Would you pay $264,000 for a photograph?
Posted on April 19, 2007 • By Rebecca Markowitz
Category: Art and Culture |
This photograph was sold at Sothebys for $264,000.
Adi Nes, Untitled (The Last Supper)
I would like to meet the person that bought this photograph. I just think it’s incredible that someone would pay that much. If you had that much money, don’t you think you could call up Adi Nes and ask him to make one for you at probably half the cost, and you would know that all your money is going directly to the artist. Who am I kidding? If I had the money, I probably would buy his work too. I saw his “Biblical Stories” exhibit in Tel Aviv recently and absolutely loved it. Adi has this wonderful thought-provoking way of combining famous works of art and biblical characters with a modern Israeli twist. Here I am - having studied art history and loved it, a big fan of the Bible, and living in Israel. I felt like me and the exhibit should be dating. As I walked around the exhibit, I had such multi-leveled fun. First, I would guess the biblical character. Then I would guess what painting it was based on. And then I would think about why and how he chose to set up the photograph and where in Israel it could’ve been taken.
More info about the Sotheby’s sale and Adi Nes
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