Most undervalued American art today? I would have said bronze figures from any period -- most of which sell for less than the current cost of casting them - but I really have no idea whether the auction value of this stuff will improve in anyone's lifetime. That's something for a professional dealer to answer -- and none of them seem to promoting this kind of product.
On the other hand -- I have recently seen dealers promoting the reputations of selected artists from the 1930s American Scene and 1950s non-expressionist abstraction -- so it looks William is right. The prices on these things are still rather low (hardly enough to support a living artist) -so maybe these genres are currently a good buy. But dare we ask what kings of things are aesthetically, rather than monetarily undervalued ? Is such a question possible ? And who would be qualified to answer it? Wouldn't this be one of the jobs of the art critic? And yet -- here is how the art critic of the Chicago Tribune answered the question : "What now constitutes quality in contemporary art?" "the dominant institution of our time, the financial institution, defines artistic quality more practically and nakedly than any institution concerned with a life of the spirit or mind: In the 21st Century the finest contemporary art is the art that makes the most money" So whatever happened to those institutions "concerned with a life of the spirit or mind" ? They seem to have had some importance in the past. _____________________________________________________________ Save for the future with great IRA Funds. Click now! http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2211/fc/Ioyw6ijmdWTzr0HW7Wxv63w2YFY2qo gbdfKVZGOIJcNXLU7eL0NSCo/?count=1234567890
