2018 "#1 000 000", art studio XY, Wroclaw

The artist creates for the sake of ideas but the world is material.

checkmate.

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"Bankers talk about art, and artists talk about money"

In a world where art and economics have conflicting aspirations, artists worry about their moral purity and believe that it is a faux pas to be interested in money.

The artist is obliged to be hostile towards commercial ventures.

The moral code of the artist is governed by the dogma that dignity and creative independence clash with caring about money. The penny pinchers, waiting for an opportunity, play this note perfectly. Meanwhile, payment for a painting, sculpture, graphic is natural, gratitude for the artist's talent, persistence, passion and developed technical perfection; you can't count the "the vibe" anyway.

This series dismantles the taboo. I literally write on the painting: art has value.

It is for the recipient.

And you, my dearest friend, artist, take care of yourself, because I know that you will go for paints before you take care of your stomach.

2018

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