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There are two ways to look at art. First is for you personally to have something you enjoy to look at. Second is to have sonething that impresses others (perhap
by bruce511 2y ago
There are two ways to look at art. First is for you personally to have something you enjoy to look at. Second is to have sonething that impresses others (perhaps a buyer.)
Owning a beautiful Van Gough is a pleasure to look at. Frankly if it visually fools an expert then it completely fulfill goal 1.
But if you're trying to impress others, or a buyer, then the point is not the painting itself, but rather the status it imbues. To those that value status, faked status is the worst offense.
Of course if the point is to show "I can afford to spend x million on a painting ", and you did, then forgery or not presumably you've achieved the goal.
Once you get beyond "pretty picture" the art world is completely arbitrary.
- WalterBright 2y agoI've hung prints on the walls, but they aren't as nice as an actual painting, as the paint gives it a glow and 3D look that a flat print cannot match. I'd be happy hanging up worthless fakes that it takes an expert to discern from original great art. My computer "wallpaper" throws up scans of great works of art. Unfortunately, it is bafflingly hard to find good scans of that stuff. It's all public domain, what's the problem?