If you suddenly potyanet deal with the terminology, to preserve the internal balance is better not to go beyond the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (БСЭ). To make it all clear and specific. For example, it helps to establish the source of the opinion that the visual arts - this section Art of Plastic , combining painting , sculpture , schedule , photography . And point. As they say lawyers - private list. And that is just kopnut, look at Wikipedia.org, and will begin ... Glyptics (carved on stones), digital painting, computer graphics, arts and crafts (the other sources exclude him from the fine visual arts, along with the architecture), design and ... tattoo. The mention of the latter type of fine arts a few undermine the seriousness of the logic of the drafters of the article (online encyclopedia «Wikipedia» created by users), but only at first glance. Remember Belgian artist, Wim Delvua to express themselves through tattoos on pig skin? People, by the way, he also tatuiruet . But his name has already been marginalized language is not rotated: Images of the exhibits did not go to the pages of magazines, worker well-known and commercially successful. And you say ... However, an attempt to formalize all the subspecies of Fine Arts - the right way to transfer rolled nuances: aerography, graffiti and so on. Still, do not deviate from the interpretation of the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, which is nothing fundamentally new to the definition of visual arts, these searches are not added.

Yes, and what this quest? The vast majority of works of art in the gallery and auction market turnover, represented in painting and graphics. Such preferences were formed, not only for historical reasons. Just convenient and practical: looks impressive, square meters of useful area does not take, transport is not difficult, and in a safe European or Asian Freeport lay comfortably. Traditional buyers' taste is difficult to break even sellers of fashionable contemporary art. Observed that, if not «canvas-oil», so the wall does not hang up, the liquidity of product drops. Just step aside - a large sculpture or installation, and start to doubt tolstosumy yes nose gate, as if they themselves have to wash the dust from it or even worse - pomutnevshy formalin in the tank change.

In third place on the collection of demand for fine art is, perhaps, a sculpture. The small size does not create troubles in the special location, and maintenance and will give pleasure not less. In the past, before the sculpture of the market was feeling fine: the price update records as antique pieces and works of contemporary artists. Record sales of Demiana Hirst, Jeff Koons , Takashi Murakami, Anisha Kapoor attracted the attention of new collectors. Some «first name» Contemporary Art offer even sculptural mass production to mass segments: small sculpture cost about 3 000 U.S. produced, for example, and Koons and Murakami. In the same price category, even much less walk, if you remember, stock closed restaurant Pharmacy Demiana Hirst -- glasses, ashtrays and other «small sculptural forms» . Careful treatment and targeted acquisition of the sculpture - to the buyers usually come with a lot of experience collecting works of traditional formats (like beginners more pictures, so «pozhirnee»). But it's for the best: for the selection of a collection of sculptures is not only education but also the worldly wisdom. Novice collector is unlikely to have the highest exercise caution in provenansa sculptures with no doubt as to the authenticity (ie, the purchase of the studio). And this is important. It's no secret that the one form of gypsum can be done a few castings. And one thing, if the casting does the author in the same year, and another thing, if the additional copies of castings made many years after his death - though perfectly legal, for example, under the supervision of the fund. Price in this case may differ by several times, despite the fact that copies of the old and the new castings essentially identical. It is no accident nekazisty plaster (a form, which is casting) usually costs several times more expensive than bronze with him, despite the fact that bronze looks impressive, plus a piece of fine art is long life and physical strength.

For collectors of sculpture in Russia do not need fantastic money. If you pursue the same investment objectives and targeting a first name, for example, in an informal post-war art, it is worth paying attention to the works of Ernst Neizvestny , Sidura , Alexander Ney . Works by these artists can still be selected with relatively affordable price range of up to 10 thousand dollars. In any case, especially in front of a large purchase is secure: the most important sculptors have a fund that is better to ask for confirmation of the authenticity of the purchased items. To work now living artists (including those unknown and Ney) such a request can be addressed in their studios.

A significant resurgence of interest today is experiencing art photography - both antique and vintage post-war, and modern. Photographic artists of the first magnitude has successfully traded on the market, sold at auctions, but bias against photography as replicable application of domestic genre of fine arts was quickly broken by the Russian and international curators. Naturally, the picture is not investment grade control: regulated and circulation, and number of copies, recorded history of its existence. For those who are planning to invest in the image of Russian artists, the forum ARTinvestment.RU a series of benchmarks for the names of recognized and emerging authors . In particular, the famous photographer Vladimir Clavijo-Telepnev as strong artists notes «Moscow» Alexander Samoilov, the late Alexander Viktorov, Igor Mukhin (a subjective subject), «питерцев» Andrew Chezhina, Alexei Titarenko, Chernogrivova Alexander, Gregory Mayofisa, and Valeria and Natalya Cherkashin. Of the actual fashion photographers can draw attention to the work of Oleg Dou - his work, although ambiguity criticism, already part of the yoke of Russian art at international auction. At auctions and gallery market access and photographs of famous Sixties, for example, Francisco Infante-Arana. In addition to an interesting story of their strength is, and moderate price. A copy of the circulation of the same «Suprematist games», that is all «books» on the Sixties, is cheaper than 10 thousand dollars. Generally speaking, as in recent years «shot» photo, is a pleasant surprise and undermine the postulate that growth is doomed to remain the leader of painting technique. Correct, perhaps, to say otherwise. Investment potential depends not only on technology but on the quality and uniqueness of works of fine art. Liquidity «wall» usually higher - it is payment for the comfort and honor the historic habit. But the opportunity to be a record price can be in any technology. Suffice it to recall the 57,1 million dollars, paid at Sotheby's 5 December 2007 for the lion sculpture, height 8.26 cm, which was completed almost 5 thousand years ago . Every centimeter of this masterpiece of fine art cost the new owner almost 7 million dollars.

Please note wishing a better understanding of the topic of techniques used in art, that the editors ARTinvestment.RU soon to be published dictionary, which helps novice collectors and investors to clarify the meaning of many specific terms.

The publication used the views of participants Forum ARTinvestment.RU .

material prepared by Alexander Soloviev, ARTinvestment.RU

P. S. On this topic, see:
Painting: storage and control of
Modern Art: to wait is not worth buying