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Dali Triumph of The Sea Dali Archives Certified
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Andrew Wyeth Cranberries  Sea Running Collotypes Hand S  d Just Beautiful
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Jiang The Sea UF Serigraph Unstretched Canvas Hand Signed Blue NR LK
Jiang The Sea UF Serigraph Unstretched Canvas Hand Signed Blue NR LK
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G H Rothe Mollusk Signed  Numbered Mezzotint Fine Art Print Sea Shell LK
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Luis Sottil Little Colors of the Sea FISH Hand Signed Custom Framed Original Art
Luis Sottil Little Colors of the Sea FISH Hand Signed Custom Framed Original Art
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LEROY NEIMAN NORTH SEAS SAILING SAILBOAT RACING BOATING NAUTICAL SPORTS
LEROY NEIMAN NORTH SEAS SAILING SAILBOAT RACING BOATING NAUTICAL SPORTS
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Frank Howell s n serigraph Blue Sea Rising framed
Frank Howell s n serigraph Blue Sea Rising framed
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Thomas Kinkade SEA OF TRANQUILITY 18X27 STUDIO PROOF
Thomas Kinkade SEA OF TRANQUILITY 18X27 STUDIO PROOF
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Under the Sea Christian Lassen
Under the Sea Christian Lassen
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Alexandra Nechita Sea Affair Mikanos Island 2008 Print Lithograph on Arches
Alexandra Nechita Sea Affair Mikanos Island 2008 Print Lithograph on Arches
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Robert Rauschenberg More Distant Visible Part of the Sea Limited Edition
Robert Rauschenberg More Distant Visible Part of the Sea Limited Edition
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Josef Farhi Crossing of The Red Sea Lithograph Print Signed  Numbered 35 150
Josef Farhi Crossing of The Red Sea Lithograph Print Signed Numbered 35 150
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Original Audubon Quadrupeds Of America Hand Colored FOLIO Print 1844 Sea Otter
Original Audubon Quadrupeds Of America Hand Colored FOLIO Print 1844 Sea Otter
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2 NUMBERED  SIGNED SEA SHELL PICTURES ARTIST UNKNOWN
2 NUMBERED SIGNED SEA SHELL PICTURES ARTIST UNKNOWN
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Another Year At Sea 1989 2500 s n 28 x 10 1 4 245000
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Thomas Kinkade Cottage By The Sea rare S N cnvs 654 980
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Lu Hong Rhyme Of The Sea Serigraph Edition 1 300 W COA
Lu Hong Rhyme Of The Sea Serigraph Edition 1 300 W COA
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NEW Robert WYLANDS Sea Dance S N Ltd Ed Giclee on Canvas
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Wyland Sea Turtle Below Lucite Sculpture
Wyland Sea Turtle Below Lucite Sculpture
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WIND FROM THE SEA PRINT BY ANDREW WYETH ORIGINAL ITEM
WIND FROM THE SEA PRINT BY ANDREW WYETH ORIGINAL ITEM
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Wyland Mysteries of the Sea Artist Proof FRAMED
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Sea by Arwyne
Sea by Arwyne
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Pete Peterson AGAINST AN ANGRY SEA Hand Signed Original Serigraph Art Artwork
Pete Peterson AGAINST AN ANGRY SEA Hand Signed Original Serigraph Art Artwork
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Rodolfo Morales Marieta No Seas Coqueta Serigraph 1996 Signed  Numbered
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Charles Wysocki TEA BY THE SEA Ocean RARE Art 2495
Charles Wysocki TEA BY THE SEA Ocean RARE Art 2495
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Jiang THE SEA Hand Embellished on Canvas AP 11 15
Jiang THE SEA Hand Embellished on Canvas AP 11 15
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Rene MAGRITTE s n Lithograph A tempting sea ship 1968
Rene MAGRITTE s n Lithograph A tempting sea ship 1968
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Sea
Sea
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Sorcerer of the Seas Christian Lassen Disney Art Canvas
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Sea of Tranquility Canvas Kinkade 24x36 SN Lighthouse Sailboat Framed Sunset
Sea of Tranquility Canvas Kinkade 24x36 SN Lighthouse Sailboat Framed Sunset
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FRAMED LIMITED EDITION SIGNED SERIGRAPH ROUGH SEAS BY WAYLON MOORE
FRAMED LIMITED EDITION Signed Serigraph ROUGH SEAS BY WAYLON MOORE
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THE SEA BY JIANG TIEFENG DELUXE VERSION SIGNED COA D
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John Kelly South China Sea Signed Fine Art Lithograph From China Suite OBO
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Thomas Kinkade Sea of Tranquility SN Canvas 36x24
Thomas Kinkade Sea of Tranquility SN Canvas 36x24
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James Christensen Sisters of the Sea Framed AP 42 50
James Christensen Sisters of the Sea Framed AP 42 50
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Robert Katona Sea World Dolphins Hand Signed ART SERIGRAPH SUBMIT AN OFFER
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THOMAS KINKADE FRAMED  THE SEA OF TRANQUILITY  RARE Signed 1952 of 2100
