Above is a painting by Canada's very own 'Pocket Warhol'; a white capped Capucin monkey. These 'pictures' sell for about £250 each, and he can't produce enough for an ever-eager market.
Sometimes I wonder if my life wouldn't have been so much easier had I been born a Monkey. Maybe, even now, I should buy a Monkey suit. Life eh!
I think there is a schizophrenic in the states that makes thousands for a painting. Keeps him off the streets, eh?
ReplyDeleteI made a painting like that the other week when some paint tins fell off a shelf.
ReplyDeleteYours for £100.
Never too late...
ReplyDeleteI'll start by eating peanuts.
DeleteSorry, it just looks like a mess to me.
ReplyDeleteI amsure that better men than I would be able to explain the message in the painting..... but to be honest I couldnt be arsed listening !!
ReplyDeleteHave you seen those Indonesian elephants painting?
ReplyDeleteSame painters; different outfits.
DeleteNever envy a monkey. Besides, your work is much better than that.
ReplyDeleteI, too, studied art, and received a degree. I have been practicing photography for 30 years. I can't sell an 8x10 for any amount, much less what this monkey is getting (or his AGENT). The art market is a strange and mysterious thing...for a good fiction read on the topic, see Steve Martin's An Object of Beauty. Says it all.
ReplyDeleteDamned monkey.
those monkeys know a thing or two...I'll buy the book when they get round to writing it and follow up all of their hints!!
ReplyDeleteCro - your paintings are most definitely better than his.
ReplyDeleteSnake oil. But a great idea. Forget the university fees lottery, and the Euro-millions. I'm catching myself a monkey tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteSOMEone is getting rich and I'm sure it's NOT the monkey!! You could have been the owner, Cro. It only takes one good idea...
ReplyDeleteSadly it's not just 'dumb animals' that produce paintings like this and call it art. Maybe the dumb animals are the people that buy it.
ReplyDeleteSue. I award you 1st Prize for best comment.
ReplyDeleteI have been working with and giving Pockets paints and canvas for the past year to keep him occupied as he is a rescued monkey from the exotic pet trade created by (dumb) humans. Just as a child likes to play and paint with colours so does Pockets. Non-human primates are highly intelligent and they need constant stimulation in captive settings to keep them from becoming withdrawn and bored. The paintings that Pockets has done were used to raise funds for Storybook Farm Primate Sanctuary which is a registered charity within Canada to care for 24 more rescued primates who deserve a chance to be happy.
ReplyDeleteMs. Quinn, I award YOU first prize for most informative and positive comment! Thank you for enlightening us about Pockets' plight. Keep up your good work with these wonderful creatures.
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