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4 year old Marla Olmstead rocketed from total obscurity into international renown selling over 300,000 dollars worth of paintings after an artist named Anthony Brunelli discovered her and decided to exhibit her work. She was also the subject of a controversial documentary film called my kid could paint that directed by Amir-Bar Lev.

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[joanneclancyfitz]

"The success of an artist indicates that the public was in some way able to recognise itself in his work". Icons of Art in The 20th Century

This quote is from an artist and collector of Marla’s work

“I wish I could capture the spirit I had when I was a child, those wonderful blissful moments to be innocent, I would give anything to have that back”

[joanneclancyfitz]

I do think the value of Marla’ paintings had as much to do with the fact that this child created them as it did with the art itself. Michael Kimmelman Chief Art Critic for The NYT says that abstract art tells stories about the characters who made these pictures he says in Marla’s case it may be the story of the child and that story is what captures peoples attention. He says that there’s a spiritual element to Marla’s art that appeals to people. This idea of innocent creation.

[hajar9911]

that really proofs that when you sell artwork you're not selling art you're selling autographs , these are great for a 4 year old but if she was 14 and could do better she won't sell because she's not 4

, people don't like it because it's something no one else can do or because it's creative or new

people like it because the artist is someone who is 4 years old and that's the new thing for them no matter what the painting looked like