Rashid Johnson 🇺🇸 Exhibition News • New Print Release

[Winter]

You can still get his original works very reasonably from auctions. Not the anxious series as these are his most popular series. That said, offering a relatively small editioned etching from this most popular series for £2k is hardly insulting. You could probably spend more on a Connor Bros print. Take your pick.

[qest]

Nov 6, 2023 16:25:28 GMT 1 nobokov said:

Nov 6, 2023 14:35:40 GMT 1 Newar said:

Ahahah love Serra work his scultpure are more into the minimalism school but your right about this drawings.

Personnally it's an iconic Rashid signature work and the cheapest you'll get so far ... but it's all about taste and understand people not sensible to his work.

Would love this one and not a plate

I love his work, but know that this is a very bad example of his work. Like most popular artists, their prints just offer meager crumbs to those who can't afford and/or don't have access to their primary market. It's insulting really, but people still clamor for anything if the recent auction history is hot, so quality is disregarded. If people staved off buying, perhaps the offerings would improve.

This is getting dangerously close to a discussion of something other than the economics of art.  Dare I ask how and why this is a bad example of his work?

[rbt]

Now here’s a bad example of his work and it’s $15,000

store.theparisreview.org/collections/print-series/products/rashid-johnson-paris-review-1

[nobokov]

Nov 6, 2023 17:40:59 GMT 1 qest said:

Nov 6, 2023 16:25:28 GMT 1 nobokov said:

I love his work, but know that this is a very bad example of his work. Like most popular artists, their prints just offer meager crumbs to those who can't afford and/or don't have access to their primary market. It's insulting really, but people still clamor for anything if the recent auction history is hot, so quality is disregarded. If people staved off buying, perhaps the offerings would improve.

This is getting dangerously close to a discussion of something other than the economics of art.  Dare I ask how and why this is a bad example of his work?

Because it's tiny and the figures are too spaced out. I think this series works best to convey the anxiety and torment, when it's large scale and the figures are all tightly packed together, trapped.

[Pawel]

Nov 6, 2023 19:31:49 GMT 1 nobokov said:

Nov 6, 2023 17:40:59 GMT 1 qest said:

This is getting dangerously close to a discussion of something other than the economics of art.  Dare I ask how and why this is a bad example of his work?

Because it's tiny and the figures are too spaced out. I think this series works best to convey the anxiety and torment, when it's large scale and the figures are all tightly packed together, trapped.

But you're not going to get anything large scale without paying a fortune for it. 

[nobokov]

Nov 6, 2023 19:37:37 GMT 1 Pawel said:

Nov 6, 2023 19:31:49 GMT 1 nobokov said:

Because it's tiny and the figures are too spaced out. I think this series works best to convey the anxiety and torment, when it's large scale and the figures are all tightly packed together, trapped.

But you're not going to get anything large scale without paying a fortune for it. 

Yeah, unfortunately there's no way of getting good work by him cheaply and they won't produce small versions of these, because people will pay $2500 for subpar work.

[walterwite]

Just got offered one of these prints but im on the fence about it.

[Bang Bang 82]

First one on artsy $10,800 😮

[Georgie Poppit]

If you really love his work and have some spare cash there’s this one at Christie’s tomorrow.
Fast becoming iconic so now’s the time to invest
www.christies.com/lot/lot-6452771

[Jimini Cricket]

I love it when speculating investment folks don't know how to buy art that goes up in mega value so they buy prints that cost more than 48" x 36" paintings on canvas by emerging artists. Watching them kneecap their capital is a wonderful thing.🤗

[Pawel]

Nov 6, 2023 21:41:46 GMT 1 Jimini Cricket said:

I love it when speculating investment folks don't know how to buy art that goes up in mega value so they buy prints that cost more than 48" x 36" paintings on canvas by emerging artists. Watching them kneecap their capital is a wonderful thing.🤗

I really would like to know your definition of emerging. 

[Jimini Cricket]

Nov 6, 2023 22:05:12 GMT 1 Pawel said:

Nov 6, 2023 21:41:46 GMT 1 Jimini Cricket said:

I love it when speculating investment folks don't know how to buy art that goes up in mega value so they buy prints that cost more than 48" x 36" paintings on canvas by emerging artists. Watching them kneecap their capital is a wonderful thing.🤗

I really would like to know your definition of emerging. 

I will keep it broad, bfa candidates, mfa candidates, self taught artists with very little exhibition history, sometimes zero. No attention from collectors and galleries, so they are really hungry and determined to impress. They are also very, very cheap.🤗

[High Contrast]

Nov 6, 2023 22:15:02 GMT 1 Jimini Cricket said:

Nov 6, 2023 22:05:12 GMT 1 Pawel said:

I really would like to know your definition of emerging. 

I will keep it broad, bfa candidates, mfa candidates, self taught artists with very little exhibition history, sometimes zero. No attention from collectors and galleries, so they are really hungry and determined to impress. They are also very, very cheap.🤗

Zzzzzzz

Buy 200 pieces, one makes it. You look like a genius ..

And you have a house full of firewood!! 

