Dave Hickey's lecture was interesting to hear. It was not what I had initially expected, most of the art critics that we have listened to in class where very plain and did not open up like Hickey did.
He states that if you are an Icon of Virtue, you will stand out. It is important to stick to your ambitions as an artist, and not become immersed in the idea of producing art to make a profit.
Hickey also says that by being correct, all you can lose is money. But what will you do with all this money. Leo Castillo's says you can't be right all the time, but you can never be wrong. Leo's idea of being wrong was selling something for to much money. Overpriced art compromises everyones artwork.
The return of primary practice in the 80s and 90s was a very hypocritical period of art. Hickey made some funny jokes about how the good art was placed in the back of the museum or show and the crappy stuff was put in the front. Hickey says that this hurt the public funding to art and weakened the power of museums.
Hickey also talks about hyper liquidity and its relation to art. The art bubble as he refers to it, brings tremendous money into the art world. In the 20th century there is more art produced then people to buy it. All in all, I think that Hickey had a very interesting way of addressing what he feels to to be the problem with art and the inflation of art prices. Although I find some art to be way overpriced, I still believe that good art does cost money. I don't see how artists can be mad that they aren't receiving large sums of money for their work, they can only be mad that it is not them.
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