THOMAS KINKADE FRAMED THE SEA OF TRANQUILITY RARE Signed 1952 of 2100
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Christian Lassen Stretched Limited Edition Artagraph Sea of Tranquilty
Christian Lassen Stretched Limited Edition Artagraph Sea of Tranquilty
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Jamie Wyeth A Sea Pumpkin Fantastic Rich Color Hand Signed  Numbered
Jamie Wyeth A Sea Pumpkin Fantastic Rich Color Hand Signed Numbered
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Rare Antique Map PERSIA CASPIAN SEA AZERBAIJAN RUSSIA Pieter van der Aa 1725
Rare Antique Map PERSIA CASPIAN SEA AZERBAIJAN RUSSIA Pieter van der Aa 1725
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Robert Katona Sea World Signed  Numbered Serigraph aquatic animals in wave
Robert Katona Sea World Signed Numbered Serigraph aquatic animals in wave
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LARGE ANTIQUE ENGRAVING OF SEA SCAPE BEACH SCENE WITH FISHERMEN BY MUSIN
LARGE ANTIQUE ENGRAVING OF SEA SCAPE BEACH SCENE WITH FISHERMEN BY MUSIN
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VERY LARGE Framed Photo Print of a Shrimp Boat at Sea
VERY LARGE Framed Photo Print of a Shrimp Boat at Sea
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Large Boat Ocean Sea Scene LITHOGRAPH COlorful Realism
Large Boat Ocean Sea Scene LITHOGRAPH COlorful Realism
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Framed Wyland Sea Dance Limited Edition Hand Signed Print on Canvas with COA
Framed Wyland Sea Dance Limited Edition Hand Signed Print on Canvas with COA
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Pati Bannister Sea Haven
Pati Bannister Sea Haven
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Under the Sea Christian Riese Lassen Fine Art on Canvas
Under the Sea Christian Riese Lassen Fine Art on Canvas
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Christian Lassen Under the Sea Stretched Limited Edition Artagraph
Christian Lassen Under the Sea Stretched Limited Edition Artagraph
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Christian Lassen Sorcerer of the Seas Limited Edition on Stretched Canvas
Christian Lassen Sorcerer of the Seas Limited Edition on Stretched Canvas
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Guy Harvey OLD MAN AND THE SEA
Guy Harvey OLD MAN AND THE SEA
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June Carey Little Old Mission by the Sea Circa 1940 Canvas Giclee 48x24
June Carey Little Old Mission by the Sea Circa 1940 Canvas Giclee 48x24
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NEW Robert WYLANDS Sea of Life S N Ltd Ed Giclee on Canvas
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Pino By the Sea Limited Edition Giclee on Paper W COA
Pino By the Sea Limited Edition Giclee on Paper W COA
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Erte Red Sea
Erte Red Sea
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Thomas Kinkade The Sea of Tranquility canvas 5202 5950
Thomas Kinkade The Sea of Tranquility canvas 5202 5950
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David Schluss Music on the Sea Silkscreen Serigraph
David Schluss Music on the Sea Silkscreen Serigraph
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Peter and Harrison Ellenshaw 20000 Leagues Under the Sea
Peter and Harrison Ellenshaw 20000 Leagues Under the Sea
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Rare John Gould lithograph 1832 37 Sea Eagle by Edward Lear Birds of Europe
Rare John Gould lithograph 1832 37 Sea Eagle by Edward Lear Birds of Europe
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STEVE KAUFMAN LOST AT SEA OCEAN DIVER HAND SIGNED POP ART SILKSCREEN ON CANVAS
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ANDREW WYETH WIND FROM THE SEA TRITON PRESS
ANDREW WYETH WIND FROM THE SEA TRITON PRESS
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NORVAL MORRISSEAU Soul Floating In Cosmic Sea 25 134 signed serigraph Ojibway
NORVAL MORRISSEAU Soul Floating In Cosmic Sea 25 134 signed serigraph Ojibway
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1828 WAGNER H C Litho SCILLA MARITIMA SEA SQUILL
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STEVE KAUFMAN MOSES PARTING THE RED SEA RELIGIOUS POP ART SILKSCREEN ON CANVAS
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THOMAS KINKADE THE SEA OF TRANQUILITY 18X27 ARTIST PROOF LOW NUMBER FRAMED COA
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Custom Made Vintage Michael Gentry Signed Art Print Brothers of the Sea 257 650
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Birgit Skiold WHITE SEA Original Signed Art
Birgit Skiold WHITE SEA Original Signed Art
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Mary Jane Schmidt Sea Plumes Signed  Numbered Lithograph pink abstract art
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The Trail Ends at the Sea by Arnold Friberg Framed Limited Edition Print
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To Dance Before the Sea and Sky Steve Hanks Fine Art Giclee Canvas
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YOUVE BEEN SO LONG AT SEA HORATIO S N Seaside PRINT by Charles Wysocki
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Will Barnet Print Way to the Sea
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Maxine Masterfield Within The Sea Hand Signed  Numbered Lithograph Art ocean
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Chelsea Art: the New Thirty-something Block Party

