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Sorry, but I'm not following you. Nothing you said after the first sentence proves your point, as I see it. > I’m not sure there’s anything intrinsically bad a
by ZoomZoomZoom 7y ago
Sorry, but I'm not following you. Nothing you said after the first sentence proves your point, as I see it.
> I’m not sure there’s anything intrinsically bad about this kind of service
These services of course provide some value: they are easy to find/stumble on, they free customers of excessive choice, allowing them to not be actively interested in art and collapsing everything to simple "choose your style" option, they free customers of direct communications with artists, they arbitrage prices between different geographical markets.
On the other hand, these services compete with traditional artists, they devalue regular artworks in the minds of common potential customers AND further reinforce the thinning of the line between art and prints one buys in a furniture store.