Gabriel Avila Santiesteban - El Aristócrata

Technique: Oil on canvas
Signature: Hand signed
I DON'T WANT YOUR MONEY, I WANT YOUR TRUST! ! !

Look.

Let's think about this.

Bitcoin is worth nothing to those who do not have it, but it is worth a lot to those who have it.

Fairly obvious, you say, but what I'm getting at is that the value of Bitcoin is proportional to the trust placed in it as an asset.

It goes up and down like a roller coaster mainly because of the confidence it gains and loses.

The same thing happens with Paper Money or FIAT Currency.

To a greater or lesser extent as the plot needs.

Good.

I was here thinking (sometimes I do) and I came to the conclusion that in Art it's the same shit.

The value of a work of art or an artist is based on the trust placed by Collectors, Galleries, Critics and other actors in the circuit.

This is where I find a fairly important dilemma that I want to tell you and you tell me if it seems reasonable or not.

Look.

I think the difference between an ordinary buyer and a good Collector is "PURCHASE INTENTION".

The former have a "purchase intention" that is born from a purely aesthetic motivation and pay in proportion.

The latter, apart from aesthetic motivation, have a "purchase intention" that is based on trust in an artist, a project or a specific work of art in which ideas of creative evolution, transcendence, authenticity, among others, are intuited. things that are more complex to explain because they tend to be more subjective than objective. (They also pay proportionately) .

Then there are stories in the press and social networks of a lucky person (common buyer) who bought a work for €29. 99 from a man (common buyer) who was selling antiques and it turned out to be a Jackson Pollock worth 50 million Euros.

It sounds good but in the meantime (the good collector) already had 32 paintings by Jackson Pollock, 6 by Picasso and one of mine just in case.

HAHAHAHA, I would like to, but since you don't trust my project you won't know.

At the moment I see that they buy more of the former than the latter.

And I can assure you that trust is a resource that is in short supply, friend.

I know this because I still haven't been able to buy the studio-workshop I want.

The good thing is that I still have firm erections.

Then I'll see what I do to compensate. . .

For now I will be in my room-study-workshop creating trust for (the good Collector) , also available for (the common buyer) .

-The painting measures 102x81 cm with a slight margin to mount on the frame. It will be sent rolled in a thick cardboard tube to avoid damage in transportation, with the appropriate tracking number to anywhere in the world, including (Taiwan, China)

PS: People are leaving me very nice comments. They move me, I guess something moves them too.