{"id":3044,"date":"2015-01-18T23:48:14","date_gmt":"2015-01-19T04:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=3044"},"modified":"2015-01-18T23:48:14","modified_gmt":"2015-01-19T04:48:14","slug":"exploring-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2015\/01\/18\/exploring-art","title":{"rendered":"exploring art"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of my goals in 2015 & going forward is to diversify my interests from just the IT industry. One of those categories that I think I\u2019m quite interested in, is art<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lately I\u2019ve been taking meetings with folk, typically on a day, and since November 2014 to now, I\u2019ve done 3 of these (so an average of one a month). Just this week, I met with a Malaysian art appraiser and it garnered very interesting conversation. For me, I think art must be affordable. The art world seems stuffy, and in Malaysia, gallery owners are artifically inflating prices. I expect more people to want to collect art like they may collect a watch or aspire to buy a car \u2013 you start with a Swatch, graduate to a Timex and then buy your Tag Heuer (or you start driving a Myvi, graduate to a Vios, then buy yourself a Civic, and then a Camry, and then a C Class Mercedes).<\/p>\n

Anyway, to think about it, last year I picked up a Thierry Noir, caught Ai Weiwei in Berlin, went around Siem Reap looking at art and purchasing a piece from a local artist, and I made my first purchase from a Malaysian photographer, Keng Leong. I myself took part in an exhibition called Web To Wall<\/a>, back in 2006, when I was a much more active photographer. It\u2019s only taking a decade to come together ;-)<\/p>\n

In December 2014, it didn\u2019t help that there were some really interesting stories I read about two very fascinating characters. The New Yorker had a profile of Hans Ulrich Obrist \u2013 The Art of Conversation<\/a>. The other was the New York Times doing a profile of\u00a0Stefan Simchowitz \u2013 The Art World\u2019s Patron Saint<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This made me want to read and dig deeper about these two very interesting characters. And the multitude of articles are truly inspiring.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So here\u2019s looking forward to seeing what I do to achieve this goal this year and in the future.<\/p>\n

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