Art piece implied as commentary on the Hermes Birkin still costs four figures

have you ever discovered that there’s a specific subset of people who (incorrectly) believe they’re extremely smart since they dislike the fashion industry, or they believe they’ve got everything figured out? It seems like artist shelter Serra, seller of the resin-casted Hermes Birkin imagined above, may be part of that group.

According to Refinery29, Serra phone calls the two-dimensional “art piece” a commentary on exactly how an item that costs a number of months’ lease does bit much more than the function of a easy plastic bag, as well as he believes we take such things for granted. This whole premise is frustrating for a couple of reasons that we’ll check out after the jump, however very first as well as foremost, it’s frustrating since it still costs $2500 as well as does even less than a easy plastic bag.

Don’t get me wrong, I like contemporary art. The weirder the better! however not only does this piece miss the mark in an attempt to make some kind of commentary on fashion cost levels as well as what that implies in a larger sense (people in glass homes shouldn’t throw stones, art world), however it’s quite difficult to suggest that a practical piece of finely crafted, skillfully built Hermes leatherwork is overpriced when a sloppy resin copy is being unironically offered through Grey Arena for (using the artist’s word choice) much more than what many people pay for a couple months’ rent. I would posit that this was possibly part of the commentary, however not only would that likely be providing Serra as well much credit, it likewise doesn’t appear to be true.

What practically bothers me more, though, is that the cast seems to have been made of a fake Birkin, as well as a poor one at that. So if the artist is so smart as well as full of social commentary, where’s his Baudrillardian epiphany about making copies of copies as well as exactly how it dulls our collective sense of truth as well as authenticity? Or did he just not believe of that, in favor of making the point of, “Like, Birkins are completely expensive, yo.” since no one’s ever stated that before. Certainly, no one’s ever charged you $2,500 to state it. as well as Serra’s (literally) useless resin Birkin is being made in a collection of 20, so, you know. stock up.