THE IMAGE
The image for "the Million Dollar Picture" project is the same image I originally created for the “King me, baby ... it's oh-so fashionable” project. The two projects are also closely related. "The Million Dollar Picture" is actually a kind of sequel to the “King me, baby ... it's oh-so fashionable” project.
The difference between the two projects is that the “King me, baby ... it's oh-so fashionable” is made of a single piece worth 1 million dollars while "the Million Dollar Picture" is made of 1 million pieces each of which is supposed to make a 1$ profit.
With this difference I wanted to make a statement related to how an artwork is perceived and what is actually turning an artwork into what it is. The fact is that in both projects we have identical images which can only have the same meaning and have the same message and as such they could only have the same artistic value as well. Yet the difference in price is significant. And this difference in price has of course nothing to do with art and a lot to do with our social, economical and political reality. Or to put it simple: The “King me, baby ... it's oh-so fashionable” is for the rich while "the Million Dollar Picture" is for the masses.
After all art is indeed religion.
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The image for "the Million Dollar Picture" project is the same image I originally created for the “King me, baby ... it's oh-so fashionable” project. The two projects are also closely related. "The Million Dollar Picture" is actually a kind of sequel to the “King me, baby ... it's oh-so fashionable” project.
The difference between the two projects is that the “King me, baby ... it's oh-so fashionable” is made of a single piece worth 1 million dollars while "the Million Dollar Picture" is made of 1 million pieces each of which is supposed to make a 1$ profit.
With this difference I wanted to make a statement related to how an artwork is perceived and what is actually turning an artwork into what it is. The fact is that in both projects we have identical images which can only have the same meaning and have the same message and as such they could only have the same artistic value as well. Yet the difference in price is significant. And this difference in price has of course nothing to do with art and a lot to do with our social, economical and political reality. Or to put it simple: The “King me, baby ... it's oh-so fashionable” is for the rich while "the Million Dollar Picture" is for the masses.
After all art is indeed religion.
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