Dave Hickey

I enjoyed Dave Hickey's lecture because he made it comical. He made it easy to listen to and understand the things he wanted to get across to the audience. Although he is an art critic, he went about talking about art in a different way than what we are used to hearing in class. I liked how he mentioned the first point in being that people like art better than money. From what we have been talking about in class recently, it can be seen that people are going to all lengths to dish out great sums of money to purchase a particular piece of art. Once they have collected one piece of that art, it only goes on from there so they feel the need to buy more. He also mentions that there are artists that like money better than art. They make their pieces to the satisfy the people who are interested in buying. I liked how he started asking question after question about how the dealer stakes a reputation of compromising to be right and never be wrong and to gain the piece that they want. They all have different opinions and out takes on various pieces. He mentions that this world never exists, part of that being in the late 70s from when art started becoming a public funding so that the museum disappeared. You could no longer see paintings of the original piece. This transformation of the art world is now an art market place. He states that if the art does not change nobody is going to buy any pieces. I enjoy how he mentions that he is bored with the pieces and he wants a normal artwork. He says he loves when people buy art and asks if that piece is worth that person's standard. But he questions whether that person is purchasing it just to purchase it or if they really have the focus and interest of the artwork. At the end he just wants people to go out and buy it but to aknowledge what they are buying and make sure they are buying it for the right reasons.

--Jessica