[Jimini Cricket]

Nov 6, 2023 22:30:07 GMT 1 High Contrast said:

Nov 6, 2023 22:15:02 GMT 1 Jimini Cricket said:

I will keep it broad, bfa candidates, mfa candidates, self taught artists with very little exhibition history, sometimes zero. No attention from collectors and galleries, so they are really hungry and determined to impress. They are also very, very cheap.🤗

Zzzzzzz

Buy 200 pieces, one makes it. You look like a genius ..

And you have a house full of firewood!! 

This only applies to people that don't know how to spot talent.  Iykyk.

[nobokov]

UAA members spotting talent: browsing auction records.

[Deleted]

All these old street-art collectors turning into experienced art advisors is very comical. When people say emerging or original works from new artists.. why not state the artists? Back up what you are saying.

I would say too many open editions, time releases and over priced prints for new artists really hurt the print market as well as the current economy / wars. These things will change and some of the nicer prints will do well again. It might take awhile tho.

Same members dog every decent cheap release from any blue chip artists. We are not all billionaires who can afford the nicer larger pieces or people who have the connections to artists that will actually make it. Let's face it Gagosian has a contact list of billionaires that most of aren't on - if you are congrats. These galleries will make or break and artist not some member on this forum. Stating the obvious about how art is being sold and bought isn't going to change any of this. You can do A LOT worse investing $2500 in art today than a Rashid Johnson print with his most popular images - even if it's tiny.

[Newar]

Nov 6, 2023 20:35:15 GMT 1 Georgie Poppit said:

If you really love his work and have some spare cash there’s this one at Christie’s tomorrow.
Fast becoming iconic so now’s the time to invest
www.christies.com/lot/lot-6452771

There is some amazing piece in this auction curious to see the result on that Party Still life

[walterwite]

I secured an edition. I’m greatful to add this to my collection.

[orchid]

Nov 7, 2023 17:46:25 GMT 1 walterwite said:

I secured an edition. I’m greatful to add this to my collection.

Glad you came off the fence, I don't know anyone that was offered who couldn't pay quick enough tbh 😂

[urban art fanatic]

If anyone has a change of mind after securing please get in touch

[Richy Rich]

Nov 6, 2023 22:42:25 GMT 1 Jimini Cricket said:

Nov 6, 2023 22:30:07 GMT 1 High Contrast said:

Zzzzzzz

Buy 200 pieces, one makes it. You look like a genius ..

And you have a house full of firewood!! 

This only applies to people that don't know how to spot talent.  Iykyk.

Please don't turn this place into Instagram by using an acronym reserved for influencers recommending the best bottomless brunches in London to their 18 followers.

[nobokov]

Nov 6, 2023 22:15:02 GMT 1 Jimini Cricket said:

Nov 6, 2023 22:05:12 GMT 1 Pawel said:

I really would like to know your definition of emerging. 

I will keep it broad, bfa candidates, mfa candidates, self taught artists with very little exhibition history, sometimes zero. No attention from collectors and galleries, so they are really hungry and determined to impress. They are also very, very cheap.🤗

You can lead a UAA horse to water but you can't make it drink

[Pawel]

Nov 6, 2023 22:15:02 GMT 1 Jimini Cricket said:

Nov 6, 2023 22:05:12 GMT 1 Pawel said:

I really would like to know your definition of emerging. 

I will keep it broad, bfa candidates, mfa candidates, self taught artists with very little exhibition history, sometimes zero. No attention from collectors and galleries, so they are really hungry and determined to impress. They are also very, very cheap.🤗

Fair enough, but I wouldn't call it emerging. 
Lucky you have the eye to spot the talent just waiting to be discovered. 
I admit this is much more fun way to collect art

[quinn]

Apologies if it’s been mentioned already but Phaidon have signed copies of his book available at the moment. £39.95 inc uk shipping.

[quezer]

Nov 6, 2023 20:18:54 GMT 1 Bang Bang 82 said:

First one on artsy $10,800 😮

There’s no shot it would actually go for this though, right? Is Artsy generally accurate?

[Bang Bang 82]

Who knows ... it could be listed for £10 mill doesn't mean it's worth it 

[Newar]

in the meantime that's the real deal  and will fly for more than the estimate and for my eyes only (since i can't afford )
www.christies.com/lot/lot-6452978?ldp_breadcrumb=back&intObjectID=6452978&from=salessummary&lid=1

[Someone Like You]

Nov 8, 2023 10:57:21 GMT 1 Newar said:

in the meantime that's the real deal  and will fly for more than the estimate and for my eyes only (since i can't afford )
www.christies.com/lot/lot-6452978?ldp_breadcrumb=back&intObjectID=6452978&from=salessummary&lid=1

More than real deal is real dream......

[Winter]

I don't think anyone's buying this edition thinking it's anything more than it is. It's a small, cheap etching that he produced for the lower end of the market. It's good he produced it as an etching rather than a quick digital artwork. If you look what else £2k buys you it's a good little buy. No doubt 50% of the edition will end up on the secondary market as it ticks all the flipper boxes.

[orchid]

This monoprint ends today
auction.drawingcenter.org/online-auctions/the-drawing-center/rashid-johnson-untitled-anxious-print-2023-5430654