The weirdest part of this is it isn’t even good art. It’s the sort of art you would expect from 12-year-old junior high students.
So at least he probably hardly sold any of it.
The weirdest part of this is it isn’t even good art.
“Good art” is a matter of marketing and who you know in the “art scene” more than it is anything else. There is plenty of shit in museums and fancy galleries that demonstrates less technical proficiency than these works, and plenty of shit in thrift stores and yard sales that demonstrates more.
Okay, well maybe you think these drawings are worth $151, but I sure as hell wouldn’t pay that for them.
These are Canadian dollars though, so it’s kinda like paying with Monopoly money (I kid. They’re around 112 USD).
To be fair, it does kind of look like Monopoly money…
But then U.S. money is boring.
Dude was almost there.
Make it into a bake sale to fund the school arts program then ask for a raise in salary for heroism.Actually, these are fucking great. Super outsidery. I’d buy but want to make sure the kids get the bulk of the profits, not the teacher.
“learning that their kids’ art is showing up online, seemingly for a profit.”
Seemingly for a profit?! Nah mate, that’s $100 of pure Crayola on locally sourced printer paper.
