Thursday, April 28, 2016

Art Scam Alert!

Be careful with this mutant:
From: Susan Martez (info1@barbedtapewire.com)
Dear Frien
 
We are interested in purchasing your product,
Kindly reply us with your company business terms and conditions so that we can place a trial order ASAP
Waiting for your timely reply
Best regard
Susan Martez
Purchasing Manager
Lumach Groups Company Limited
Address: 055 Quatics blk
North CarolinaZip:610026
United state.
Tele:1-870-399047204
sale@lumachgroups.com

Paintings ‘stolen’ from the Internet

It’s a show called “Can t you sue ppl for stealing tweets isn’t that playjarism?” and it consists of 15 oil paintings, none of which were made by Lavoie. He didn’t even see them until the day they were installed, though he came up with the ideas, negotiated with subcontractors and signed off on every stage of the work. He did everything that a creative director and project manager would do at an ad agency, except that he didn’t have to get a client’s approval.
Read here the details of this fascinating approach to 21st century art (which in variant forms has been employed by artists since the atelier was invented).