"One million US dollars for illustrations is really a generous sum. In fact, my illustrations are quite good."
Uncle Sakai rubbed his hands and sighed with envy in his tone.
This is a million dollars.
Although his fine works can be sold for millions of dollars, it also depends on the subject matter and time cost.
Previously, the Tokyo Tourism Bureau cooperated with relevant museums and wanted Kazunari Sakai to imitate the style of the Edo period and paint a complete set of ukiyo-e for tourist attractions such as Tokyo Tower, Sensoji Temple, Tokyo National Museum, and the Imperial Palace. , as a cultural promotion to welcome the Olympic Games.
Tokyo is a very rich city, even a monster.
At its peak, the GDP of its urban metropolitan areas was close to 200 trillion yen, which was almost equivalent to half of the African continent, or the total economic size of all African countries except South Africa.
So the asking price is quite generous. The total price of the entire project is as high as 3 billion yen, which is approximately 23 million U.S. dollars.
Created a record of the highest funding for a major artist hired by Tokyo officials.
But that is a whole set of hundreds of ukiyo-e paintings.
Sakai Kazunari estimates that it will be ten years before the project is completely completed and the money is fully received.
Compared with oil paintings, Chinese paintings, and Ukiyo-e paintings, it is much easier to draw a small illustration.
“What’s going on?”
Osomatsu Taro held a handbag of Yangon-style sugar cane milk tea in his hand and squeezed through the crowd in the distance.
After dinner today, Professor Sakai and his family, accompanied by an interpreter from the Yangon Tourism Department, prepared to go out to visit the calligraphy and painting night market.
Myanmar’s calligraphy and painting industry is relatively famous in Southeast Asia. Yangon is the largest city in Myanmar and a center of contemporary art.
The calligraphy and painting night market here is similar to Panjiayuan in Dongxia Capital.
Compared to a serious gallery, this place is more like a street stall-style tourist street, which is much more friendly to the people.
There are not only various shops, but also various stalls selling snacks and drinks, which has a sense of life.
The calligraphy and painting market is a mixed bag. Komatsu Taro and the others just came here for a casual visit today, mainly for sightseeing and relaxing.
He had just gone to buy a drink from a stall on the side. At this time, he saw everyone in the Sakai family gathered around their mobile phones, discussing some interesting news.
“We can actually invite De Jong Van Doorn, who is a big name in today’s illustration industry. Zara clothing brand has co-produced many clothes with him. I also have a t-shirt designed by him.”
Tsunamasa Sakai looked at a name on a Twitter page.
As a person who knows a lot about art and fashion brands, he immediately recognized Van Dorn’s name.
Van Dorn is a cross-border illustrator. Not only is he good at illustration, he is also very famous in the fashion circle.
It is said that he has been withThe editor-in-chief of the famous fashion godfather magazine Vogue maintains a good personal friendship.
Even several of Van Doorn’s ex-girlfriends are super models who have walked in Paris Fashion Week.
"Senior Van Dorn is actually more selling an aesthetic concept. Although he is very famous, I doubt whether the audience can understand his art"
Katsuko Sakai recalled the artistic style of artist De Jong Van Doorn and pursed her lips.
Although illustration does not have a clear school of painting like oil painting, this master illustration was obviously influenced by the avant-garde art field represented by Marcel Duchamp.
If it must be classified, then it can probably be classified as a Dadaist painter.
How would you rate this artistic school?
It’s just casual.
Even to this day, people don’t know where the word “dada” comes from or why it is called this name.
Although Duchamp, the godfather of Dadaism, is a landmark figure in the history of art, not everyone can appreciate his pioneering artistic style.
How casual is his artistic style?
Duchamp once drew a goatee with a pencil on Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece Mona Lisa and wrote "hooq" underneath. Pronounced eeachaudaucu, it means "her ass is hot."
If that wasn’t crazy enough, Duchamp once bought a urinal and signed his name on it, which was considered a work of art.
This is probably the most famous urinal in modern art history.
Famous national museums such as the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the United States and the Musée Maiillo in France are still proud to own an official replica of Duchamp's urinal.
"I'm worried for Fan Dorn-senpai."
Sakai Katsuko shook her head, "If I might not have the courage to participate in such a challenging competition."
"An illustrator with Van Dorn's style doesn't care how many people like him or how many people criticize him. This is avant-gardism."
Uncle Sakai touched it jaw.
