It's not about not knowing the value, it's about not having the money. If you don't get that, it's because you're certainly not a Millennial. Posters are cheap. Millennials will buy art if you give them a cheaper in for it. My best sales at festivals are to younger groups. You have to start people one cheaper stuff if you want them to buy your expensive stuff. I get big sales when I have long time fans who end up getting one from me after the investment of their time to follow my work.
I'm an artist and a millennial. Right now, I'm focused on affording needs more than luxuries, and original art is most certainly a luxury good, always has been. However, when I do have my own home and a good salary I do plan to purchase art :) And the TV wouldn't win for me...but a couple thousand dollars sounds like a good vacation! lol
I'm 28 and considered a millennial. I don't buy much art even tho I have a professional career and salary. Truth is im saddled with student loan debt. I buy art supplies and create art because it feels so good. So it's not a necessity but I make room in my budget for it. I've only purchased 2 pieces of art (one is a print) because that's what fits in my budget. I know a lot of millennials who enjoy attending art shows but don't buy. I think a lot of us just choose to spend our limited extra income on happy hour or trips to Europe. But I do agree that taking arts out of schools has had a impact. I had one art class in middle school. There wasn't money for supplies so we did very little. I was never exposed to the basics like watercolor, acrylic, oil, color pencils. I very much wish I had been exposed to this stuff as a kid.
I am classified as a millennial. I have done a ew exhibitions actually for an art collective and uni and even freelanced and collated exhibitions for other universities. I don't like the term millenial because at this point it is derogatory. We keep getting chewed for having it so easy. The reality is we are way poorer than any other generation for a long time. Most of us have no real income or job security in the whole gig economy. In the UK is like the victorian era right now, pretty much slave labour until you burn out then someone else gets hired, and the amount of loans and debt we have compared to price inflation leaves many of us with only the choice of distraction for our enjoyment. So art is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down the priority list for most my age I have talked to in galleries. A lot of young people come around but nobody actually buys anything.
Um we are all broke and too busy creating art we can have for ourselves. And art is theraputic. People are noticing. Art supplies and instruction are so easily accessible.
You left out an important point IMHO. That there are more Millennials persuing the arts in college than any other generation. As a result, there's a lot more artists out there than ever before, most of whom are their brethren. So Millennials should support the arts as a means of supporting their own people. It's basically the same idea as shopping locally.
My walls are white and bare, like the inside of a prison. I want to make my own art not because I think that I am any good but because I can't afford to buy anyone else's work. I want some color on my walls without spending a lot of money (for now, think craft paints and Artist Loft economy canvases bought on sale.) I do hope that I can afford to buy art one of these days, preferably before I hit retirement age.
Tbh, if there are original art (or fanart), I tend to put them on my phone wallpaper or my laptop or whatever device I bring around a lot. Then there are also artists prints but I never really thought about buying the originals.
I gave birth to a Millennial but I'm not sure that makes me qualified to know why they do or don't do stuff. All I know is my daughter played the Sims and I would ask her to make them pee on the floor or catch something on fire because it was funny.
I'm 26, and I agree with you! All my friends have those generic IKEA and pottery barn style art on their walls, Or posters (unless it's something I've painted for them). The only times they are around real art is when the visit me. It's really sad but they just don't care.
Well, I just sorta had an epiphany! 😱 I love Art so much & also make it myself but I haven't even realized that I don't cover my walls with it . . . 😓 I buy stuff from artsy friends and collect plenty of prints & paintings but rarely hang them up. I hadn't even realized it till now! 😭 What is wrong with me!!!?? Going to search pinterest for gallery wall inspo and get started on that! 😁 Maybe it's like photos, I forget to hang them up or even print them because they get saved digitally & I never really think about it. 😅
I'm way past being a Millennial, and am an artist, and have white walls. There's a reason for that though, which I won't go into. I've bought art from thrift shops that spoke to me. If you've got a good eye, you can sometimes find gems there that are cheap. Original art. It's fun. Much better than posters. Hadn't thought about it before, but they do seem drawn to wall art from West Elm and Pottery Barn, which isn't cheap. Some, like it, anyway. Others also enjoy putting old album covers on their walls. Cheap and fun. But also, don't a lot of them buy stuff on Etsy? Even if all they can afford is prints by artists on Etsy, that's showing a real interest in art.
