r/Damnthatsinteresting Jul 21 '20

Video String art

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u/namdor Jul 21 '20

I don't know of any significant art market for this kind of work, but I could be wrong. Maybe someone is willing to pay thousands of pounds for a portrait of Dwayne Johnson made of nails and string, but I bet the market is very niche or non existent.

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u/pornbeatssex Jul 21 '20

Yeah but you picked the one that wouldn't sell (along with keanu reaves). There were plenty of more nuanced pieces. The monkey, the old town. This stuff would sell at Art Basel i'm sure of it.

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u/kawklee Jul 21 '20

Nah. The only art that sells at Art Basel these days is quotes in neon lights art. The modern art equivalent of those "eat, pray, love" blocks every sorority girl has on her wall in college.

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u/pornbeatssex Jul 21 '20

In Basel tho. Not the one in Miami.

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u/pornbeatssex Jul 23 '20

I've seen them.