Young artists, plus young collec­tors, plus newly established gal­leries and the love of art equal the cultural phenomenon sweep­ing the Chelsea art district, as thirty-something art enthusiasts flock to galleries. Has the art world spawned a new generation of young, hip, savvy art aficiona­dos who are destined to become tomorrow's well informed art col­lectors?

 

The Chelsea art community is boasting of the new involvement with the thirty-some­thing crowd. Texting your friends about the newest opening and exhibition is easy. With new artists and emerging galleries experimenting with various concepts and ideas, the diversity of Chelsea has now ca­tered to this new audience and market giv­ing new energy and vitality to art spaces for creativity.

 

Melissa Sarti, a 32-year-old graduate student from Hunter College stands on the corner of West 25th and 10th Ave. messaging a friend about an art exhibition this Thursday night. "Hey Carl, meet me at 6:30 at White Box," she wrote. "There's an awesome installation I want to see and some friends I want you to meet."

 

The Chelsea corner where she stands seems to be a remote one with a taxi stand, a gas station and a crumbling warehouse just below an old, elevated railroad line. But she stands on the edge of the Chel­sea art world, the largest museum-like space of Contemporary Art in the world. The sidewalk crowd builds as she walks toward the gallery spaces. She passes a large glass gallery window and moves closer to get a better glimpse of the huge space within an old brick factory. Melissa peers through the window. She sees them, clutching glasses of champagne and wine, as the crowd of young guests inside mar­vel at a new contemporary painting.

 

From Manhattan to Queens, the young trendsetters are coming out in droves, and not just for the wine. Last month at a re­ception at Agora Gallery Mary Ellen Hen­derson and Daniel frequent the gallery. "I like to know what's going on in the galleries in the neighbor­hood. It's kind of like for business and pleasure" answers Christina Freeman, a photographer, when asked why she made a point to come to the reception. "We're artists by nature; some of us are fashion designers, so we have an interest in art. We can truly appreciate it".

 

Erin Walker and Bren frequent the galler­ies on a regular basis, so what keeps them coming back? "It's a good chance for us to catch up with each other, and also look for inspiration". However, The Chelsea galleries are not just for those looking to enhance their knowledge of up-and-com­ing design trends in the contemporary art world. "I like to be able to come out on the weekends, and be able to go from gallery to gallery to gallery. Make an afternoon of it and go to brunch. Get a group of friends together to do something more interesting and define my own taste in art", offered Jennifer Grace, a publishing assistant from Wired Magazine.