As a millennial, I have grown my creativity and it has made me appreciate art SO much more. Others have commented that our generation has less money. But couple that with lack of arts in school. My pursuit of art that started in my mid 20s had led me to buying art. Granted, most were less than $80, and the most being $200 artist print. Unfortunately older generations took art out of the schools and now the future of the arts market is jeopardized. Even as a art buying millenial, I can barely afford pieces that artists can comfortably live on without side hustles. Luckily with TH-cam, many of us are on our own unconventional art journey. The outlook on the arts is in real flux at the moment. I wonder where it will be in 20 years.
A long time ago I discovered the artist, Michael Parkes, and just LOVED his work! I thought I was looking at an original, because of the price?!? Uhm, it was a PRINT!! Holy cow!! I couldn’t even afford the print!! I was born in 1969 and have no idea what my generation is even called, but either way, to this day, I still can’t afford his prints 😥 BUT at least I can LOOK - for free!!😬
Looking at my covered walls with both posters I've bought (or been given) and paintings and drawings that I've done. I've spread from my room though, and have some art in the living room and on the fridge. 😊
I am 44 years old. In school, we didn't have phones nor pagers. We didn't even have computers until I was in High school. Yes, I love the Sims. I really enjoy the decorating and building part of the game.... telling them to go to the bathroom, and dealing with relationships etc.... not as fun for me.
I'm curious as to why you feel that way. I've seen many attendees walk over to a booth for the fan art and walk away with an original. (Also, original works, in reality, don't exist. So, I still say the fan art art counts.)
I'm almost 59. I have watched the evolution of home decor since the 1960s. I remember my grandmother having lots of black velvet paintings and big tapestries on her walls. My mom had several of these big, mass produced prints people called "couch paintings" because they were made the same size as couches to be hung above them. In my first house I had photographs and statues. How people decorate their lives does change. When millennials came along digital technology was really breaking out. People have a slew of images on their phones - art they can take with them wherever they go. One of the most amazing things I've seen is Minecraft art. People build awesome things in Minecraft and then take screenshots of what they built. Those images are their art. Minecraft is the pallet and canvas. To me that is incredibly creative because the medium is so unexpected. It's like digital impressionism. It's brilliant. Unfortunately, unless you have the file printed out someplace that does large format color printing you're not going to see that on walls. The closest thing is displaying the art on a wide screen TV. My younger son is into 3D printing. Young people are into buying plastic figures made this way. It seems to be the digital future of sculpture. It's just all part of the evolution of art. Maybe investing in large format printers and 3D printers is the way to go for professional artists of the future. We'll just have to wait and see. I'm sure whatever happens will be beautiful and fascinating.
I am a college student and as an artist, who has other artist friends, I can see this as a problem. I have art in my room that I have created and also from my friends. I think the problem with buying original art comes from people only wanting to buy things that are experiences or in some way useful to them. I will admit that even as an artist I am like this too. The art that I currently have was given to me a gift. I do think that it is better to buy original art over prints and that we as a society need to put more of a focus back on the arts.
I am on my way to become a minimalist. I love open space and white walls. Bare walls don’t distract me when I create something. I am a millennial btw:)
Could it be related to digital art? I'm often afraid going down the path of learning traditional art as maybe it won't offer me many career options. Look at other digital mediums as well, the dying of physical video games.. CDs > Spotify, DVDs > Netflix. While I enjoy collecting the physical I feel constantly berated by friends saying they're dead mediums. I'm an impulsive spender by I'm happy justifying my purchases knowing it supports and artist or small company.
Another perspective: I'm pre baby boomer age and, frankly, I see this as having more to do with the current quality of original art, in other words, the problem doesn't lay on the consumer end but on the producer end. I've got original art on my walls, both done by other artists and myself, I've not seen any recent art I would hang on my walls other than that produced by artists I've bought from before... definitely NOT millennials. "cookie cutter" stuff. Its not just art... pick up a magazine... filled with repeated info from the past.
