How a Science Fiction Book Cover Became a $5.7 Million Painting
Basically, 'artist' Glenn Brown has been taking famous science fiction book covers and repainting them in a large scale. The article says his duplication of Chris Foss' cover for Isaac Asimov's Stars Like Dust just sold at an auction for 5.7 MILLION dollars.The fine art collector crowd would never buy one of Chris Foss' paintings, but a copy?
The video about Glenn's work is especially odd.
I am curious what others think about this. Ron Miller. local illustrator Tom Miller's brother has some cogent points in the comments section.
I suppose the real issue is not that someone did this but that some art collector paid that much for it rather than say maybe buying some actual originals by the artists he duplicated. If someone copies his painting copying Foss, will he go after that artist like Koons went after people selling balloon dogs?
