Print collection or will become "potential shares"

For a long period of time, the prints were in a corner where the spotlight could not reach. The performance of the art auction market was far less than oil painting and Chinese painting. Recently, in the context of the overall decline of the Chinese art market, the prints showed a “gentle reluctantness.” Their anti-risk capabilities, as well as the stable total turnover and the average transaction price, have made it an adverse market in high-value, high-priced areas. Do not fall "myth." Some people in the industry believe that in the coming years, printmaking will become a "potential stock" that cannot be ignored.

There are many reasons why collectors are underestimating the market price of prints in the misunderstanding of printmaking. First of all, many people's understanding of printmaking has remained at the stage of "displaying and propagating," and it is therefore difficult to escape the misunderstanding of red subjects. “The printmaking is closely integrated with the times. The language expressiveness is rich. The subject matter is also very wide and deep. With the development of science and technology, the printmaking has been very avant-garde and novelty. The strong technicality and high artistic quality are an important feature of the current printmaking. In recent years, many international exhibitions have won the most awards." Yang Yue said.

Some collectors believe that printmaking can be replicated, and the “plurality” it possesses does not meet the requirements of “uniqueness” of collectors. Therefore, the interest in printmaking has been low for many years. The young print artist Guan Lisha who has been engaged in print art for many years told reporters that in fact, the copying of prints is strictly limited. “Every work has a serial number, and unnumbered prints cannot enter the market. Most well-known artists It will take the initiative to control the number of prints for each print. With a limited number of prints, there will be greater room for value preservation and appreciation of the prints.” Chen Zimei, a young painter from Daocheng, believes that the status and passion of painters of other categories are Can not be copied, so it is difficult to have the second same quality, but the print can have a relatively stable state in the process of making the version after printing.

Zou Xiaoping, an associate professor at Qingdao University’s School of the Arts, told reporters that in European and American countries, inexpensive and high-quality prints have been the mainstream of collectibles as the entry product for collections. “When I visited the Newcastle Museum of Art in the UK, I discovered that there were collections of oil paintings. There are 60,000 pieces, and the number of printmaking works has reached 40,000. It is commonplace for locals to collect a piece of printmaking work.” Statistics show that printmaking is the largest share of the international art market in developed regions. The share of foreign art market is about 1/6.

Furthermore, the current domestic printmaking team is very large, and the lack of market prosperity is also one of the factors affecting its market trend. Since the 1980s, the status of printmaking has become more and more marginal. Compared with the national artists who have been able to draw tens of works for a lifetime, the printmaker can create hundreds of works for a lifetime, even if it is highly productive. "The process of making prints is very arduous and there is a bit of deviation. The entire version may be destroyed. This also leads to the lack of domestic famous printmakers and the lack of improvement and breakthrough in the creation." said Hou Xiangyu, a young painter.

The future of printmaking is a potential stock?

In recent years, printmaking has maintained a firm price in the context of the overall decline in the Chinese art market. Both academic exhibitions and auction performances are remarkable. According to data from the Chinese Association of Auctioneers, the total turnover of the printmaking market declined by only 7% in 2012 as a whole. This art collection market is difficult to see. Because the overall decline in the Chinese art auction market in 2012 was 37%, and the decline in prints was only 7%, the attention of the print collections was not weakened, but rather it fell against the market.

According to Zhang Baibo, a well-known Chinese printmaker, there are high academic values ​​and collection values ​​in prints, and the current prices are generally low. There is a large amount of room for supplementation after the current prices of oil paintings and Chinese paintings have risen greatly. Homes can be collected at very popular prices for quality works. With the increasing professionalism of domestic collectors and the continued promotion of domestic professional art institutions, the printmaking sector will continue to heat up. Therefore, the current print is also regarded by the industry as a "potential stock" in the future art market.

“In recent years, domestic prints have gradually been taken seriously by the market, and the price of international printmaking has become increasingly transparent, which has objectively promoted the continuous emergence of excellent prints in China, and its market value and potential for collection will also continue to increase. With the gradual opening of the domestic art market, everyone’s understanding of printmaking has become more comprehensive, and the domestic printmaking market has gradually warmed up. There are many independent galleries specializing in printmaking in Beijing and Shanghai, Yang Yue said. In addition, he also revealed that, as the largest printmaking base in China and a gathering place for excellent print artists, Shenzhen Guanlan International Original Printmaking Base is currently preparing to build the only printmaking museum in China, with an estimated investment of nearly 200 million yuan.