I do not believe that's true at all I see tons of stunning art from younger people all the time like I see art from older people which I think is over priced I also think art is changing alot at the moment there's a push back against modernism
....idk I grew up with parents who only ever put family photos on the walls and I never particularly had anything I cared for to hang up.. I did tape up some of my own art once but that felt narcissistic so I took it down
I think people might buy more original art if artists charged according to how many hours they put into a piece. I've seen someone take 2 days to paint something and say it would sell for $3,000 in a gallery. Don't get me wrong, this was a talented artist and his work looks like a masterpiece, but $3,000 for 2 days' work? And speaking of small towns, my town of 300 souls has an art gallery, believe it or not. The owner does a lot of painting and it's sort of an extension of a couple of other businesses they have in the same building, but they do have showing by other artists in the summer. We're a summer tourist area, so it kind of works. We also have an artist tour where you can drive around to people's art studios. Many are out in the boonies, but people enjoy spending the day doing this. You just have to ask around. Creativity is everywhere! :) I always enjoy your videos, Mike! (Baby Boomer, here.)
Can only speak from my POV. There are 2 main reasons for me why I don't buy original art (got some fine art prints, but no original). First one: It's far more time-consuming nowadays to find artists and art one admire so much that you would want an original piece. We all get less and less time for ourselves, but with the WWW we got access to people all around the world. There are a shitton of artists. These bad and selfish millenials produced more artists than any other generation before, increasing this problem. One can consume days and weeks filtering "good" from "bad" artists - and every day new ones emerge from nowhere. Other problem: Less a question of generation than of the time we live in is the money. We aren't the babyboomers where every hillbilly could get a good paid job and support a whole family of 5 or 6 as single earner - with a nice pension to spend now. Many people are struggling with their income to even pay the bills - without getting luxuries like an original art piece. Me personally struggle to even hold on the three grand I would need to hang an original piece of one of my favourite living painters on the wall...
I hope you get this..... Birth year, 1961. Boomers? BIG EYE ROLL...…… Gen X? Even BIGGER sigh...….. being a 'tweener' is a thing. I can't relate to either. We are born the last couple years of the prior generation thru the couple of early years of the next generation. We usually end up being artists, musicians, and other creative types. There's only been one study done, but we exist! We don't fit in, so we create!
I want to tell you that I appreciate this video. Some of YOUR past videos were the reason that I stopped shopping at Jerry's (And probably won't in the future). I'm not sure why I even turned this one on.. But I thank you for your take on this issue. It was well thought out and presented.
I love all these comments complaining about being called a spoiled brat and having no money but trying to qualify an 800 dollar phone. You can buy good original art for 20 bucks and up. It's affordable people
Millennials are also the poorest generation the United States has yet to give birth to since the Great Depression. There is no middle class whatsoever in their generation, or barely much of one, because they are all spending their money paying back their crazy-ass student loans and face it, art is a luxury. It sucks because I'm an artist but I understand you, millennials. Here's a hint tho- Your Pottery Barn posters might be cheaper but they are, in fact, lame. You should buy some cheap original art. Even if it cost as much as 5 Pottery Barn posters, one original print or drawing will totally up your hipster street cred.
there is a lot of millennials buying art it's just more commission art then original art, & almost all buy art that has to do with their likes, like anime style, furry art, & so on
I was born in 1980, and depending on which website I look at (and what the weather is... Time of day, etc.) I'm either considered part of Gen X or a Millennial. I've always considered myself the more cynical Gen X type - I don't discriminate, I hate everyone, ROTFL.
Interesting topic. I'm a Gen X that's starting feel old. Sharing what's hanging on "my walls" has changed quite much in the last 10 months. But first I think it's interesting to look back through the years and examine. As a kid my room was always decorated heavily with posters of Women and Rock Stars, not much different than any other kid growing up in the 80's. When I moved into my own home, I remember buying some cheap landscape prints of paintings. Then I got into buying Ansel Adams prints and other high quality photography prints. I didn't have an interest in Photography at that time, I just enjoyed the pictures. I guess the first real artist I ever bought was M. C. Escher prints. Once married my walls became a shared space with my wife's pictures. When we bought our first house together we decided to get rid of the tried old pictures we both had and pick things out together. The walls were very large in the new home and we took our time looking for things that best represent our decor. During this time is when I started painting. I started as an abstract painter and my first paintings were very large and I made lots and lots of them to cover our walls. It fit the decor of that house well. But then we moved again. The new house has more square footage, but the walls are not nearly as high, and the style of the house didn't fit those large abstracts as well as the pervious home. My painting style has drastically changed as well. Every painting we have hung in the new home has been framed, and are much smaller in comparison. I don't necessarily always paint with the intention to display the piece on a certain wall, or fit the decor, but I will say that sometimes it is a consideration when planing a painting. I would estimate that in the last 10 months since moving into the new house, that less than 10% of the paintings I've produced ever see the wall inside my home. That's completely opposite from when I first started painting when everything went up on display. I would love to have some paintings by my favorite artist on display, although there's no way I could afford originals by a Micheal Cheval, Robert Bateman, or Carl Rungius. I guess I have expensive taste. Maybe prints would be an option. I see your point that even us artist should have other artist hanging on our walls. I'd like nothing more. Although, it's an expensive hobby to be an artist and an art collector. Maybe my attitude is wrong, but honestly I'd rather spend the money on my art supplies than buying other artist work. "If" the opportunity ever comes to sell my work then I would gladly purchase others artwork. Does anyone else have these dilemma's???? Hanging only my work on my walls isn't an ego trip for me, every time I walk past them I only see mistakes. I try to let it encourage me to not make the same mistakes. Look forward to hearing others talk about this topic.
