I've indicated before that I personally don't get moved by Gursky's work. But I'll readily admit that I don't believe I could take (or create) a picture that would provoke as many comments on LuLa as this one of his has.
I admit: he has something (besides money) that I don't have.
Eric
Yes, Eric: I suspect you'd find balls of brass and a scrap metal business that sells them.
I have no fight with artists making pots of money; the problem is accepting some as artists. That some otherwise proven artists have also made delightfully funny images to tease their public doesn't diminish their stature; but they have this other body of work too...
Not much to do with grapes of the sour variety, much to do with not wanting to override my own judgement. There is no automatic link between size and artistic worth, just with production cost, impact on other people and the implication that if it's bigger it must be better and thus more worthy of high prices. There is, however, a real, visible link between size of a 'work' and whether it works at that magnification. Some images look better small, others need a larger display; some don't work regardless of scale. I have many of the latter so I speak with authority.
Rob C