“This is a proposition illustration, not a set of hundreds of creative illustrations. $100,000 is a lot. I am not surprised that Van Dorn can be invited. After all, he is still active in the illustration circle. "
"Moreover, even if he is a pioneer, Van Doorn is one of the best illustrators in the world today. His experience in drawing illustrations with the smoothness of his pen is not something that unknown illustrators can match. , no matter how bad it is, it’s not much worse, but I didn’t expect it.”
Professor Sakai shook his head, looking at Jane Arnold’s name and the long list of honorary titles, the four layers on his chin The fat trembled violently.
“Even Mr. Jane Arnold is willing to write.”
“Although the artistic value of illustrations is not as good as other types of paintings except for the works of a few people, in terms of influence, Mr.It can be said that Mr. Cao is a painter on the same level as Mr. Cao. ”
Whether it is De Jong Van Doorn or Jane Arnold, they are both truly great painters.
De Jong Van Doorn has painted posters for Pixar Animation Studio, He has also designed clothes for Zara fashion brand.
The illustration "Environmental Protection Pole" he created has become the official illustration of the International Snow Environmental Protection Organization and has been printed in countless textbooks.
As for Jane Arnold.
If Van Dorn is still limited to the cross-border art industry
This is an old painter born during the Cold War, but he is already a little bit more than a simple painter.
He is a well-known international pacifist.
Not only has he been personally interviewed by the leaders of the United States and the Soviet Union, he has been published in Time Magazine, and his illustrations are extremely warm. With masterful precision and childlike playfulness, he is warm and loving.
He is even a winner of the International Hans Christian Andersen Medal. The highest honor will only be awarded to outstanding writers and painters for children around the world.
This is a world-class artist. >
“I estimate that this video will undoubtedly cause an earthquake in the circle. ”
He wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve.
Van Dorn and Jane Arnold, the powerful confrontation between two generations of artists, this is the collision of Mars. The visual effect is like the earth.
Even if Uncle Sakai is not a professional illustrator
As an outstanding worker in the art field, Uncle Sakai is already sweating with excitement.
"Do you want to hear the inside information?"
Kosatsu Taro distributed the drinks to everyone and said while lowering his head and pressing the phone.
" Can you contact Mr. Jane Arnold?"
Uncle Sakai was surprised when he heard this, rubbing his round chin on the fourth floor and asked.
Even the Sakai siblings looked at him with curiosity. Komatsu.
Although Uncle Sakai is also a great painter and has a wide network of contacts in the calligraphy and painting circles, he is specialized in the art and is not comparable to those who have opened large professional galleries.
He has countless people. This is what agent headhunters do with high salaries.
It is said that an art godfather like Gagosian can get the mobile phone number of any painter he wants to contact within fifteen minutes.
< p>In other words, the information about informal art competitions held by super internet celebrities like Mr. Hyperion is relatively limited.If it is a serious art exhibition, before the official opening of the art exhibition, there will be various events. There is already an undercurrent of insider information.
Whether there will be any blockbuster works?
Which newcomers do the curators rate highly?
It can also be said. Past art styles and the theme of this exhibition are used to determine which well-known artist is more likely to produce masterpieces
Time is money,News is a beautiful sword.
Painter connections, golf friends, beauty traps, commercial espionage, or the simplest and most simple method of hiring a tabloid reporter and paparazzi to look through the surrounding trash cans to see if they can get any official documents.
In order to get first-hand information, the inside story can be called a spy drama.
Various information has long been circulated among galleries and buyers.
The contacts that should be made, the contacts that should be made, the potential new painters should be signed as soon as possible before they become famous.
As for those who really can’t get signed, or those coquettish bitches working for rival galleries, then hire art critics as soon as possible and prepare to criticize them.
These are the professional qualities of an agent.
Your movements are too slow, and you can’t even keep up with the hot shit you eat.
"That may not work."
Kosatsu Taro shook his head, although he was happy to show his art connections in front of the Sakai family.
But Komatsu Gallery is not a super giant like Gagosian, he is just the young owner of the gallery.
Jian Arnold is still too high-end.
Even for Mr. Van Dorn, if he wants to contact the other party, his father will probably have to come forward in person.
"I got a professor from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, a good friend of Ms. Louise, to tell you some big news. She is full of confidence in her work."
Kosomatsu Taro With a mysterious look on his face, he said, "This time she chose a colored pencil drawing, and it was in a realistic style."
"Realistic colored pencil drawing"
Professor Sakai thought for a while, He nodded and confirmed what the other party did.
“It’s not common. Well, it’s smart. It’s really smart. Although it’s a bit flattering, it’s probably the painting method that most pleases the general audience.”
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