Idk if im speaking for anyone else, but I hate decorated walls. It comes to me as being narcisstic and show-offey. An empty and clean wall just looks so much natural to me. Alot of us cant afford to buy things either, especially with thousands and thousands of dollars of student loan debt ahead of us.
Kookaburra the Koobaburra I think any born in the late 1990's are generation Z. Before that are millennials. And millennial's parents are (probably) the baby boomers generation.
It's not about not knowing the value, it's about not having the money. If you don't get that, it's because you're certainly not a Millennial. Posters are cheap. Millennials will buy art if you give them a cheaper in for it. My best sales at festivals are to younger groups. You have to start people one cheaper stuff if you want them to buy your expensive stuff. I get big sales when I have long time fans who end up getting one from me after the investment of their time to follow my work.
I'm an artist and a millennial. Right now, I'm focused on affording needs more than luxuries, and original art is most certainly a luxury good, always has been. However, when I do have my own home and a good salary I do plan to purchase art :)
And the TV wouldn't win for me...but a couple thousand dollars sounds like a good vacation! lol
I'm 28 and considered a millennial. I don't buy much art even tho I have a professional career and salary. Truth is im saddled with student loan debt. I buy art supplies and create art because it feels so good. So it's not a necessity but I make room in my budget for it.
I've only purchased 2 pieces of art (one is a print) because that's what fits in my budget.
I know a lot of millennials who enjoy attending art shows but don't buy. I think a lot of us just choose to spend our limited extra income on happy hour or trips to Europe.
But I do agree that taking arts out of schools has had a impact. I had one art class in middle school. There wasn't money for supplies so we did very little. I was never exposed to the basics like watercolor, acrylic, oil, color pencils. I very much wish I had been exposed to this stuff as a kid.
I am classified as a millennial. I have done a ew exhibitions actually for an art collective and uni and even freelanced and collated exhibitions for other universities. I don't like the term millenial because at this point it is derogatory. We keep getting chewed for having it so easy. The reality is we are way poorer than any other generation for a long time. Most of us have no real income or job security in the whole gig economy. In the UK is like the victorian era right now, pretty much slave labour until you burn out then someone else gets hired, and the amount of loans and debt we have compared to price inflation leaves many of us with only the choice of distraction for our enjoyment. So art is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down the priority list for most my age I have talked to in galleries. A lot of young people come around but nobody actually buys anything.
Um we are all broke and too busy creating art we can have for ourselves. And art is theraputic. People are noticing. Art supplies and instruction are so easily accessible.
You left out an important point IMHO. That there are more Millennials persuing the arts in college than any other generation. As a result, there's a lot more artists out there than ever before, most of whom are their brethren. So Millennials should support the arts as a means of supporting their own people. It's basically the same idea as shopping locally.
My walls are white and bare, like the inside of a prison. I want to make my own art not because I think that I am any good but because I can't afford to buy anyone else's work. I want some color on my walls without spending a lot of money (for now, think craft paints and Artist Loft economy canvases bought on sale.) I do hope that I can afford to buy art one of these days, preferably before I hit retirement age.
I have prints of my originals starting at around 20.00 @ artpal.com/Olds89jared
Tbh, if there are original art (or fanart), I tend to put them on my phone wallpaper or my laptop or whatever device I bring around a lot. Then there are also artists prints but I never really thought about buying the originals.
I gave birth to a Millennial but I'm not sure that makes me qualified to know why they do or don't do stuff. All I know is my daughter played the Sims and I would ask her to make them pee on the floor or catch something on fire because it was funny.
