I am working on some conceptual items. I have done a series of shopping bags that I have painted petroglyphs on. The works will be priced at $ 5.00 or so each.
The concept is that we buy replacement items all the time, as with phones and technology. The ones we have are perfectly good, but, we get new ones anyway. In places like Japan there is an industry to collect last year's microwave ovens, etc.
Peoples lives have also become transitory. Fewer people are buying houses. Renting and leasing cars, homes and other stuff is very in vogue.
So, maybe you don't want to purchase a piece for the rest of your life. Maybe you just want something for today and maybe tomorrow. Allow yourself mental flexibility.
The works are made from shopping bags so that it has a life beyond a piece of art. You can use it to tote something when you are ready to change your visual environment.
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Okay, at the next show double the price??
Post event comment, nobody even noticed them... I once heard from a guy who used to do the tv sales thing, before QVC. He said the only thing that ever failed was a battery operated toothbrush that they tried to sell for $ 6.00. The only other models on the market were $30 and $40 Braun and Oral-B's. The price had no cred. Shrug.
Cute!
Ummm... I like the idea -- petroglyphs for the modern age. ;)
:)