Acquisition, 2005
This series of paintings was created through global trade: I took unauthorized snapshots of San Francisco Bay Area art collectors' homes that I then sent to painters in China to be made into 20" x 24" oil paintings. This conceptual art piece has built in failure; if I could re-sell the Chinese paintings back to the art collectors at a profit, I would save that money towards the purchase of my own home, but my position in the art market was too insubstantial for this scheme to work.
This series of paintings was created through global trade: I took unauthorized snapshots of San Francisco Bay Area art collectors' homes that I then sent to painters in China to be made into 20" x 24" oil paintings. This conceptual art piece has built in failure; if I could re-sell the Chinese paintings back to the art collectors at a profit, I would save that money towards the purchase of my own home, but my position in the art market was too insubstantial for this scheme to work.