I'm 26, and I agree with you! All my friends have those generic IKEA and pottery barn style art on their walls, Or posters (unless it's something I've painted for them). The only times they are around real art is when the visit me. It's really sad but they just don't care.
I'm 25 and so far I only own 3 pieces of original artwork by one of my favorite artists. I wish I could own more 😔 but bills 😭
So true...and that is unfortunately why I gave up fine arts as a career...
Well, I just sorta had an epiphany! 😱 I love Art so much & also make it myself but I haven't even realized that I don't cover my walls with it . . . 😓 I buy stuff from artsy friends and collect plenty of prints & paintings but rarely hang them up. I hadn't even realized it till now! 😭 What is wrong with me!!!?? Going to search pinterest for gallery wall inspo and get started on that! 😁 Maybe it's like photos, I forget to hang them up or even print them because they get saved digitally & I never really think about it. 😅
I wonder how many people are going to get the AC/DC big balls reference...lmbo 😂😆🤣 I loved that song in middle school!
What? I'm 25, I can't afford art!
I'm way past being a Millennial, and am an artist, and have white walls. There's a reason for that though, which I won't go into. I've bought art from thrift shops that spoke to me. If you've got a good eye, you can sometimes find gems there that are cheap. Original art. It's fun. Much better than posters. Hadn't thought about it before, but they do seem drawn to wall art from West Elm and Pottery Barn, which isn't cheap. Some, like it, anyway. Others also enjoy putting old album covers on their walls. Cheap and fun. But also, don't a lot of them buy stuff on Etsy? Even if all they can afford is prints by artists on Etsy, that's showing a real interest in art.
I'm 4 years late but very much appreciate the acdc reference at the end BTW. It's one of my favorites 😉
As a millennial, I have grown my creativity and it has made me appreciate art SO much more. Others have commented that our generation has less money. But couple that with lack of arts in school.
My pursuit of art that started in my mid 20s had led me to buying art. Granted, most were less than $80, and the most being $200 artist print. Unfortunately older generations took art out of the schools and now the future of the arts market is jeopardized. Even as a art buying millenial, I can barely afford pieces that artists can comfortably live on without side hustles.
Luckily with TH-cam, many of us are on our own unconventional art journey. The outlook on the arts is in real flux at the moment. I wonder where it will be in 20 years.
A long time ago I discovered the artist, Michael Parkes, and just LOVED his work! I thought I was looking at an original, because of the price?!? Uhm, it was a PRINT!! Holy cow!! I couldn’t even afford the print!!
I was born in 1969 and have no idea what my generation is even called, but either way, to this day, I still can’t afford his prints 😥 BUT at least I can LOOK - for free!!😬
Love this talk. It's insightful and it made me laugh! Thanks!💗
It's because of the growing trend of clean and simplistic/minimalist interior designs. That's why you don't get that many decorated houses today.
Looking at my covered walls with both posters I've bought (or been given) and paintings and drawings that I've done. I've spread from my room though, and have some art in the living room and on the fridge. 😊
I am 44 years old. In school, we didn't have phones nor pagers. We didn't even have computers until I was in High school.
Yes, I love the Sims. I really enjoy the decorating and building part of the game.... telling them to go to the bathroom, and dealing with relationships etc.... not as fun for me.
I disagree things like Cons (Comic-con etc.) make it easier to appreciate original art
Yeah but that's 90% fan art...which imo isn't original
I'm curious as to why you feel that way. I've seen many attendees walk over to a booth for the fan art and walk away with an original. (Also, original works, in reality, don't exist. So, I still say the fan art art counts.)
@@mydivadoggirl there's ton of original art at comic cons
I'm almost 59. I have watched the evolution of home decor since the 1960s. I remember my grandmother having lots of black velvet paintings and big tapestries on her walls. My mom had several of these big, mass produced prints people called "couch paintings" because they were made the same size as couches to be hung above them. In my first house I had photographs and statues. How people decorate their lives does change. When millennials came along digital technology was really breaking out. People have a slew of images on their phones - art they can take with them wherever they go.
One of the most amazing things I've seen is Minecraft art. People build awesome things in Minecraft and then take screenshots of what they built. Those images are their art. Minecraft is the pallet and canvas. To me that is incredibly creative because the medium is so unexpected. It's like digital impressionism. It's brilliant. Unfortunately, unless you have the file printed out someplace that does large format color printing you're not going to see that on walls. The closest thing is displaying the art on a wide screen TV.
