vg44. The myth of the Avant-Garde.

One of the issues that concern me at this time has to do about the time that my art begins to attract a good amount of attention and fetches a good price. Lets call it: 

The Myth of the Avant Grade

The point of Discovery

An artist must create a body of work in order to be called an artist.  Thus a considerable amount of work exists before someone’s work is discovered to be valuable...  So the worth of a work of art, say a painting can change in an instant. One second the painting is worth nothing since the talented artist has yet to be discovered. It is the point of discovery that will change this undiscovered worthless body of work into something of value.

 The Danger that comes with the point of discovery

This presents a danger to the artist in a poor place and to the evaluators of his/her work. The art has barely been discovered and has not yet left the community hub.   A poor community is obscure so very few people know about it yet (even though a certain important worth has been established) a poor community is also relatively undefended. And when the art from a poor artist starts to have a value, the newly discovered, valuable art is also not so defended. Confiscation is very compelling if someone in a stronger situation is ambitious and unsatisfied with his/her position.  Because art is a path to affluent places.

An alternative hypothesis to the idea of the Avant- garde

So, I offer an alternative hypothesis to the idea of the Avant-garde. The Avant-garde theory says that brilliant art has an incubation time of about forty years before the public will accept it and it will fetch top dollar.  

I ask what happens when the worth of my art changes at the point of discovery? In these situations, the unfortunate creator (and the people who have discovered the worth of the art) are in considerable danger of violent assault And the art could be taken by a thief with links to a much wealthier and important community in no time at all.

All that is needed to establish the art as valuable is a successful exhibition and a good sum of money made. This will attract the assessment of good solid experts. This can be done without leaving this poor community. In this way, the very poverty of the place that will keep the events relatively hidden.  And if the place is known to be poor than the defense system there is also known to be relatively poor.

So how, do I, as a poor artist, defend myself and my art?