Italian artist auctions off invisible sculpture for $18,000

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An Italian Artist Auctioned Off an ‘Invisible Sculpture’ for $18,300. It’s Made Literally of Nothing | Artnet News

“It is a work that asks you to activate the power of the imagination,” the artist, Salvatore Garau, said of his sculpture.

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From the department of “They sold that for how much?!” comes today’s story, about an Italian artist who, for the cool price of €15,000 ($18,300), recently auctioned an artwork that is… well, nothing.

Last month, the 67-year-old artist Salvatore Garau sold an “immaterial sculpture”—which is to say that it doesn’t exist.

Lo Sono went up for sale in May at the Italian auction house Art-Rite. The pre-sale estimate valued the piece between €6,000-9,000, according to AS, but competing bidders pushed the price tag to €15,000.

The lucky buyer went home with a certificate of authenticity and a set of instructions: the work, per Garau, must be exhibited in a private house in a roughly five-by-five-foot space free of obstruction.



Missing from article: "man gets his invisible imaginary friend to pick it up for him".

 

[SneakDZA]

Lazy. He could have sold some shit for $334k

Artist's Shit - Wikipedia

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[Dwayne]

Finesse

 

[Disanthrope]

 

[1/2]

in before the buyer resells it and calls it in as stolen

funny but a smart buy for a guy with change to play with

art holds its value, and a story like this will only raise the value

somebody in his future family is gonna sell that antique invisible sculpture for M's

 

[Lou Cypher]

Shit looks fire.

 

[O.G.]

If he was black he would be arrested for fraud.

 

[Marc123]

I saw this on the news. Dude basically sold air.

This cant be life.

 

[ChicagoFigure]

I saw this on the news. Dude basically sold air.

This cant be life.

Lays chips been doing it for a minute now

 

[Sony Montana]

I hope humans get wiped off the earth

 

[BRIAN B.]

If he was black he would be arrested for fraud.

man

close this got damn thread

 

[16bitSheez]

So you at least get a receipt with it ?

 

[GOAT]

I saw this on the news. Dude basically sold air.

This cant be life.

U can buy bags of air on ebay

My bro paid for 2 bags of air from Hawaii bcuz the 1st bag arrived popped

 

[Gunner83]

I have a few of em