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From Rhizome Artbase

AT LAST: A WITNESS PROTECTION PROGRAM FOR ARTISTS!!
ARTISTS:
Are you tired of making your art with limited financial rewards?
Do you want to escape to a new life and leave the starving artist routine behind?
JOIN the Artist Protection & Benefit Program (APBP)!
http://www.artistprotection.com



The artistprotection.com business plan is based on the premise that artworks increase in value after the artist who created them has died. For example, Jackson Pollack sold Blue Poles in 1954 for $6,000. Just after his death in 1956, the same painting sold for $32,000, and this same painting eventually sold to the National Gallery of Australia for $2.2 million. We belive that artists should share in these profits WHILE THEY ARE STILL ALIVE!
Modeled after the FBI's Witness Protection Program, the APBP removes an artist from the Contemporary Art scene. The artist is then relocated to a new city or country, and provided with a new identity. The APBP then sells the artists' work, providing a lifetime of financial freedom!
We are dedicated to providing artists with the recognition and financial freedom they deserve after years of hard work in the studio. Our entire staff is committed to helping artists make a fresh start. We use any means necessary to achieve that goal.



The APBP humorously comments on the value of art, the nature of the art market, and the plight of the under-recognized artist.
This project is partially supported by Artists Space's Independent Project Grants Program.