"Deeper than language can take us," says artist John Frame of his haunting current work.

"There is no there there," Gertrude Stein said of the Bay Area. But there, she is.

"OMG! That is the ugliest piece of art I've ever seen!"

This 36 year old poster links the same issues facing us today.

Being the student of the contemporary art scene and learning what the rich and famous buy and sell these days, it's difficult not to notice the relatively short span of time that these collectors enjoy the expensive art toys they acquire before getting bored with them and putting these toys back on the market. For today's ambitious collectors, to own one of the shiny, bubbly and very expensive sculptures by Jeff Koons is simply a must.

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