“Pear Market Value”
An interactive exploration of the complex relationships between art and money.
What is your art worth?
What you paid for it? What you gave up to get it?
What you can sell it for?
What it would cost to make you as happy as the art does?
To help you plug this into your own perspective, I am giving away small pieces of original art, life cut-outs of pears* in colored paper (hand-cut while viewing not model, not traced on the paper).
Given my pricing, if for individual sale each would be worth approximately $20 (USD). Could call that “Pear Market Value”...
Everyone is invited to keep their pear if they love it -- frame it, mount it, place it in a personal collage or on your fridge or mirror… even read something in print for a change and use it as a bookmark!
Whether or not you love it, your are also invited to return it to me for a $50 (USD) discount on any piece of art, purchased either directly from me or any sale made by me as a dealer for other artists, for $500 or more. Artists and dealers are welcome to honor the same terms, in keeping with the notion of art as a form of currency, no matter if it changes hands each pear will still be redeemable for a $50 discount on my sales, and those that come back to me will be distributed again. Each holder is encourage to sign the pear!
“It’s a pear market.”
