However serious and precarious the economic crisis are still threatening most parts of the world, appetite's are awakened and purse strings loosened by art collectors twice in the same week. Just days after Edvard Munch’s masterpiece 'The Scream,' one of the world’s most recognizable works of art, sold for $120 million at Sotheby’s, setting a new world record as the most expensive piece of art ever sold at auction.
Christie's hit another record on Tuesday with another art work, this time a contemporary piece, sold for 66.8 million € for the painting 'Orange, Red, Yellow', painted in 1961, hailed as one of the 'most vibrant creation' of Mark Rothko. It measures 2.4 metres high. The auction was concluded after 2 hours of bidding, a total of 299 million €, a never before figure obtained in an auction of contemporary arts. 95% of the exhibits are sold, work of 14 artists, a record achievement.
All art bodies, artists, critics, collectors, art experts, galleries, dealers, art reporters and journalists voice their surprise at the extraordinary enthusiasm shown and the unexpected results achieved.
I can't say I have much knowledge about art, mainly what I like and what I don't, but more than a few times, when I look at a painting that makes news by an exorbitant price asked or paid for, I looked at it long and hard, and often quietly muttered to myself: 'I can do that!' I bet some of you might have felt the same once or twice too.
Now looking at the picture below, the 'Orange, Red, Yellow', I again felt and said the same thing: 'I am quite sure I can do that!' I guess one of the biggest difference between the artists and people like some of you and me is: They didn't just say it. They did it. We didn't.
This photo also makes me wonder why the photographer captured the person in it walking right pass it, and not when someone was looking at it with great interest or admiration?
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