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Something for you, your kids, or Art Basel

Ahh, as the holidays approach, kids will spend more time at home, and art lovers/hustlers will head to Miami for Art Basel. During this special season, you may require something extra to occupy your wild children or your inner idle child. You may want to look at weird art and speculate over which banana will sell for $120,000.

I got you.

*Also, try to guess without looking at the captions which piece of art on this list sold for $4.3 million dollars.

“And so with ends comes beginnings” by Miami artist, Antonia Wright.

And don’t get me wrong, I love art. Real artists are worth every bitcoin when their work is meaningful. I’ll be at Art Basel too, a commoner amongst the beautiful people, like a lowly lost sprinkle swirling in the splash pool at the Ice Cream Museum.

So, here is my alphabetical guide to creating cheap art that could one day be worth a small fortune. Most of these art supplies can be found around your house, or at the dollar store, with the exception of the van, but you can always make friends with a dude with a van...

Writers: Substitute the word “art” for “stories” and write a story from the image or thing.

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A

Make art from APPLES.

“Them Apples” by Anri Sala, was exhibited at Art Basel in 2017. Them Apples is a large-scale drawing project. 44 drawings of individual apples from which a bite has been taken are arranged on the wall as notes on an imaginary score of the German national anthem. The bites, like fingerprints, are unique and belong to refugees the artist invited to participate. 

B

Make art from BALLOONS.

UP AGAINST, 2014 by Cheryl Pope at Art Basel Miami.

C

Make art from CHICKEN

Chicken Knickers, by Sarah Lucas. Bought for approx $20,057 in 2008.

D

Mark art from DOODOO

Artist’s Shit by Piero Manzoni, which he claimed was a tin of his doodoo. It sold for $300,000 in 2016.

E

Make art from EARS.

Ear by Yura Taralov

F

Make art from FAT.

Untitled, by Yura Taralov

G

Make art from GLITTER.

Sadie Barnette, Untitled, from Art Basel 2018

H

Make art from HAIR.

Mushroom hair art by Laetitia KY

I

Make art from ICE.

Wall of Ice, by Robert Longo, sold for around $400,000 at Art Basel 2016

J

Make art from JUNK.

McDonald’s as Sculpture Material, by Terry Border

K

Make art from KALE.

Kale, Cheers, by Gretchen Roehrs

L

Make art from LEAVES.

Face Nature, by Madeline Schwartzman

M

Make art from MANGOS.

Analog Binary Code: “This is just to say” by Sasha Stiles

N

Make art from NOTHING.

“Air” by Salvatore Garau which sold for $18,300 and was composed of nothing, just empty space. A Florida man later sued the artist, claiming to have invented “Nothing art” first.

O

Make art from ORANGES.

Roelof Louw’s pyramid of oranges, purchased by the Tate for $30,000

P

Make art from PILES.

Untitled (Dirt) by Robert Morris

Q

Make art from Q-TIPS.

Q-Tip painting on foil by the Dayton Art Institute.

R

Make art from ROCKS.

Kohen, 2022 by Jon Foreman of SculptTheWorld

S

Make art from SWEETS.

Untitled (Portrait of Ross in L.A.) by Felix Gonzales-Torres

T

Make art from TOYS.

Foo Foo 2 by Robert Bradford.

U

Make art from UNDERWEAR

Panties, by Joana Kruse

V

Make art from VANS.

1978 Volkswagen Van filled with one ton of bananas, by Brazillian artist PAULO NAZARETH, Banana Market/Art Market. 2011. Miami Perez Museum 2015

W

Make art from WATER.

Rhein II by Andreas Gursky, which sold for $4.3 million dollars in 2011.

X

Make art from XYLOGRAPHY.

Xylography by Ibrahim Miranda Ramos ̈High Tide”

Y

Make art from YARN.

Ruffians, 2019 by Sheila Hicks, selling for $85,000 at Art Basel in 2019.

Z

Make art from ZEST.

Scott Fraser, “Lemon Fall.”

Did you make it this far?

Well, I hope you enjoyed this art or writing inspiration. We will see what sells at this year’s Miami Beach Art Basel soon, and one day, it could be you cashing that check. But before that, you can use this guide to make art with your kids.

Or better yet, make art yourself for the joy of it.

What will you make?

Can art save the world? Can the world save art?