For me, concerts have always been one of the best ways to spend a few dollars. Concerts have been promoted through flyers or posters, which over the years have become more and more elaborate (精心制作的).
Since the time of Bill Graham, who supported public access to live music in San Francisco in the 1960s, concert posters have become an incredible way for young art enthusiasts to connect with the visual artists that create the imagery for the bands they love.
That's exactly what happened to me. I started reading OMGPosters. I discovered artists who were making gig posters and art prints from A to Z. They'd draw it, pull the screens, and sell the prints on their own websites, because the Internet continues to encourage artists to create and art lovers to collect their works.
I started collecting works by artists like Jermaine Rogers Mexican Chocolate Design, Dan Grzeca, Emek, J ay Ryan and Justin Santora. When you can purchase a limited edition piece of art for as low as $ 20, the world of art collecting opens up even to art enthusiasts who don't have much money.
I have always taken a grass-roots approach to life and work, so it makes sense that I would be motivated by artists whose work wasn't being shown in museums or appearing on advertising for major brands. Although some of those lines have blurred (变得模糊不清)over the last 10 years, bringing more and more related and accessible work into respected galleries in New York and Los Angeles and being able to buy art prints directly from the artists who made them are major developments in the world of art.
