Vintage Mac Art for Sale
7:23 am, September 5th, 2008, Lonnie Lazar
Check out our gallery of original artwork from Swedish painter Erik Saxen, who painted the work in 1987 for a huge poster campaign and newspaper run promoting the launch of the Macintosh SE in Sweden.
Saxen is seeking a serious collector for the set of oil paintings (some with mixed media), which are currently in climate-controlled storage in Florida. For additional information and contact links see My Old Mac.
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[...] Regulars might remember Adam’s similar Photoshop contest a few weeks ago, but these amazing oil-on-canvas paintings were lovingly adorned with Macintosh SEs for a Sweden-only ad campaign all the way back in 1987. Erik Saxen produced these original works (inspired by a number of famous artists) for Apple’s marketing, but is now seeking a (weird) collector to take them off his hands. Sure, they’re masterfully painted, but more interestingly come from a time when Apple, a more innocent underdog, could portray their products as fine art without coming off as arrogant. I’m not saying that this campaign wasn’t at least partially born of hubris, but the effect – especially this many years later – is more strange and hilarious than anything else. Details and a full gallery are available here. [MyOldMac via Cult of Mac] [...]
MarsWebZone.Info » Blog Archive » Purchase Classical Works of Art, As Dreamt by a Young Steve Jobs [Retromodo], on September 6th, 2008 at 4:09 am
[...] Sure, they’re masterfully painted, but more interestingly come from a time when Apple, a more innocent underdog, could portray their products as fine art without coming off as arrogant. I’m not saying that this campaign wasn’t at least partially born of hubris, but the effect – especially this many years later – is more strange and hilarious than anything else. Details and a full gallery are available here. [MyOldMac via Cult of Mac] [...]
Buy Classical Works of Art, As Dreamt by a Young Steve Jobs [Retromodo] | official tech blog, on September 7th, 2008 at 2:18 am
[...] Avec le recul, cette galerie de portraits est plutôt comique. Si vous aimez le style, vous trouverez toute la série ici. [MyOldMac via Cult of Mac] [...]
Peintures classiques àl’ombre du pommier - Gizmodo - Tant d'amour pour ces fabuleux nouveaux gadgets, c'est surnaturel., on September 7th, 2008 at 7:22 pm