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Would you buy a Picasso?
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I used to have Guernica hanging up. My ex bought it. Now have Salvador Dali, Swans Reflecting Elephants. Guernica is a great work of art."
You had Guernica hanging up. Did you like it on your wall?
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"It was okay in the middle room. Decorated and after several years it was time for a change. Got Swans Reflecting Elephants in frame for £6.50 from Scope. I like that. "
Not to be rude my friend, but I hope Guernica left at the same time as your ex. You can't have a just OK picture hanging up in your middle room!
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"It was okay in the middle room. Decorated and after several years it was time for a change. Got Swans Reflecting Elephants in frame for £6.50 from Scope. I like that. Not to be rude my friend, but I hope Guernica left at the same time as your ex. You can't have a just OK picture hanging up in your middle room! "
It stayed there until it had to come down or get painted around. As much as I like it it was very much time for a change. It's a great picture, still relevant today. Just okay in my middle room though. |
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"It was okay in the middle room. Decorated and after several years it was time for a change. Got Swans Reflecting Elephants in frame for £6.50 from Scope. I like that. Not to be rude my friend, but I hope Guernica left at the same time as your ex. You can't have a just OK picture hanging up in your middle room!
It stayed there until it had to come down or get painted around. As much as I like it it was very much time for a change. It's a great picture, still relevant today. Just okay in my middle room though."
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over a year ago
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Yes I would but financially not viable. There are paint factories in China that will knock you up a properly painted fake . They have 100s of inhouse painters, who are taught different styles and you choose what you want... same colours and brush strokes as originals ...and a fair bit cheaper  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Yes I would but financially not viable. There are paint factories in China that will knock you up a properly painted fake . They have 100s of inhouse painters, who are taught different styles and you choose what you want... same colours and brush strokes as originals ...and a fair bit cheaper "
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Not another one
Getting bored if the other 3. A Picasso is meant to be stimulating, maybe you have placed them too close together?
They just look like blobs and lines on canvas.  "
You have definitely overlapped the frames! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I'd rather do something else with the money it would cost Not a fan of paintings?
I can appreciate a good painting but Picasso doesn't do it for me"
I get you, I'm not a great fan of paintings that need much interpretation unless it's about the techniques used. |
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If it was a Picasso I enjoyed looking at I would. Not necessarily have the original a print would do even though an original you can appreciate it's composition. But I'd never buy something just because. It has to hold more than monetary or collectable value to me. I collect pigs so figurines of pigs, pig pictures, plushies etc I enjoy them whether I got it for 10p from a charity shop or paid £100 for it, it would be enjoyed the same. It's value to me is how it makes me feel not the pricetag. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I used to have Guernica hanging up. My ex bought it. Now have Salvador Dali, Swans Reflecting Elephants."
I came across Autumnal Cannibalism at the Tate the other day and totally blew my mind.
Yay for Dali! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I just don't get Picasso, it goes completely over my head. Guernica though is different, I understand that, it just puts over a message for all to see, simply brilliant and moving, yes I could live with that picture  |
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Picasso - not my cup of tea at all. It’s one of those where the name says it should be something outstanding, but when you look closer that’s clearly not the case....
It’s a no from me! and the car! |
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I've got a print of 'Girl Before A Mirror' in my living room, it's one of my favourite paintings. I saw it at MoMA in my early 20s and it made a real impression on me - artworks are so much more powerful in the original, but I'm still happy with my copy! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"If it was a Picasso I enjoyed looking at I would. Not necessarily have the original a print would do even though an original you can appreciate it's composition. But I'd never buy something just because. It has to hold more than monetary or collectable value to me. I collect pigs so figurines of pigs, pig pictures, plushies etc I enjoy them whether I got it for 10p from a charity shop or paid £100 for it, it would be enjoyed the same. It's value to me is how it makes me feel not the pricetag."
I like this, appreciation and not investment.
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"???
A friend of mine has two , one painting and a sketch he did years ago on a napkin in a restaurant "
Out of interest any idea of value, especially the napkin sketch? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"We had a well known artist paint us fucking. Very interesting experience, he was very professional and we love the painting, although we take it down when family visit "
Let's keep it clean here!
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