{"id":6517,"date":"2011-08-19T08:23:21","date_gmt":"2011-08-19T13:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=6517"},"modified":"2011-08-20T09:47:18","modified_gmt":"2011-08-20T14:47:18","slug":"ashed-to-ashes-dust-to-dust-to-dots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2011\/08\/19\/ashed-to-ashes-dust-to-dust-to-dots\/","title":{"rendered":"~ashed to ashes, dust to dots . . . ? LARRY & DAMIEN business, as usual"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nthe 50 ft wide – “EDGE Of HARKNESS” – on East 75th St – new home to LARRY GAGOSIAN . . .
\nPHOTO BY JIM ALCORN – C\/O NEW YORK POST <\/a><\/p>\n

speaking of GOGO – I guess there’s gold in them thar ashes to ashes, dust to dust hills. well man-made ruins, is maybe the better word.
\nthe NEW YORK POST’S JENNIFER GOULD KEIL reported yesterday that the mega dealer just blew $36.5 million on a Manhattan townhouse, make that mansion – that was originally owned by the HARKNESS family . . . <\/p>\n

see: ART OF THE DEAL\/GIMME SHELTER . . . NEW YORK POST\/AUGUST 18, 2011<\/a><\/p>\n

either that, and \/ or maybe – selling DAMIEN HIRST DOT paintings – is like having your very own currency – printing press !! <\/p>\n

according to CAROL VOGEL, of the NEW YORK TIMES, DAMIEN and GOGO – will be presenting a gigantic simultaneous global ‘wave’ exhibition of some 300 DAMIEN HIRST dot paintings – around the world – or better put – in each of the 11 international Gagosian locations, including the three in our very own NYC. this despite a prior Hirst announcement that: “. . . his production of dead animals and spot paintings would be drastically reduced”. “Not exactly”, Vogel goes on to relate: . . . “reminded of that statement in a recent telephone interview, he chuckled and said: ‘I keep trying to end them. But then I get these crazy ideas, and I can’t stop.'”
\nHar-de-har-har. <\/p>\n

in 2008 – Hirst staged a 2 day auction at Sotheby’s in London – where 223 examples of his work – totaled $200.7 million in sales. that’s when he made the above quoted ‘promised’ reduction of dead animal and dot paintings . . . as part of his sales pitch.
\nhey man, try dying. . . that will really<\/em> put a bankable production limit – on the work.
\n(just joking, dudes. calm down . . . ) <\/p>\n

see: CAROL VOGEL … talks dots\/NEW YORK TIMES\/scroll down that post !!<\/a><\/p>\n

guess they are banking on – all those dots – no matter how many there are ? – adding up – to a lot of zeros. <\/p>\n

well at least, unlike the dead animals, and even the still-life ob-gyn offices – in over-size aquariums !! – you don’t need to employ an in-house haz mat team – to keep the thing, up and running. or – does that give you additional bragging rights ?<\/p>\n

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\nPHOTO BY BILLIE SCHEEPERS\/DAMIEN HIRST & SCIENCE LTD\/COURTESY: NEW YORK TIMES<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

the 50 ft wide – “EDGE Of HARKNESS” – on East 75th St – new home to LARRY GAGOSIAN . . . PHOTO BY JIM ALCORN – C\/O NEW YORK POST speaking of GOGO – I guess there’s gold in them thar ashes to ashes, dust to dust hills. well man-made ruins, is maybe the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6517"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6517"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6585,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6517\/revisions\/6585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}