Chimpanzee’s Photographs Set to Fetch Over $100,000 At Auction

[kbg32]

http://petapixel.com/2013/05/15/chimpanzees-photographs-set-to-fetch-over-100000-at-auction/

"Sotheby’s contemporary art curator, Suad Garayeva, says the collection is “a very important piece of work”:

It’s a very important piece of work, and it is very exciting to be able to sell the pictures at auction. There’s been a lot of interest because it’s very unusual and it works on so many different levels. It’s an alternative view of Moscow as seen through alternative vision"

 

[Harry Caul]

Here are some photos my 2-year old daughter took with my old Canon SD500 point and shoot. Woo hoo... I'm gonna be rich! And there are probably 50+ more where that came from!

I think they really challenge the notion of how we view art 🙄

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

I wouldn't expect any less from collectors.

 

[robklurfield]

Clearly, the chimp is operating with more mental horsepower than the poor fools buying his art.

Can the chimp balance a checking account? If not, he'll need a business manager.

The collectors need mental health exams and care.

 

[raid]

So silly and such a waste of time.
Why do we still have such humans?

 

[p.giannakis]

.....and it works on so many different levels.

Daaaahhhh ????

 

[mfogiel]

His photos look just like many other masterpieces one can see daily on social media... Perhaps, he should get a Nobel prize ...

 

[raid]

A Nobel Prize for Monkey Work?

 

[AlwaysOnAuto]

Rich people spending silly money on stuff just because they can.

 

[robklurfield]

Anyone know where I can rent a monkey costume?

 

[FrankS]

Here are some photos my 2-year old daughter took with my old Canon SD500 point and shoot. Woo hoo... I'm gonna be rich! And there are probably 50+ more where that came from!

I think they really challenge the notion of how we view art 🙄

These are sublime! Great eye. You must be proud.

 

[TXForester]

I wonder how much my photos would fetch if I dress up in a gorilla suit to shoot them. Wouldn't be cheating. I've been accused of not being very evolved.

 

[thegman]

I suppose it raises the question: Who would need to have been holding the camera for it to be worth $100k?

 

[randolph45]

Now i am really depressed🙁 and I'm not even a monkies uncle.

 

[nikonosguy]

a monkey with a camera.... hmmmmmm

 

[FrankS]

Does a monkey chimp?

 

[GaryLH]

I wonder how much my photos would fetch if I dress up in a gorilla suit to shoot them. Wouldn't be cheating. I've been accused of not being very evolved.

Naw... Just find a gorilla that u can pose w/ a camera that u don't mind being smashed into a million pieces by the time u get the shot 😛

Gary

 

[Bille]

Here are some photos my 2-year old daughter took with my old Canon SD500 point and shoot. Woo hoo... I'm gonna be rich! And there are probably 50+ more where that came from!

I think they really challenge the notion of how we view art 🙄

Pretty good series. 😀

 

[redisburning]

Here are some photos my 2-year old daughter took with my old Canon SD500 point and shoot. Woo hoo... I'm gonna be rich! And there are probably 50+ more where that came from!

I think they really challenge the notion of how we view art 🙄

these are better than most photos I see on forums...

 

[Aristophanes]

Are they aesthetically pleasing? Then who cares how or who or what took them?

Let's give our closest primate cousin a bit of slack 🙂