VM wrote: Earlier this week, an untitled abstract masterpiece by Gaitonde sold at a Christies auction in Mumbai for $4.4 million dollars, beating the $4.1 million benchmark set in New York a few months earlier by Souza's 1955 oil-on-board, 'Birth'. Souza and Gaitonde died less than 15 years ago, and in their own lifetimes neither sold a painting for even $10,000. both men died almost penniless, in near-solitary circumstances, almost totally ignored by the same Indian art "establishment" that now feeds greedily off their corpuses. Souza and Gaitonde's younger peers Laxman Pai and Vamona Navelcar are alive, but just as ignored and overlooked as today's record breakers were just 15 years ago. Perhaps even more egregious is the case of Goa's utterly brilliant young artists: Viraj Naik, Loretti Pinto, Pradeep Naik, Shilpa Mayenkar Naik, Santosh Morajkar, Karishma D'Souza, Kedar Dhondu, Siddarth Gosavi, Kalidas Mhamai and others.
Response: Why is it that works of such great artists are admired and valued after their death? Why are they not appreciated during their lifetime? Regards Marshall -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. Goanet annual year-end meet in Goa: if you're reading this, you're eligible to join us! Dec 28, 2015 @ 11 am Fundacao Oriente, Panjim Confirm your participation with a short email to goa...@goanet.org -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
