe is one of the most influential art movement in the 21st century. Now that I have a son, I would love my collection to serve as a way to transmit my passion to him and bring boring/abstract school classes into something lively, tangible and interactive. Do I have a strong artistic direction? potentially yes but only now, this is an iterative journey as well...
Thought this could be an interesting discussion to have here on the forum.
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Post by sɐǝpı ɟo uoıʇɐɹǝpǝɟ on Oct 22, 2015 15:14:49 GMT
I read an interesting article about art collectors and the different collector profiles and that made me reflect a lot about why I buy art, why I started and what I would like to do with it.
I would be really curious to get your PoV on collecting art: what brought you into this ? Why do you do it ?
Some collect art with the vision to give it to a museum one day. Some are just investing their money. Some have a clear artistic direction and some just buy randomly...
Personally, I started because of the love of hip-hop culture and the desire to keep track of what I believe is one of the most influential art movement in the 21st century. Now that I have a son, I would love my collection to serve as a way to transmit my passion to him and bring boring/abstract school classes into something lively, tangible and interactive. Do I have a strong artistic direction? potentially yes but only now, this is an iterative journey as well...
Thought this could be an interesting discussion to have here on the forum.
I was initially drawn into art by a family member who's an artist... remember going to galleries when I was young and was always way more into it than other kids my age. three (well, technically 5) artists got me into street art - seeing Cost and Revs and Andre/Obey pasteups everywhere when I'd be going into NYC to play shows, then driving by a piece at an abandoned gas station by Stain-Scout a couple times a week going to my band's practice space in the really shitty part of town. I actually just came across the exact piece (now long gone) recently on IG. Crazy to see it again all these years later (it was up in the days before smart phones). it really did leave a big mark on me: http://instagram.com/p/3U0x9Qkwca I got into collecting when I ran a non-profit community art organization... we used to have "$5 dollar art shows" and street art shows... just started picking up a piece here or there. i was drawn in by the punk rock and DIY aesthetic, which seemed to run parallel to my life as a musician, as well as the political tone of it all - this was back when we were marching against the war regularly and holding massive protests. the art, the music, the anti-war movement all seemed to melt together for me unfortunately back then I was living in a dump and had no money, so couldn't get into collecting international artists for a few years (missed the Banksy releases. oh well). when I stopped playing music and got a job, I was able to start buying pieces from non-local artists. I still don't make a lot of money so am only able to pick up an affordable piece now and then... part of what got me into starting PSP was to give up-and-coming artists exposure and having affordable releases. you shouldn't have to be wealthy to get into collecting art |
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Post by dsmdj on Oct 22, 2015 21:09:56 GMT
Thanks for your answer and sharing with us. Indeed, Street art definitely has substance and at least for our generation it does represent something.
Love the sitting bull painting btw.
Any other opinions ?
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Post by alittle on Oct 23, 2015 3:17:49 GMT
I collect art because I like looking at pretty pictures.
I don't hoard. Pretty much everything I own is on display.
In the end, it'll probably be worthless, but I don't care.
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Post by jeezuzjonessnr on Oct 23, 2015 6:44:55 GMT
I collect art as like a lot of guys have a little addictive personality I think, men need some kind of a vice.. A while back it would be travelling, football and partying on weekends, raves, more parting and wasting $$ sniffing Charlie off hot Russian models bum cheeks etc... Now I'm married with kids and love the family quiet life but still need things on the side. I like and I am into design and started getting into 'urban' art prints around late 2007 ish.
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Post by ouroboros on Oct 23, 2015 10:38:05 GMT
in-fucking-vestment
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Post by looother on Oct 23, 2015 11:40:23 GMT
I've always bothered the occasional gallery, but until last year had bought nothing for my own walls but a totally random Anita Klein watercolour about 15 years ago, a few beautiful, evocative sports photographs and three early-60s international football pennants that I bought on a whim when I went to a football auction ostensibly to snaffle a full set of Rothmans yearbooks. The photos are now in a cupboard and the pennants, beautifully framed, have spent the last decade, since my non-sports-loving now-wife moved in, gathering dust in my parents' loft. Last year I decided to do something about the empty walls, and bought a few prints. I find the whole print-release thing beguiling and dispiriting in approximately equal measure, but remain pretty well hooked. I buy for pleasure rather than for profit, and everything I own is either on my wall or currently with the framer, though there were a few prints that we didn't love that much when it came to it and sold on at cost (though I once made a £50 profit on something). I have perhaps a dozen things framed and hung, of which there are some that I like because they look nice and were quite cheap and make a boring wall more interesting, and a few that significantly improve my life on a daily basis. As it stands I can't imagine calling off the search for more things that fall into the latter group. In the meantime I'll keep bothering the occasional gallery though, as a Londoner, you could say I live in one.
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Post by t3c on Oct 23, 2015 12:11:57 GMT
I collect art as like a lot of guys have a little addictive personality I think, men need some kind of a vice.. A while back it would be travelling, football and partying on weekends, raves, more parting and wasting $$ sniffing Charlie off hot Russian models bum cheeks etc... Now I'm married with kids and love the family quiet life but still need things on the side. I like and I am into design and started getting into 'urban' art prints around late 2007 ish. haha it was like looking into a mirror that post! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2015 18:29:43 GMT
Sniffing Coke off Russian models (or any other nationality come to that) butt cheeks isn't wasting your money, it provides life experience which makes an excellent raconteur......plus that's how I met my wife......
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Post by IggyWiggy on Oct 23, 2015 19:17:07 GMT
As a kid i enjoyed seeing pics of the exciting NY graff scene. Coming from a rural area, i always enjoyed travelling on the train seeing exciting pieces thrown up on bridges and walls etc. Was it the aesthetic qualities? Was it the taboo? Was it both? This all developed into following 'the scene' more and more. As i turned into a proper grown up - with a swivelly chair on wheels and everything (and i swear and 'ruin' my appetite at will) i was lucky enough to buy into the 'anoraky' print/original world. And my hardened, blackened heart still enjoys the small measure of euphoria allowed through scoring a sought after release (fnarr, fnarr).
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Post by dashboll on Oct 23, 2015 20:15:37 GMT
'ruin' my appetite at will you're living the dream iggs |
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Post by IggyWiggy on Oct 23, 2015 20:39:53 GMT
'ruin' my appetite at will you're living the dream iggs  |
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Post by Southbound on Oct 23, 2015 22:35:14 GMT
I used to be the look out for my friends in the train yards, then went to art school which turned me into a museum / gallery junky. One day I was listening to an interview and the guy was talking about growing up and at some point we need to pull the college concert posters down and put up something with a little more class... And it made sense, so I did.
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Post by bejwee77 on Oct 24, 2015 0:43:09 GMT
Sniffing Coke off Russian models (or any other nationality come to that) butt cheeks isn't wasting your money, it provides life experience which makes an excellent raconteur......plus that's how I met my wife...... That's how I met your wife too. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2015 12:29:15 GMT
Sniffing Coke off Russian models (or any other nationality come to that) butt cheeks isn't wasting your money, it provides life experience which makes an excellent raconteur......plus that's how I met my wife...... That's how I met your wife too. Whereas I met yours when I visited my Dad in the old folks home,she was paying him £5 to rim him... |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2015 13:50:10 GMT
That's how I met your wife too. Whereas I met yours when I visited my Dad in the old folks home,she was paying him £5 to rim him... Ha whats the chances , small world! |
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