"Big Eyes" Perception: Artist vs. Art Merchant

Vincent 2021-12-16 08:01:10

The insights gained from Margaret’s experience:
1. Good art is a work that can move people’s hearts.
2. Although publicity is important, the key is to look at the work (good wine is not afraid of the depth of the alley)
3. art is personal
4. No matter how talented a painter is, it is also necessary to have For his own franchise, Margaret cannot reproduce its brilliance without drawing big eyes.
5 Artists must be independent, not cater to the masses, and kitsch. (And businessmen just want to cater to the needs of the public)
6. What Margaret wants is self-realization, which is a human need.
7. What is the truth? Know it with just one picture! (It's a mule, a horse drawn out for a stroll)


Comprehension from the husband's perspective:
1. People buy artwork and adapt because it appears in the right time, right place
2. The artist is famous because of luck, and it is also a coincidence. There are many people with artistic accomplishments, but the truly famous need to be promoted, and it needs time and situation.
3 A good sales is also an amplifier that can make artworks better discovered by people.
4 Walter can also smell the opportunity of the World Expo. In fact, It's very powerful.
5. Walter is indeed a marketing genius. The best art promoter.
6. The lawsuit also made big eyes more famous.
7. One lie must be covered by another lie. Walter is like a clown.

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Extended Reading

Big Eyes quotes

  • Ruben: Sweep the gutters before the taste police arrive.

  • Walter Keane: Would you rather sell a $500 painting, or a million cheaply reproduced posters?

    Walter Keane: See, folks don't care if it's a copy.