Up for consideration is a large unframed Oil on Masonite Still Life signed
M. Pusylo on the back (Verso). It measures 24 by 36. As the board is cut U.S
Standards of measurement it probably was done here in the US. The piece shows a
display of Bread eggs Cabbage wooden bowl with some Exotic art in the corner...
in a fresh nonstandard view which also shows artist easel part of the artists
room as well as a portrait on the wall and draped patterned table cloth...like
much of the art of this genre it really takes some training to recognize
something important and then on the other hand you can take everything you ever
learned and throw it right out the window and for the most part in a sort of
contrived reality...same painting different person (if this guy did it it's
$250) if the other guy did you just keep adding zeros to the end of that. The
Art World was is and will always been a bit snobby...and of course political and
in the end confusing...and very easy to understand...those with a wonderful
education dynamic personalities and incredible skills can be worth little or
millions...and likewise those who are deemed mad unintelligible spiritualistic
with little formal training their works can also be worth little or millions.
Yes most of the "new ideas" were simply borrowed from another Culture or other
artists who got it from another artist who got it from their Mentor who got it
from a student ....etc or some Divine or existential awakening based on conflict
or resolution...or simply an accident or the cultivating of a "new"
technique...borrowed from someone else who has a great eye...mind you yes it is
was historically significant...she/he travelled to Europe and brought new ideas
back...Galleries and strategic well connected and influental business oriented
individuals throughout history simply decided who would could or should be the
next upcoming thing based on well I guess Commerce...and marketabality stay
tuned for more useless fictional lectures that do nothing but lead you astray.
Provenance: Private Collection, Western Michigan.
The painting was in a very interesting private collection in Western
Michigan...We bought it all !!! I mean the collection runs the gammet so stay
tuned for some real exciting stuff from Coast to Coast and right from the bottom
to the top culminating in works from New Hope Colony, Bucks County PA.
Biography: Regionalist, Artist Unknown as of yet.
Warmest Regards,
Johnny
JohnnyCrystal Est. 1987