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Back to Summer 2006 The Top 10 by Milton Esterow “Collectors are suffering from cognitive dissonance,” said Stephen A. Wynn, the Las Vegas casino mogul and one of the world’s top art collectors. “They’re struggling intellectually. They know that their paintings are worth more than they paid for them and they know that if they sell they can’t replace them.” On the other hand, Daniella Luxembourg, a private dealer and director of the Geneva-based investment company ArtVest S.A., pointed out that “when the market is high, more people are willing to sell. When the market is low, they’re not.” What’s causing the cognitive dissonance? “The art market,” said Michael Findlay, a director of Acquavella Galleries in New York, “is defying the laws of gravity. What went up isn’t coming down.” He added: “A few of us have been predicting that the art market is going to trip. I’m happy that we were wrong.” To put it all in perspective, said Findlay, “keep in mind that 1989 was considered the top of a bubble market. Then 1991 was the bottom. While the market is quite strong today, in general it has taken 17 years to return to the highest levels of the past, dollar for dollar, in Impressionist and modern art. Certain artists, like Picasso, are an exception.” What about the explosion in contemporary art? “You see the most inflation with artists who you never saw at auction ten years ago,” said one observer of art auctions. “Only time will tell whether it becomes a hard part of the market or an aberration.” Wynn, Luxembourg, and Findlay were among the collectors, dealers, auctioneers, museum directors, curators, and consultants interviewed by ARTnews correspondents in 22 countries for the 16th annual ARTnews 200 (and its Top Ten), our list of the world’s most active collectors. This year’s list contains 20 collectors who did not make it last year. “There are new faces today in the art market, a gradual movement into and out of a core group of major collectors,” said Findlay. “It doesn’t change dramatically from year to year. It changes dramatically over a decade.” This was made even clearer when we studied the ARTnews 200 of 1996. The study showed that 61 percent, or 122 collectors, who made the list in 1996 were not on the 2006 list. During our survey, the experts were also asked: In the era of the “I-don’t-care bidder,” how high will the market go? When will the boom bust? “No one sees an end in sight,’ said Neal Meltzer, a private dealer and former head of contemporary art at Christie’s. “The market will change but no one knows when,” said Luxembourg. Are there any dark clouds? Or any clouds? “The willingness to buy mediocre paintings is quite pervasive, like in the ’80s,” said one veteran of the ’80s. “Keep in mind that zeros get added and taken away quite easily in our world,” said another. How big is the universe of collectors ready, willing, and able to spend millions of dollars for a work of art? I asked four knowledgeable observers to give estimates. Because they prefer to remain anonymous, we’ll call them A, B, C, and D. Their answers are on the table above. Do these collectors have anything in common besides a lot of money? A, B, C, and D were unanimous: To some, it’s a commodity. To some, it’s passion. To some, it’s both. What’s the difference between a collector and an investor? “The collector wants the work of art more than he wants the money,” said Wynn.

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BHAJJU SHYAM

GOND ARTIST of MADHYA PRADESH

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Origin Myth | London Jungle Book | Night Life of Trees (video clip)

Bhajju Shyam’s London Jungle Book, published by Tara Publishing has made him a household name in many countries. His book reflects his reactions responses to the cultural experience of London, which he interprets in the Gondi style. Bhajju Shyam collaborated with Durga Bai and Ram Singh Urveti on Tara Publishing’s The Night Life of Trees which won the Bolognaragazzi Award.

Bhajju Shyam’s motifs are drawn from nature, from the Gond pantheon, folk tales, and the community’s origin myths. He has used Krishna-Radha motif, showing cows drawn to the sound of the god’s flute. Bhajju Shyam remembers that his mentor, Jangarh Singh Shyam, was also a flute player. Bhajju Shyam’s wife Deepa Shyam has also started painting recently. Her main motif is the crow, who in the Gondi creation myth was sent by Badadev to fetch the clay with which he shaped the earth.

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Patachitra

Patachitra Art Form Contact Us Traveling to Bhubaneshwar Patachitra Paintings Orissa Raghurajpur

Patachitra : Patachitra Patachitra Patachitra : Besides mural paintings, there are miniature paintings which are called patachitras. Pattas are now used as wall hangings. The subject matter of Patta paintings is limited to religious themes. The stories of Rama and Krishna are usually depicted on the Pattas. Rasa Lila, Vastra Haran, Kaliya Dalan are some of the recurring themes of Patta art. Pata Chitra of Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra, the Navagrahas and the deities are also famous. In some parts of Orissa, during marriage ceremonies, Patta chitras of Durga and Mahadev are used. The traditional art of Patachitra was practised by the Mahapatra or the Maharana (Professional Painters) caste. Their work flourished with the patronage of the temples, for which they created religious paintings -particularly of Lord Jagannath. Even today, they are mostly created on Ghumurara dance and Sambalpuri dance. The Chitrakaras also traditionally have the important tasks of repainting the Jagannath Temple, deities and chariots every year. Ganjapa, circular playing cards, created by the chitrakaras, are a collector's item. Vividly coloured, they depict a fine sense of traditional aesthetics. The pattachitra artists have revived a lost art and tourists can see this fascinating and detailed form of painting and etching being recreated at the deft hands of craftsmen at the Raghurajpur artist's village, near Puri.

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"A cultura Ocidental só se mantém pelo desejo do resto do mundo de ter acesso a ela."

do livro de Serge Latouche: "Pequeno Tratado do Decrescimento Sereno", P 84.