Trillion Dollar Face (Trn$Face)
46" x 46"
Oil paint, rope and thread on cardboard
$1 000 000 000 000.00
Trn$Face
The Most Expensive Work of Art on Earth
"All men have fears, but the brave put down their fears and go forward, sometimes to death, but always to victory."
(Motto of King's guard in ancient Greece)
Ladies and gentlemen, it is my honour to present to you a unique expression of the human mind - Trillion Dollar Face: The Most Expensive Work of Art on the Planet.
The Face, a visual collision of organic ideas and materials - recycled cardboard, oil paint, rope, thread and a broken paintbrush - is a complex symbol of unity, born from the ashes of the universe and combined with the wisdom of an artist.
The 21st century has been colored by war, economic uncertainty and a general sense of hopelessness. It is in this climate that the Trillion Dollar Face (Trn$Face) was conceived.
The trillion-dollar price is a rebellion against the current artistic conditions that force artists to sacrifice truth and beauty for marketable goods and financial gain. Quality for quantity. This unfair exchange results in an environment where quality is sacrificed; sacrificed for money in the bloated, bleeding belly of the market.
I believe that the current market has no solid roof under which artists can stretch their canvases. Instead, we must challenge the practices that have led the world to a recession and a future with little hope. Each one of us must set aside our fears and pursue all channels to circumvent the established system.
Today, technology provides us with the necessary tools to connect with people in almost every corner of the earth. We must employ these channels to convey our ideas directly to one another and encourage a new collective dialogue.
The moment demands that we establish a new standard that would allow art and artists to gain a greater insight into the intricacies of life. We must compose a never-ending play on nature's stage where we, the people, sing out loud: 'I think art, I build art, I breathe art, I believe art and I am art'.
We must observe nature's platform candidly. Like the Trn$Face, all art must convey a strong expression of truth and beauty with nature as its measure. If we fail to perceive nature, then we not only damage our natural environment but we will scar humanity. With a paintbrush and a gentle brush stroke, nature alters the course of life and in a similar way, we, the students of nature must produce eternal works that will change the landscape of today and of the future.
Art is nature. Art is truth. Art is beauty. Art is freedom. Art is the voice of men and women drifting in the lonely sea. Art is You. Art is all that we know and all that we know not.
Using technology, we must work collectively and candidly express our ideas through the veins of the Internet to everyone across this planet. Art is the struggle to be brave.
Art is Trn$Face, an expression of the 21st century modern man.
