Or: Art can be hard on your wallet.

In my last post I wrote about the artwork “48.085″ by Rudolf Reiber. I visited him again last Monday and I bought the piece. (I took my wife with me to see how she feels about it. And since she positively jumped in when it came to payment arrangements, I guess she is ok with it.) It is the first large work I bought and it feels amazing. Rudolf will probably come over to my new flat in October to hang it for me. I will post pictures then.

This artwork really tears a hole into my wallet. In fact, it exceeds the art-budget I had set myself for 2008 by approximately 150 percent. But you know what? I don’t care. If you compare it to other “hobbies” like deep sea diving or smoking, this is absolutely ok. Speaking of budget …

I also bought a piece by Karin Sander (link) at galerie mueller-roth in Stuttgart (link). Spontaneously. A “Patina-Bild” or patina painting. A small one.

The idea is that the owner places the painting in a certain place, where the canvas is altered by the environment. I heard that someone placed one inside his letterbox. Or behind the rear window of his car. Or behind the cooker. I will take mine to Burning Man. (link)

I will publish another post on Friday night, just before I leave for the airport with a picture of the “clean” patina painting. The next post after that will be the painting after 7 days in the Nevada desert.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 at 3:10 pm and is filed under Purchase Report.