Originally posted by amsterdamman:
When I was a ceramic potter there was a common practice when putting together a group sale tent that the pieces everyone thought were horrible, hideous and just awful
were priced 3x the other pieces, and usually many of them would sell.
Horrible creates a reaction, some people can not see subtle beauty, they need "Saw IX" to feel anything at all. So real bad art at least makes an impact,
and if it is expensive, well, it just has to be good! People tend to be less impressed with a vase you bought for five bucks vs one that you paid 100k for. |
Indeed. There is that mindset. I had the same thing when i put a few photos into a group show at a gallery a year or so ago. I priced them as i thought fair-mounting and framing costs, gallery cut etc. They'll never sell at that, the gallery owner told me. You'll have have to bump that right up before people will buy them. Of course, as a gallery owner she had an eye on her cut, but still, i guessed she knew her job. Still never sold any though. |
