#industrialworld

[the-art-eclectic]

How much work does it take to keep a world turning?

Clockwork Ant

[parisinperson]

The industrial revolution brought about the possibility of endlessly copying the works of art, therefore making them all-accessible. It seems like everyone can get a faithful copy of the finest painting, even statue. According to the laws of supply and demand, this infinite supply coupled with the same demand drastically devalues art. However, obscured by thousands of copies, the artist still had to put in the same amount of work to produce the original as his fellow painter or sculptor did before the industrial revolution. In some cases, it was even more hours and more effort, to produce the work suitable for industrial means of reproduction. But then copying the work on such a large scale, churning it out is such high volumes, completely nilled his effort, inventiveness, research, struggle and pain of creation. While we tend to admire a singular and unique original of say, Michelangelo's David - all the while forgetting that it took an entire studio to produce it, not an individual - we walk past examples of industrial art, made irrelevant by their sheer numbers. These lovely ornaments are forgot and ignored by everyone and anyone, except the occasional pensive lost soul or a particularly anal tour guide. #lamp #lamppost #industrial #industrialart #industrialworld #industrialrevolution #street #streetart #industrialstreetart (presso Champs-Élysées À Paris, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHx2TEUphxX/?igshid=loa9xlfu3eqc