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goobster  ·  2591 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski, Where Do You Buy Art?

Directly from the artist themselves.

I need the story. I need the provenance. What were they thinking when they made this? What's the story behind it? Behind them?

Art to me is more than a picture on a wall, or a sculpture in the hallway. When I look at it, I see the person and their story, as well. Otherwise it is just a flat piece to me. (This is actually why I don't own any of Mark Ryden's work, despite the fact I love it.)

The only exception is my print of "Wanderer Above a Sea of Fog", because it makes my heart leap every time I look at it ... and it was painted in 1818. A little hard to meet Friedrich nowadays...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanderer_above_the_Sea_of_Fog