My younger son is into 3D printing. Young people are into buying plastic figures made this way. It seems to be the digital future of sculpture. It's just all part of the evolution of art. Maybe investing in large format printers and 3D printers is the way to go for professional artists of the future. We'll just have to wait and see. I'm sure whatever happens will be beautiful and fascinating.
I am a college student and as an artist, who has other artist friends, I can see this as a problem. I have art in my room that I have created and also from my friends. I think the problem with buying original art comes from people only wanting to buy things that are experiences or in some way useful to them. I will admit that even as an artist I am like this too. The art that I currently have was given to me a gift. I do think that it is better to buy original art over prints and that we as a society need to put more of a focus back on the arts.
I am on my way to become a minimalist. I love open space and white walls. Bare walls don’t distract me when I create something. I am a millennial btw:)
Very true about history of art. Art my contain what you feel at the time.
Could it be related to digital art? I'm often afraid going down the path of learning traditional art as maybe it won't offer me many career options. Look at other digital mediums as well, the dying of physical video games.. CDs > Spotify, DVDs > Netflix. While I enjoy collecting the physical I feel constantly berated by friends saying they're dead mediums. I'm an impulsive spender by I'm happy justifying my purchases knowing it supports and artist or small company.
Another perspective: I'm pre baby boomer age and, frankly, I see this as having more to do with the current quality of original art, in other words, the problem doesn't lay on the consumer end but on the producer end. I've got original art on my walls, both done by other artists and myself, I've not seen any recent art I would hang on my walls other than that produced by artists I've bought from before... definitely NOT millennials. "cookie cutter" stuff. Its not just art... pick up a magazine... filled with repeated info from the past.
I do not believe that's true at all
I see tons of stunning art from younger people all the time like I see art from older people which I think is over priced
I also think art is changing alot at the moment there's a push back against modernism
....idk I grew up with parents who only ever put family photos on the walls and I never particularly had anything I cared for to hang up.. I did tape up some of my own art once but that felt narcissistic so I took it down
I think people might buy more original art if artists charged according to how many hours they put into a piece. I've seen someone take 2 days to paint something and say it would sell for $3,000 in a gallery. Don't get me wrong, this was a talented artist and his work looks like a masterpiece, but $3,000 for 2 days' work? And speaking of small towns, my town of 300 souls has an art gallery, believe it or not. The owner does a lot of painting and it's sort of an extension of a couple of other businesses they have in the same building, but they do have showing by other artists in the summer. We're a summer tourist area, so it kind of works. We also have an artist tour where you can drive around to people's art studios. Many are out in the boonies, but people enjoy spending the day doing this. You just have to ask around. Creativity is everywhere! :) I always enjoy your videos, Mike! (Baby Boomer, here.)
Were too broke for original art and we make our own and prints are cheap
Dude we are generation Oregon Trail lol. I hear you though, I should hang stuff on my bare walls.
I was that generation right after the 70s hippies. We had art, but I think more pop art .
Beautiful said!
Im the same I'm in between gen x and a millenial lol
Can only speak from my POV.
There are 2 main reasons for me why I don't buy original art (got some fine art prints, but no original).
First one: It's far more time-consuming nowadays to find artists and art one admire so much that you would want an original piece. We all get less and less time for ourselves, but with the WWW we got access to people all around the world.
There are a shitton of artists. These bad and selfish millenials produced more artists than any other generation before, increasing this problem.
One can consume days and weeks filtering "good" from "bad" artists - and every day new ones emerge from nowhere.
Other problem:
Less a question of generation than of the time we live in is the money.
We aren't the babyboomers where every hillbilly could get a good paid job and support a whole family of 5 or 6 as single earner - with a nice pension to spend now.
Many people are struggling with their income to even pay the bills - without getting luxuries like an original art piece.
Me personally struggle to even hold on the three grand I would need to hang an original piece of one of my favourite living painters on the wall...
OMG! The Sims was my life!
I hope you get this..... Birth year, 1961. Boomers? BIG EYE ROLL...…… Gen X? Even BIGGER sigh...….. being a 'tweener' is a thing. I can't relate to either. We are born the last couple years of the prior generation thru the couple of early years of the next generation. We usually end up being artists, musicians, and other creative types. There's only been one study done, but we exist! We don't fit in, so we create!
Spot on.
