UPDATE: Steve Turner Gallery responds–> https://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/2014/08/steve-turner-gallery-responds-to-post.html
Remember “Flip City,” Jonas Lund’s June solo exhibition at Steve Turner in LA that featured a series of process-based abstract paintings created as flip bait for speculator-collectors?
[Image at top: Flip City 18, 2014, digital painting on canvas, gel medium and GPS tracker, 50 x 40 inches.]
The paintings were outfitted with GPS tracking devices so that the sales of each generic-looking painting in the secondary market could be tracked “in the years to come.” Lund set up a website where the documentation would be publicly posted. The Terms of Ownership for each painting were as follows:
1. This work is part of “Flip City,” a 2014 series by Jonas Lund which consists of forty paintings.
2. Each work has attached to it a GPS tracking device which will identify the general location of the work (city, zip or postal code and country).
3. The Artist will maintain a website which will include images of all forty paintings as well as the current general location of each work. He will regularly update the website to account for any changes of location.
4. By purchasing this work, Buyer explicitly agrees to all of the terms of ownership herein described and that he/she will not tamper with nor remove the GPS tracking device.
5. As the GPS tracking device runs on a lithium battery that has a finite life span (it is supposed to last up to three years), Buyer agrees to cooperate with Artist should the battery need to be replaced.
6. Buyer agrees to inform a subsequent Buyer that the GPS tracking device is an integral part of this work.
7. Buyer agrees to inform a subsequent Buyer that he/she must register his/her ownership with Artist at flip-city.net for the express purpose of replacing the battery when necessary.
8. Should Buyer or subsequent Owner consign this work to an auction, the consignor is obligated to inform the auctioneer that the work is to be sold with the following condition included in the catalogue description: �The buyer of this lot is obligated to register his/her ownership with the artist (Jonas Lund) at flip-city.net and agrees to the terms of ownership as stamped on the back of this painting and on the Certificate of Authenticity.�
9. These terms apply to each successive Owner of this work.
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I am no art critic, i do not have to be to have an opinion on an art piece. Actually I am just a student and I have a question. What does an artist create? A painter a sculptor, what do they create? In my opinion there are two things they make. One is material the other is not. I think they create a body, with that I mean a canvas with paint, a piece of paper, a sculpture or any other material subject an artist forges. And then there is the immaterial. They generate emotions. They make emotions come to you as soon as you see, hear, or feel the piece of art. They must not be positive emotions. Some artists intend you to sense a negative feeling. Therefore I think, that people who say something is not a piece of art havent thought it through. They think that having a negative response to an art piece means that the art is bad or that it shouldn't be considered as art. In my philosophy even this text I wrote can be considered as a piece of art. I have created something material and i hope dear readers I have caused you to think about this. If this made you think, I hope you will form your own opinion on this matter.
Alexey Zagorulko a 15 year old school kid