Art is bananas, but it doesn’t have to be.
What if we told you that a banana is art?
Or a piece of duct tape is art?
Or a piece of duct tape over a banana is art?
Or that a banana duct taped to a wall sold as a piece of art for over $6 million?
Would you think we were bananas?
Well, it’s true.
The price of the banana bought from the street vendor the morning of the auction: $.35.
The price of the duct tape used to secure the banana to the wall: $2.00.
All told, the materials for the art cost less than $5.00. That’s a $6,199,995 profit.
Want to know what’s even fruitier?
That was the third time the banana taped to the wall sold. The other two sales were $120,000 and $150,000.
Oh, and you’re not buying a banana taped to a wall. That will last only a week or so.
You’re buying the right to duct tape a banana to a wall and call it “Comedian”.
One person’s breakfast is another person’s multi-million dollar art.
We hope from this example you’ll begin to see:
Value is created.
Value is influenced.
Value is maintained.
Value is promoted.
Value is fluid.
Value is relative.
Value is contextual.
Value is personal.
Miriam has dedicated her entire life to creating value through her art.
She has practiced and honed her craft for an hour a day for over 70 years.
She studied art as an undergrad at the University of Alabama and postgraduate at the Art Students League of New York.
She learned under some of the country’s best artists like Mark Rothko, Jerry Farnsworth, and Albert Handel.
She workshopped with artists throughout the decades to explore new mediums.
She created stunning pieces during the American Abstract Expressionist Movement.
She’s painted or drawn significant works in every medium.
She captured the beauty, growth, and struggle of her hometown of Birmingham, Alabama for over 70 years.
She’s volunteered for years teaching art at a local nursing home, helped raise money to build the Birmingham Museum of Art, and supported local artists and art organizations in Birmingham, and Alabama, as well as art facility expansion in a local high school.
She’s been honored as a celebrated woman artist in Alabama.
And she expresses her deep faith in God through her art over the decade like no other artist of her generation.
All while raising a family, running a home, and caregiving for 30-plus years.
We value Miriam’s art and work from this perspective.
Yes, art can be bananas, but Miriam’s work is valuable any way you peel it.
We hope to continue to share the value of her art with you and…
We appreciate each collector, follower, friend, family member, advisor, business, gallery, and institution for valuing and supporting Miriam’s art.
