Modern art in a bottle
ARTinvestment.RU   12 августа 2016

In Peter's second time to host extravagant auction "Art for booze". It's real

"St. Petersburg — funny, even from your alcoholism know how to make the brand", — aptly summed up the essence of the news by my colleague. The second auction "Art for booze" on 24 September 2016 at the new bar on Vladimirsky prospect, 14. Evoking the title quite accurately describes the format of the auction: "bid" — is a bottle from the bar, chosen by the artist himself. A step of the auctions is the "one drink" — the cost of the same drink at the bar. As the organizers write, "thus, we demonstrate that people spend money more easily on the party, rather than works of art". The idea is quite clear: art lovers drink in capitals incomparably more than I spend on paintings.

the First auction of "Art for booze" took place in 2015, was a success, great PR. About the dashing trick wrote the BBC and , Forbes, and TV footage showed channel "Vesti 24". the Work of Nikolai Vasilyev "the Staircase in the Kremlin," according to the organizers, went even a collection of anonymous employee of the presidential administration.

According to auction rules, the auction only the original work, the start of each lot — one bottle. But the special poignancy the difference between the two rules. First: the Artist is not obliged to drink with those who bought. I want to talk about art — first, to expose the booze. Straight right now print — and framed on the wall.

In September, the second auction will take part 24 of the St. Petersburg artist, including a member of the movement "Sorcery artists" Nikolai Vasilyev, Andrey Sikorski and Evgeniya Butenko. A partial list of participants is published auction site here. It is a pity that the pictures and catalog on it. But last year, judging by the photos, things were in places quite think of anything.

In early September in St. Petersburg might well be Sunny. According to the American research, for auction — a good sign. However, even if the weather is "borrow, but drink" for auction "Art for booze" is also not a hindrance. A truly all-weather format, promising sales statistics 100 %.

Vladimir Bogdanov, AI

Sources: artforbooze.com, paperpaper.ru, artforbooze.com/artists, forbes.kz, artinvestment.ru