I want to tell you that I appreciate this video. Some of YOUR past videos were the reason that I stopped shopping at Jerry's (And probably won't in the future). I'm not sure why I even turned this one on.. But I thank you for your take on this issue. It was well thought out and presented.
I love all these comments complaining about being called a spoiled brat and having no money but trying to qualify an 800 dollar phone.
You can buy good original art for 20 bucks and up. It's affordable people
had it need decided when the Millenials end and the next generation starts??? whenever I search it I get very mixed answers.
Melissa davis I am 21 this year, and from what I've read, I am not a millennial, I am the following generation
Millennials are also the poorest generation the United States has yet to give birth to since the Great Depression. There is no middle class whatsoever in their generation, or barely much of one, because they are all spending their money paying back their crazy-ass student loans and face it, art is a luxury. It sucks because I'm an artist but I understand you, millennials.
Here's a hint tho- Your Pottery Barn posters might be cheaper but they are, in fact, lame. You should buy some cheap original art. Even if it cost as much as 5 Pottery Barn posters, one original print or drawing will totally up your hipster street cred.
there is a lot of millennials buying art it's just more commission art then original art, & almost all buy art that has to do with their likes, like anime style, furry art, & so on
I'm a Millennial. I'm an artist. I buy art. I'm broke either way.
I was born in 1980, and depending on which website I look at (and what the weather is... Time of day, etc.) I'm either considered part of Gen X or a Millennial. I've always considered myself the more cynical Gen X type - I don't discriminate, I hate everyone, ROTFL.
@8:37...realizing you have big walls
Im a milennial i cant watch this video if it isnt tik tok length
I love the sims... Sims 3 is my favourite
we don't have money bro
Interesting topic. I'm a Gen X that's starting feel old. Sharing what's hanging on "my walls" has changed quite much in the last 10 months. But first I think it's interesting to look back through the years and examine. As a kid my room was always decorated heavily with posters of Women and Rock Stars, not much different than any other kid growing up in the 80's. When I moved into my own home, I remember buying some cheap landscape prints of paintings. Then I got into buying Ansel Adams prints and other high quality photography prints. I didn't have an interest in Photography at that time, I just enjoyed the pictures. I guess the first real artist I ever bought was M. C. Escher prints. Once married my walls became a shared space with my wife's pictures. When we bought our first house together we decided to get rid of the tried old pictures we both had and pick things out together. The walls were very large in the new home and we took our time looking for things that best represent our decor. During this time is when I started painting. I started as an abstract painter and my first paintings were very large and I made lots and lots of them to cover our walls. It fit the decor of that house well. But then we moved again. The new house has more square footage, but the walls are not nearly as high, and the style of the house didn't fit those large abstracts as well as the pervious home. My painting style has drastically changed as well. Every painting we have hung in the new home has been framed, and are much smaller in comparison. I don't necessarily always paint with the intention to display the piece on a certain wall, or fit the decor, but I will say that sometimes it is a consideration when planing a painting. I would estimate that in the last 10 months since moving into the new house, that less than 10% of the paintings I've produced ever see the wall inside my home. That's completely opposite from when I first started painting when everything went up on display. I would love to have some paintings by my favorite artist on display, although there's no way I could afford originals by a Micheal Cheval, Robert Bateman, or Carl Rungius. I guess I have expensive taste. Maybe prints would be an option. I see your point that even us artist should have other artist hanging on our walls. I'd like nothing more. Although, it's an expensive hobby to be an artist and an art collector. Maybe my attitude is wrong, but honestly I'd rather spend the money on my art supplies than buying other artist work. "If" the opportunity ever comes to sell my work then I would gladly purchase others artwork. Does anyone else have these dilemma's???? Hanging only my work on my walls isn't an ego trip for me, every time I walk past them I only see mistakes. I try to let it encourage me to not make the same mistakes. Look forward to hearing others talk about this topic.
I'm Gen X :) born 1972
Idk if im speaking for anyone else, but I hate decorated walls. It comes to me as being narcisstic and show-offey. An empty and clean wall just looks so much natural to me. Alot of us cant afford to buy things either, especially with thousands and thousands of dollars of student loan debt ahead of us.
I thought millennials were ages 12 to 25???
Kookaburra the Koobaburra I think any born in the late 1990's are generation Z. Before that are millennials. And millennial's parents are (probably) the baby boomers generation.
Early 80s-Mid 90s
Millennials are from 1980-1996. Early millennials came of age in the new millennium/early 2000s.