 

New Gangs of Gallerists

 

Sheri Pasquarella, a young art consultant and private dealer, invested in a 27th Street space that once held the Tunnel nightclub until 2001. Several young art gallerists moved their businesses from other parts of the city to a series of old loading docks along the south side of the former Tunnel site. Wanting to create an instant destina­tion location, Pasquarella led the exodus of emerging-artist dealers to a promised land of barren street-level spaces between Eleventh and Twelfth Avenues. Oliver Kamm Gallery, Foxy Production, Derek Eller Gallery, Clementine Gallery, John Connelly Pres­ents and Wallspace are now located here. This has added up to be just one of the most concerted efforts at expand­ing Chelsea's gallery scene since the art world began abandoning SoHo for the West Side in the mid-1990s.

 

New Art Networks

 

Social networks for thirty-somethings in the arts is on the upswing. The Young As­sociates is one of the new social art groups started in Chelsea by a museum space. The Chelsea Art Museum program looks to connect young people with New York's emerging art com­munity, creating an energet­ic presence in the growth of the museum and a network of innovative thinkers within the arts. The group targets recent graduates and young professionals who would like to learn more about art in an intimate atmosphere that can be pro­vided by a smaller museum. They interact with museum curators, meet artists from New York and create a forum within the framework of the Chelsea Art Museum for networking with other young people in the field. They organize special after par­ties following exhibition openings, cura­tor-led art tours, gallery tours, talks with gallery owners, artist studio visits, invita­tional talks on trends in contemporary art, previews of auctions, and holiday parties.

 

Innovative Investors

 

Get out your auction paddles. A new generation of collectors, hedge-fund managers, technology entrepreneurs and others in their thirties have plunged into the world of contemporary art. During recent years, as world economies waned, prices in the closely watched top 2% of the contemporary-art market were up to 72%, according to London-based Art Mar­ket Research. In contrast, prices of top-tier works in the Old Masters and French Im­pressionist markets fell by 40% and 29%. Christopher Apgar, a young financial adviser, owns works ranging from Jean-Michel Basquiat, the graffiti artist who became an eighties phenomenon, to a silkscreen of Marilyn Monroe by Andy Warhol. His current hunt is for artistic creations by Gregory Crewdson, a photog­rapher whose work includes promotional shots for the HBO series "Six Feet Under," and Vic Muniz, known for making sculp­tures of iconic figures out of chocolate and then photographing the pieces.

 

Most young and new collectors have little interest in the Old Masters that capti­vated the previous generation. Part of the reason for the aversion is the astronomi­cal prices they command. Contemporary works are less expensive and are more likely to double in value in a short peri­od. And today, a young collector doesn't need to spend millions of dollars on a van Gogh to earn the respect of peers. They show they are in touch with the contempo­rary art world by buying up works of new contemporary artists and appearing in the gallery social scene.

 

And while new collectors may be ap­proaching the art market as if it were a marketing venture of capital investments, there is no guarantee that the payoff will be as lofty. The art market can be volatile. The collecting quirks and interests of con­temporary art lovers drive the market. If a few collectors love ocean scenes, prices rise while less favored desert paintings re­main bargains. Fluctuations can differ due to different collectors entering and leaving the art market at various times. The result is an artist may be "hot" for a few years and when prices plateau and rise again, another collecting generation seizes the artists's worth. The art industry urges young people to buy for eprsonal enjoyment and not just a quick profit. The lifestyle of today's new collectors is not about ball gowns and expensive jewelry. It is all about walking around your home in sweat pants talking with a friend on the cell phone about the contem­porary art plastered on the walls that you look at and appreciate. It is about comput­ers, blackberry's, ipods, and ibooks. Most of all, it is about texting your friends for the next social gathering at a Chelsea art gallery opening on Thursday evening.

 

About the Author

Donna Clovis is an acclaimed artist and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing. Her artwork has been exhibited in art photography exhibitions at Agora Gallery in Chelsea, New York. Her articles are published in the art revue ARTisSpectrum Magazine

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