Mass Production

     At one point art collectors were able to truly conquer all by having one of a kind pieces of art all to themselves, museums took turns with these pieces displaying them all over the world, allowing all of us to experience the beauty, but soon enough the art of prints came into action. Now everyone could hang the Mona Lisa in their house, if course it was a dumbed down version, done on either a matte or glossy finish poster, but with a nice frame, you now had yourself a piece of art hanging on your wall, right?

     I feel as if some of these classic pieces that have been reproduced and/or re-released definitely lose their original aesthetic. No longer do you get to feel the art, but you merely have it take up some wall space in your living room. There's absolutely nothing beautiful about a poster of the Mona Lisa, no whimsical feeling to pair up with Van Gogh's The Starry Night.

     Another issue that has come up n the present day is the mass production of "art". Stores like Urban Outfitters, who's artsy furniture, and apartment accessories are sold by the thousands to hipsters everyday, in an attempt to make their small studio apartments "unique". This is a great attempt at making yourself seem artsy, but the fact of the matter is there are over 1000 other people in the same city as you that have that exact same picture hanging over their bed. So is Urban Outfitters really selling us art? I would say no they're selling us junk to portray a lifestyle that we like to display. Does this make us horrible people? Absolutely not, if we deprived of all things reproduced, then none of us would have anything on our walls, we'd live a bare, bare world, that would be rather depressing. So I say go out and buy that print hang it high and hang it with pride!