After stumbling upon Australian artist Nanami Cowdroy’s fantastic ink pieces, I was contemplating purchasing one. The website did not list prices, but it did communicate that prints were available for purchase, so I decided to send an email asking for more details. Though I was perhaps I was a bit naive, the prices which were sent to me were quite a bit higher than the $50 or so I expected, ranging from a modest 115 Dollars AUD, to over 400 for larger prints on better quality stock. While I still remain undecided regarding purchase, this chain of events has gotten me thinking.
I have been wondering quite a bit about the role of art today within peoples’ lives, and how to best express your artistic tastes to others. For some reason, it’s easy to imagine ‘the good ‘ol days’ where you bought paintings you liked or something of that sort, hung them around your house, and then when people were there, you might discuss them. While this notion might be an overly simplistic view of things, a romanticized version of history which might be wholly imagined on my part, it is certain that artistic expression has more outlets than ever before. Ought I to be purchasing prints and posters to attach to my walls, or should I be buying t-shirts, expressing my tastes in such a way that dozens or hundreds of people can see? Perhaps it is best just have this sort of thing running on your computer all the time.
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