Original artwork description:

64x84 cm | Filler, oak panel

This work is on perpetual sale. The price must always be 20% below the evaluated value at each sale.

The central idea of capitalism is to buy cheap and sell expensive. Those at the other end are the ones who pay. As a small consolation, we consumers can sometimes find a bargain. Reduced price for a limited time. Time is also a critical component of the capitalist ideology, particularly its limitation. The division of time makes it monetary.

Art's ambition to be preserved is counterproductive within a market logic where a commodity is consumable and exchangeable. But as desirable to collectors, it acquires a value and can become an investment object whose price can fluctuate. The price of a work of art is usually irrelevant to its artistic value. But not always. Price can be part of a work's conceptual content.

Materials used:

Filler (coarse and fine) in oak frame

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