Onethousandpaintings.com

I bought 847.  What a great idea for selling art.  I just discovered onethousandpaintings.com via Copyblogger and was immediately sold.  This young artist from Switzerland is selling 1000 paintings with the numbers 1 through 1000 painted on them.  You pick your number and purchase it.  He has a calculation for how much each painting is valued and priced based on numbers of paintings sold.

As more paintings sell, the prices go up.  He's received some recent coverage from Seth Godin and BoingBoing which has bumped his sales tremendously in the last couple of days.

Is it art?  In my view yes, and I may be biased since my degree is in art history, I managed several art galleries in the 1980's and worked in museums for several years.  I love this event and am happy to add 847 to my collection of small paintings.

NOTE: At this moment (7:49 a.m. PT) you can still get a high number for under $100.  I'll be watching Sala's progress today.

UPDATE: If you're wondering what this has to do with anything, read Brian Clark's excellent post on why the onethousandpaintings.com promotion works as it relates to copywriting, media, technology and art.

Comments

[Brian Baute]

Congrats on getting #847. I'm a big fan of Sala's project also. It reminds me of the 2000Bricks.com project, which is also starting to get some buzz.

[Pili]

I would be very happy if you take a look at our project of shared images - SharedPlanets.com. It is something different than 1000 paintings, but maybe it will be interesting for you as well as - I hope - it is original too. If you don´t think sou, sorry for wasting your time - and please delete this comment... Pili

[Eva]

Hi Denise
As I read you are owner of Salas Number 847. I just bought Jekes Paper-cut minute 19:08. The birth-time of my son. I am wondering why this artist still is unknown in united states or is it just to early? I was lucky to be one of the first or is it just not art?

[Irene]

I like this Web 2.0 Art Project: http://www.artinitials.com